The following 39 films, all from different countries, were submitted for the 69th Academy Awards

69th Academy Awards

The 69th Academy Awards were dominated by movies produced by independent studios, financed outside of mainstream Hollywood, leading to 1996 being dubbed "The Year of the Independents". All but one of the nominees for Best Picture were low-budget independent movies The 69th Academy Awards were...

 in the category Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...

 (release at the country of origin November 1, 1995 - October 31, 1996, ceremony 1997). Albania and the former Soviet republic of Georgia submitted films for the first time, as did Australia which submitted the multi-lingual Floating Life in Cantonese, English and German. Finland's submission was withdrawn before screenings began, and did not compete.

The highlighted titles were the five nominated films, which came from the Czech Republic, France, Georgia, Norway and Russia. Czech Rupublic won the Oscar for its drama Kolya

Kolya

Kolya is a 1996 Czech film drama about a man whose life is reshaped in an unexpected way. The film was directed by Jan Svěrák and stars his father Zdeněk Svěrák who also wrote the script from a story by Pavel Taussig.- Synopsis :...

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Country	Film title used in nomination	Language	Original title	Director	IMDB
	Colonel Bunker	Albanian	Colonel Bunker	Kujtim Çashku Kujtim Çashku Kujtim Çashku is an Albanian film director and screenwriter who has won numerous awards at international film festivals, including the Critics Prize at the 1996 Bastia Mediterranean Film Festival and the UNESCO Award at the 1998 Venice Film Festival for Colonel Bunker, the Best Screenplay Award,...	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115923/
	Salut cousin!	French, Arabic	Salut cousin!	Merzak Allouache Merzak Allouache Merzak Allouache is an Algerian film director and screenwriter. He has directed 16 films since 1976. His 1996 film Salut cousin! was submitted to the 69th Academy Awards in the category for Best Foreign Language Film....	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117544
	Eva Peron Eva Perón María Eva Duarte de Perón was the second wife of President Juan Perón and served as the First Lady of Argentina from 1946 until her death in 1952. She is often referred to as simply Eva Perón, or by the affectionate Spanish language diminutive Evita.She was born in the village of Los Toldos in...	Spanish	Eva Perón	Juan Carlos Desanzo	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116238
	Floating Life Floating Life Floating Life is a 1996 Australian drama film directed by Clara Law about a Hong Kong family who move to Australia.-Cast:*Annette Shun Wah as Yen Chan*Annie Yip as Bing Chan*Anthony Wong as Gar Ming*Edwin Pang as Mr. Chan...	Cantonese, English and German	Floating Life	Clara Law Clara Law Clara Law is a Hong Kong Second Wave film director, now having relocated to Australia before the 1997 Hong Kong handover....	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116325
	Hannah	German	Hannah	Reinhard Schwabenitzky	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116482
	From Hell to Hell	German, Russian and Yiddish	Из ада в ад	Dmitri Astrakhan	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116368
	The Eighth Day	French	Le huitième jour Le Huitième Jour Le huitième jour is a Belgian 1996 film that tells the story of the friendship that develops between two men who meet by chance...	Jaco Van Dormael Jaco Van Dormael Jaco Van Dormael is a Belgian film director, screenwriter and playwright. His complex and critically acclaimed films are especially noted for their respectful and sympathetic portrayal of people with mental and physical disabilities.- Biography :In the 1980s, he became interested in filmmaking and...	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116581
	Tieta do Agreste Tieta do Agreste Tieta do Agreste is a novel written by Brazilian author Jorge Amado in 1977.In 1996, a film version was made with Sonia Braga in the role of Tieta.-Plot introduction:Antonieta returns from São Paulo to her native village of Agreste in Bahia....	Portuguese	Tieta do Agreste	Carlos Diegues Carlos Diegues Carlos Diegues, also known as Cacá Diegues, is a Brazilian film director. He is best known as a member of the Cinema Novo movement.-Filmography:* 2010 O Grande Circo Místico...	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117910
	Not Me!	French	Sous-Sol	Pierre Gang	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117701
	Oedipus Mayor	Spanish	Edipo Alcalde	Jorge Alí Triana	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116170
	Nausikaya Nausikaya Nausikaya is a 1994 Croatian film directed, written and produced by Vicko Ruić. It is based on "The Spider", a horror short story by Hanns Heinz Ewers....	Serbo-Croatian	Nausikaja	Vicko Ruić Vicko Ruić Vicko Ruić is a Croatian film director, screenwriter, producer and actor.Ruić graduated from the Acting Department of the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb...	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113940
	Think of Me	Spanish	Pon tu pensamiento en mí	Arturo Sotto Díaz	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117893
	Kolya Kolya Kolya is a 1996 Czech film drama about a man whose life is reshaped in an unexpected way. The film was directed by Jan Svěrák and stars his father Zdeněk Svěrák who also wrote the script from a story by Pavel Taussig.- Synopsis :... (winner)	Czech	Kolja	Jan Svěrák Jan Sverák Jan Svěrák is a Czech film director. He is the son of screenwriter and actor Zdeněk Svěrák. He studied documentary filmmaking at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague...	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116790
	Hamsun	Danish, German, Norwegian and Swedish	Hamsun	Jan Troell	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116480
	Drifting Clouds (film) Drifting Clouds (film) Drifting Clouds is a 1996 Finnish film directed by Aki Kaurismäki and starring Kati Outinen, Kari Väänänen and Markku Peltola. The film is the first in Kaurismäki's Finland trilogy, the other 2 films being The Man Without a Past and Lights in the Dusk.- Plot :Ilona Koponen , a head waitress at...	Finnish	Kauas pilvet karkaavat	Aki Kaurismäki Aki Kaurismäki -Career:After studying Media Studies at the University of Tampere, Aki Kaurismäki started his career as a co-director in the films of his elder brother Mika Kaurismäki. His debut as an independent director was Crime and Punishment , Dostoyevsky's famous crime story set in modern-day Helsinki...	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116752
	Ridicule	French	Ridicule	Patrice Leconte Patrice Leconte Patrice Leconte is a French film director, actor, comic strip writer, and screenwriter.-Biography:...	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117477
	A Chef in Love A Chef in Love A Chef in Love, is a 1996 Georgian film directed by Nana Dzhordzhadze. It stars Pierre Richard and Nino Kirtadze.-Synopsis:...	French, Georgian, Russian	შეყვარებული კულინარის 1001 რეცეპტი	Nana Djordjadze Nana Djordjadze Nana Jorjadze is a Georgian film director, scriptwriter and actress.Jorjadze was born in Tbilisi, and graduated first from a local musical school , and then from the architectural department at the Tbilisi State Academy of Fine Arts...	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117050
	Deathmaker Deathmaker Deathmaker is a 1995 German film directed by Romuald Karmakar and starring Götz George, Jürgen Hentsch and Pierre Franckh. The film is based on the transcripts of the interrogation of the notorious serial killer Fritz Haarmann....	German	Der Totmacher	Romuald Karmakar Romuald Karmakar Romuald Karmakar is a German film director and screenwriter. He was born in Wiesbaden as the son of an Indian father and a French mother. From 1977 to 1982 he lived in Athens. He won several awards, including the Bavarian Film Award for Best Screenplay...	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114704
	Hu-Du-Men	Cantonese	虎度門	Shu Kei Shu kei Shu Kei or Kenneth Ip is a Hong Kong film director and screenwriter active during the 1980s and 90s. A graduate of the The University of Hong Kong, his most famous work is 1990's Sunless Days , a documentary exploring the Tiananmen Square Massacre and its influence on the people of Hong Kong in...	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116576
	Vaska Easoff	Hungarian	Haggyállógva Vászka	Peter Gothar Péter Gothár Péter Gothár is a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. He has directed 23 films since 1974. His film The Outpost was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival.-Selected filmography:...	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116468
	Devil's Island	Icelandic	Djöflaeyjan	Friðrik Þór Friðriksson Friðrik Þór Friðriksson Friðrik Þór Friðriksson , sometimes credited as Fridrik Thor Fridriksson, is an Icelandic film director....	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116116
	Indian	Tamil		S. Shankar S. Shankar Shankar is an Indian film director and producer who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. He made his directional debut in Gentleman for which he was awarded the Filmfare Best Director Award...	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116630
	Saint Clara	Hebrew/Russian	קלרה הקדושה	Ari Folman Ari Folman Ari Folman is an Israeli film director, screenwriter and film score composer.-Biography:Ari Folman was born in Haifa to Holocaust survivors. His wife is also a film director...  & Ori Sivas	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115909
	My Generation	Italian	Mia Generazione	Wilma Labate	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117036
	Gakko II	Japanese	学校II	Yoji Yamada Yoji Yamada is a Japanese film director best known for his Otoko wa Tsurai yo series of films and his Samurai Trilogy ....	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116386
	Between Pancho Villa and a Naked Woman	Spanish	Entre Pancho Villa y una mujer desnuda	Sabrina Berman & Isabelle Tardans	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112969
	Long Live the Queen	Dutch	Lang leve de koningin	Esmé Lammers	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113598
	The Other Side of Sunday The Other Side of Sunday The Other Side of Sunday is a Norwegian film from 1996 directed by Berit Nesheim, starring Marie Theisen and Bjørn Sundquist....	Norwegian	Søndagsengler	Berit Nesheim Berit Nesheim Berit Nesheim is Norwegian film director. Nesheim graduated from the University of Oslo in foreign languages, literature and psychology to go on to a career as a director of television films. Her first feature-film was Frida - Straight from the Heart in 1991, which was the Norwegian entry to the...	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117817
	Dead Sure	Tagalog	Segurista	Tikoy Aguiluz Tikoy Aguiluz Amable "Tikoy" Aguiluz is an award winning Filipino film director, film producer, screenwriter and cinematographer.Aguiluz founded the Cinemanila International Film Festival in Manila in 1999....	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117594
	At Full Gallop At Full Gallop At Full Gallop is a 1996 Polish drama film directed by Krzysztof Zanussi. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Maja Komorowska - Aunt Ida* Bartosz Obuchowicz - Hubert* Karolina Wajda - Rozmaryna...	Polish	Cwal	Krzysztof Zanussi Krzysztof Zanussi Krzysztof Zanussi, is a Polish producer and film director.He is a professor of European film at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland where he conducts a summer workshop...	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115996
	State of Things	Romanian	Stare de Fapt	Stere Gulea Stere Gulea Stere Gulea is a Romanian film director and screenwriter.-Filmography:*Weekend cu mama *Stare de fapt , also screenplay*Vulpe - Vânǎtor...	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117735
	Prisoner of the Mountains Prisoner of the Mountains Prisoner of the Mountains , also known as Prisoner of the Caucasus, is a 1996 Russian war drama film directed by Sergei Bodrov and written by Bodrov, Arif Aliyev and Boris Giller...	Russian	Кавказский пленник	Sergei Bodrov Sergei Bodrov Sergei Vladimirovich Bodrov is a two-time Academy Award-nominated Russian-American film director, screenwriter, and producer.Bodrov was born in Khabarovsk, Russian SFSR, USSR . In the post-Soviet period he emigrated to the United States. His son, actor Sergei Bodrov, Jr...	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116754
	Felix	Slovenian	Feliks	Božo Šprajc	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116292
	Bwana	Spanish	Bwana	Imanol Uribe Imanol Uribe Imanol Uribe is an award-winning Spanish screenwriter and film director.He was born in San Salvador, and is of Basque ancestry. Uribe was married to María Barranco...	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115793
	Jerusalem	Swedish	Jerusalem	Bille August Bille August Bille August is a Danish Academy Award winning film and television director. His film Pelle the Conqueror from 1987 won the Palme D'or, Academy Award and Golden Globe. He is one of the very few directors to win the Palme D'or twice, winning the prestigious award again in 1991 for The Best...	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116696
	Les Agneaux	French	Les Agneaux	Marcel Schupbach	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115483
	Tonight Nobody Goes Home	Mandarin	今天不回家	Sylvia Chang Sylvia Chang Sylvia Chang is a Taiwanese actress, writer, singer, producer and director. In 1992, she was a member of the jury at the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival.- Actress :...	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117938
	Gone, Gone Forever Gone	Vietnamese	Gate, gate, paragate	Ho Quang Minh	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116386
	Pretty Village, Pretty Flame Pretty Village, Pretty Flame Pretty Village, Pretty Flame is a 1996 Yugoslavian film directed by Srđan Dragojević that gave uniquely bleak yet darkly humorous account of the Bosnian War.It is considered a modern classic of Serbian cinema...	Serbo-Croatian	Лепа села лепо горе	Srđan Dragojević	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116860