The following 45 films, all from different countries, were submitted for the 71st Academy Awards

71st Academy Awards

The 71st Academy Awards ceremony, Sunday, March 21, 1999, was the last to take place at Los Angeles County Music Center, and was Whoopi Goldberg's third time hosting the Awards. It was the first time the ceremony took place on a Sunday....

 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, 1997 - October 31, 1998, ceremony March 1999). The five nominated films came from Argentina, Brazil, Iran, Italy (winner) and Spain. The Academy had initially invited 73 countries to submit their films.

Kyrgyzstan submitted a film for the first time, and Lebanon & Morocco both returned to the competition after a 20-year absence.

Submissions

Country	Film title used in nomination	Language	Original name	Director	Result
	Tango Tango (1998 film) Tango is a 1998 Argentine tango film written and directed by Carlos Saura and photographed by acclaimed cinematographer Vittorio Storaro. The film is an Argentine and Spanish production.-Plot:...		Tango, no me dejes nunca	Carlos Saura Carlos Saura Carlos Saura Atarés is a Spanish film director and photographer.-Early life:Born into a family of artists , he developed his artistic sense in childhood as a photography enthusiast.He obtained his directing diploma in Madrid in 1957 at the Institute of Cinema Research and Studies...	Nominee
	The Inheritors		Die Siebtelbauern	Stefan Ruzowitzky Stefan Ruzowitzky Stefan Ruzowitzky is an Academy Award-winning Austrian film director and screenwriter.-Early life:Ruzowitzky was born in Vienna...
	Rosie		Rosie	Patrice Toye
	Central Station Central do Brasil (film) Central Station is a 1998 Brazilian/French drama film set in Brazil. It tells the story of a young boy's friendship with a jaded middle-aged woman. The film was adapted by Marcos Bernstein and João Emanuel Carneiro from a story by Walter Salles and it was directed by the latter. It features...		Central do Brasil	Walter Salles Walter Salles Walter Moreira Salles, Jr. is a Brazilian filmmaker and film producer of international prominence.-Life and career:Salles was born in Rio de Janeiro. He is the son of Elizinha Goncalves and Walter Moreira Salles, a Brazilian banker and ambassador, and the brother of João Moreira Salles, also a...	Nominee
	August 32nd on Earth August 32nd on Earth August 32nd on Earth is a 1998 Canadian drama film directed by Denis Villeneuve. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Paule Baillargeon - Doctor in hospital* Emmanuel Bilodeau - Philippe's best friend...		Un 32 Août sur Terre	Denis Villeneuve Denis Villeneuve Denis Villeneuve is a Canadian film director and writer. In his early career he won Radio-Canada's youth film competition "La Course Europe-Asie" in 1990-91. He is a three-time winner of the Genie Award for Best Director, for Maelström in 2001, Polytechnique in 2010 and Incendies in 2011...
	Genghis Khan Genghis Khan (1998 film) Genghis Khan is a 1998 Chinese film directed by Fu Sai and Mai Lisi, produced by Inner Mongolia Film Studio.-External links:*...		一代天骄成吉思汗	Sai Fu & Lisi Mai
	La Vendedora De Rosas La Vendedora De Rosas La vendedora de rosas is a 1998 Colombian film directed by Victor Gaviria. It's an independent film about drugs in Colombia, poverty and the difficult life young children have to suffer in Medellín. The film is based on the fairy tale The Little Match Girl of Hans Christian Andersen...		La Vendedora de Rosas	Victor Gaviria Victor Gaviria Victor Gaviria is a film director best known for his treatment of street life in his native Medellín.- Feature-length films :*Rodrigo D: No Future, 1990...
	Transatlantic Transatlantic (1998 film) Transatlantic is a Croatian film directed by Mladen Juran. It was released in 1998....		Transatlantik	Mladen Juran Mladen Juran Mladen Juran is a Croatian film director, screenwriter and actor.Juran was born in Zagreb in 1942. He graduated from high school in Split in 1960. After obtaining a diploma from the Faculty of Economics at the University of Zagreb in 1964, he went to Paris, where he graduated from the Dramatic...
	Sekal Has to Die		Je třeba zabít Sekala	Vladimir Michalek Vladimír Michálek Vladimír Michálek is a Czech film director and screenwriter.- Life :Michálek graduated from Czech film Academy FAMU, Prague, in 1992. Starting during his academic study he was filming documentaries...
	The Celebration The Celebration The Celebration is a 1998 Danish film, produced by Nimbus Film and directed by Thomas Vinterberg. Its original Danish title is Festen , and it was released under this title in the UK....		Festen	Thomas Vinterberg Thomas Vinterberg Thomas Vinterberg is a Danish film director who, along with Lars von Trier, co-founded the Dogme 95 movement in filmmaking, which established rules for simplifying movie production....
	A Summer By the River		Kuningasjätkä	Markku Polonen Markku Pölönen Markku Pölönen is a Finnish film director, screenwriter, editor and owner of film production company Suomen Filmiteollisuus...
	The Dreamlife of Angels The Dreamlife of Angels The Dreamlife of Angels is a 1998 French drama film directed by Erick Zonca.-Story:The film is about two working class women, Isa and Marie. Isa is a drifter and searching for a lover she had met during the summer. When she realizes that her search for him is futile and turns elsewhere she meets...		La vie rêvée des anges	Erick Zonca Erick Zonca Erick Zonca is a French film director, best known for his critically acclaimed, award-winning 1998 feature film debut The Dreamlife of Angels. The film won the Best Actress award at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival....
	Run Lola Run Run Lola Run Run Lola Run is a 1998 German crime thriller film written and directed by Tom Tykwer and starring Franka Potente as Lola and Moritz Bleibtreu as Manni. The story follows a woman who needs to obtain 100,000 German marks in 20 minutes to save her boyfriend's life...		Lola rennt	Tom Tykwer Tom Tykwer Tom Tykwer is a German film director, screenwriter, and composer. He is best known internationally for directing Run Lola Run , Heaven , Perfume: The Story of a Murderer , and The International ....
	Eternity and a Day Eternity and a Day Eternity and a Day is a 1998 Greek film starring Bruno Ganz, and directed by Theo Angelopoulos. The film won the Palme d'Or and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.-Plot:...		Μια αιωνιότητα και μια μέρα	Theo Angelopoulos Theo Angelopoulos Theodoros Angelopoulos is a Greek filmmaker, screenwriter and film producer.-Life:Angelopoulos studied law at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, but after his military service went to Paris to attend the Sorbonne. He soon dropped out to study film at the IDHEC before returning...
	Made in Hong Kong Made in Hong Kong Made in Hong Kong may refer to:* Made in Hong Kong , 1997 Hong Kong film directed by Fruit Chan* Made in Hong Kong , a 1981 album by Claudja Barry* Made in Hong Kong , a 2009 live album by Nightwish...		香港製造	Fruit Chan Fruit Chan Fruit Chan Gor is an independent Hong Kong Second Wave screenwriter, filmmaker and producer, who is best known for his style of film reflecting the everyday life of Hong Kong people. He is well known for using amateur actors in his films...
	Gypsy Lore		Romani kris - Cigánytörvény	Bence Gyongyossy
	Count Me Out		Stikkfrí	Ari Kristinsson
	Jeans Jeans (film) Jeans is a 1998 Tamil musical romance film. Directed and written by Shankar and produced by Ashok Amritraj and Murali Manohar, it stars Prashanth, Aishwarya Rai and Nassar in the lead roles. Raju Sundaram and Lakshmi, prominent actors from the south Indian film industry, played the roles of the...		ஜீன்ஸ்	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...
	Leaf on a Pillow Daun di Atas Bantal Daun di Atas Bantal is a 1998 award winning Indonesian film directed by Garin Nugroho. It is one of the most acclaimed films from Indonesia in recent years and was the country's proposal for an Academy Award...		Daun di atas bantal	Garin Nugroho Garin Nugroho Garin Nugroho Riyanto , better known as Garin Nugroho, is an award-winning Indonesian film director.-Biography:Nugroho was born in Yogyakarta, Special Region of Yogyakarta on 6 June 1961. He was the fourth child of postal workers Soetjipto Amin and Mariah, who eventually had seven children...
	Children of Heaven Children of Heaven Children of Heaven is a 1997 Iranian adventure comedy-drama film written and directed by Majid Majidi. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1998...		بچه هاي آسمان	Majid Majidi Majid Majidi Majid Majidi is an internationally and critically acclaimed Iranian film director, film producer, and screenwriter. Majidi's films have touched on many themes and genres and he has won many international awards.-Biography:...	Nominee
	Life Is Beautiful Life Is Beautiful Life Is Beautiful is a 1997 Italian film which tells the story of a Jewish Italian, Guido Orefice , who must employ his fertile imagination to help his family during their internment in a Nazi concentration camp.At the 71st Academy Awards in 1999, Benigni won the Academy Award for Best Actor and...		La vita è bella	Roberto Benigni Roberto Benigni Roberto Remigio Benigni, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI is an Italian actor, comedian, screenwriter and director of film, theatre and television.- Early years :...
	Begging for Love Begging for Love is a 1998 Japanese film directed by Hideyuki Hirayama. It was Japan's submission to the 71st Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee...		愛を乞う人	Hideyuki Hirayama Hideyuki Hirayama is a Japanese film director. He won the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award for The Games Teachers Play in 1992. He was given a Best Director award at the 2003 Yokohama Film Festival...
	Beshkempir Beshkempir Beshkempir is a 1998 Kyrgyz language film. Shot and produced in Kyrgyzstan, it is representative of the first wave of independently produced cinema in the country after its independence from Soviet Union...		Бешкемпир	Aktan Abdykalykov Aktan Abdykalykov Aktan Abdykalykov is a screenwriter and director from Kyrgystan.-Filmography:*2010 - The Light Thief *2001 - Maimyl *1998 - Beshkempir...
	Back in Trouble		Back in Trouble	Andy Bausch Andy Bausch Andy Bausch was born 12 April 1959 in Dudelange , and studied painting and photography. Through his interest in rock music, Bausch came into contact with cinema.-Filmography a director:* Gwyncilla: Legend of Dark Ages * Troublemaker...
	Goodbye, 20th Century Goodbye, 20th Century Goodbye, 20th Century! is a 1998 Macedonian film directed by Darko Mitrevski and Aleksandar Popovski.-Plot:Goodbye, 20th Century! consists of three stories of extreme violence and emotional despair. The first takes place in the year 2019, where the world has become an environment of apocalyptic...		Збогум на 20-тиот век	Darko Mitrevski Darko Mitrevski Darko is a Macedonian film director. Since 2007 he lives in Los Angeles, CA.Darko's list of feature films includes "Light Gray", Goodbye, 20th Century! , Bal-Can-Can , and The Third Half , which is currently in post-production.He directed many music videos and documentaries as well, and his TV...  & Aleksandar Popovski Aleksandar Popovski Aleksandar Popovski is a striker currently playing for Skopje in the Macedonian First League.-External links:* at soccerway* at footballdatabase.eu...
	Un Embrujo		Un Embrujo	Carlos Carrera Carlos Carrera Carlos Carrera is a Mexican film director and screenwriter. He directed El crimen del Padre Amaro , which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film....
	The Polish Bride The Polish Bride The Polish Bride is a 1998 Dutch film directed by Karim Traïdia and written by Kees van der Hulst.-Cast:*Jaap Spijkers as Henk Woldring*Monic Hendrickx as Anna Krzyzanowska*Rudi Falkenhagen as the pimp*Roef Ragas as the son...	,	De Poolse bruid	Karim Traidia
	Only Clouds Move the Stars Only Clouds Move the Stars Only Clouds Move the Stars is a 1998 Norwegian drama film written and directed by Torun Lian. Based on her novel of the same name, the film was Lian's directorial debut. The film was a critical and commercial success. It won the Amanda Award in 1999 in the category Best film, and has received more...		Bare skyer beveger stjernene	Torun Lian Torun Lian Torun Lian is a Norwegian playwright, film director and novelist. She made her literary début in 1988 with the collection Tre skuespill, for which she was awarded the Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris. Among her films are Bare skyer beveger stjernene from 1998, and Ikke naken, ikke kledt from...
	In the Navel of the Sea		Sa Pusod ng Dagat Sa Pusod ng Dagat Sa Pusod ng Dagat is a 1998 Filipino film directed by Marilou Diaz-Abaya. Starring Jomari Yllana with Chin Chin Gutierrez and Elizabeth Oropesa, it was released by GMA Films and Film Experts, Inc....	Marilou Diaz-Abaya Marilou Diaz-Abaya Marilou Diaz-Abaya is a multi-awarded film director in the Philippines.She is the founder and current president of the Marilou Diaz Abaya Film Institute and Arts Center, a film school based in Antipolo City, Philippines....
	Anxiety Anxiety (film) Anxiety is a 1998 Portuguese drama film directed by Manoel de Oliveira. It was screened out of competition at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Afonso Araújo - Boy* Leonor Araújo - Girl* Leonor Baldaque - Fisalina...		Inquietude	Manoel de Oliveira Manoel de Oliveira Manoel Cândido Pinto de Oliveira, GCSE is a Portuguese film director born in Cedofeita, Porto. He began working on films in the late 1920s, but did not receive international recognition until the early 1970s. Since the late 1980s he has been one of the most prolific working film directors and...
	Heroes from Another Country Héroes de Otra Patria Héroes de Otra Patria is a 1998 Puerto Rican film, written and directed by Iván Dariel Ortíz....		Heroes de Otra Patria	Ivan Dariel Ortiz Iván Dariel Ortíz Iván Dariel Ortíz is a Puerto Rican film director. Ortíz began studies at the University of Sagrado Corazón in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Afterwards, he traveled to Maine in the United States to train in the field of cinematography...
	Terminus Paradise		Terminus Paradis	Lucian Pintilie Lucian Pintilie -Filmography:* Duminică la ora şase * Reconstituirea * Salonul numărul 6 * De ce trag clopotele, Mitică? - see also the "Portrayals and tributes" section at Mitică* Balanţa * O vară de neuitat * Prea târziu...
	The Barber of Siberia The Barber of Siberia The Barber of Siberia is a 1998 Russian film that re-united the Academy Award winning team of director Nikita Mikhalkov and Michel Seydoux...		Сибирский цирюльник	Nikita Mikhalkov Nikita Mikhalkov Nikita Sergeyevich Mikhalkov is a Soviet and Russian filmmaker, actor, and head of the Russian Cinematographers' Union.Mikhalkov was born in Moscow into the distinguished, artistic Mikhalkov family. His great grandfather was the imperial governor of Yaroslavl, whose mother was a Galitzine princess...	align="center"
	Rivers of Babylon		Rivers of Babylon	Vlado Balco
	The Grandfather		El Abuelo	José Luis Garci José Luis Garci José Luis Garci is a producer, critic, TV presenter, writer, screenwriter and film director in Spanish cinema. He earned worldwide acclaim and his country's first Best Foreign Language Film Oscar for Begin the Beguine...	Nominee
	Show Me Love		Fucking Åmål	Lukas Moodysson Lukas Moodysson - External links :*...
	War in the Highlands		La Guerre Dans le Haut Pays	Francis Reusser Francis Reusser Francis Reusser is a Swiss film director. He has directed thirteen films since 1968. His film Derborence was entered into the 1985 Cannes Film Festival.-External links:* at the...
	Flowers of Shanghai Flowers of Shanghai Flowers of Shanghai is a 1998 film, made in Taiwan, directed by Guangdong-born Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien starring Hada Michiko, Annie Shizuka Inoh, Shuan Fang, Jack Kao, Carina Lau, Tony Leung, Rebecca Pan, Michelle Reis and Vicky Wei...		海上花	Hou Hsiao-Hsien Hou Hsiao-Hsien Hou Hsiao-Hsien is an award-winning film director and a leading figure of Taiwan's New Wave cinema movement.-Biography:...
	Who Is Running? Who Is Running? Who is Running? is a 1997 Thai drama film directed by Oxide Pang Chun. The directorial debut of Oxide Pang, it was Thailand's official entry to the Academy Awards in 1998.-Plot:...		ท้าฟ้าลิขิต	Oxide Pang Chun The Pang Brothers The Pang Brothers are Danny Pang Fat and Oxide Pang Chun , twin-brother screenwriters and film directors, born in 1965 in Hong Kong. Among their films is the hit Asian horror film, The Eye, which has spawned two sequels, as well as a Hollywood remake and a Hindi remake...
	Cameleon		Cameleon	Ceri Sherlock Ceri Sherlock Ceri Sherlock is a Welsh theatre, film and television director.Ceri Sherlock was born in Llanelli. He was educated at Ysgol Dewi Sant, Llandovery College, King's College, London and as a Fulbright Scholar at the University of California, Los Angeles. He worked as a trainee director and director...
	Loop		Rizo	Julio Sosa Pietri
	The Powder Keg		Bure baruta	Goran Paskaljević Goran Paskaljevic Goran Paskaljević is a Serbian film director. He was raised by his grandparents in Niš, following the divorce of his parents, and 14 years later returned to Belgrade where he worked in his stepfather's cinema....