List of submissions to the 63rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

Ceremony poster for the 63rd Academy Awards

The 63rd Academy Awards, which were held on 25 March 1991,[1] saw 37 countries submit films for competition in the Best Foreign Language Film category. The five nominated films came from China, France, Germany, Italy and the eventual winner, Journey of Hope from Switzerland.[1] Chile and Germany submitted films for the first time. Germany had previously submitted as East Germany and West Germany.

The 1981 Romanian film Carnival Scenes had been banned in Romania and was not released in local theatres. Since the film had never been released, the Academy initially accepted it as a new film. However, while the film was listed on AMPAS' Fall 1991 press release, it was not listed in a 2007 updated list. It is unknown whether the film actually screened or was disqualified.

Ju Dou became the first Chinese film to be nominated for an Oscar, despite China's flip-flop over whether it even wanted the film in the competition. The film was officially selected by China's national film board, which later unsuccessfully tried to persuade the Academy to withdraw the film.

Submissions

Submitting country Film title used in nomination Original title Language(s) Director(s) Result
 Argentina I, the Worst of All Yo, la peor de todas Spanish Bemberg, María LuisaMaría Luisa Bemberg Not Nominated
 Austria Requiem for Dominic Requiem für Dominik German Dornhelm, RobertRobert Dornhelm Not Nominated
 Bulgaria Margarit and Margarita Маргарит и Маргарита (Margarit i Margarita) Bulgarian Volev, NikolaiNikolai Volev Not Nominated
 Canada An Imaginary Tale Une histoire inventée French Forcier, AndréAndré Forcier Not Nominated
 Chile The Moon in the Mirror La Luna en el espejo Spanish Caiozzi, SilvioSilvio Caiozzi Not Nominated
 China Ju Dou 菊豆 (Jú Dòu) Mandarin Zhang Yimou
Yang Fengliang		 Nominated
 Cuba The Beauty of the Alhambra La Bella del Alhambra Spanish Barnet, Enrique PinedaEnrique Pineda Barnet Not Nominated
 Czechoslovakia Vojtech, Called the Orphan Vojtěch, řečený sirotek Czech Tyc, ZdeněkZdeněk Tyc Not Nominated
 Denmark Dance of the Polar Bears Lad isbjørnene danse Danish Larsen, BirgerBirger Larsen Not Nominated
 Egypt Alexandria Again and Forever اسكندرية كمان وكمان (Eskendereyya kaman we kaman) Arabic Chahine, YoussefYoussef Chahine Not Nominated
 Finland The Winter War Talvisota Finnish Parikka, PekkaPekka Parikka Not Nominated
 France Cyrano de Bergerac Cyrano de Bergerac French Rappeneau, Jean-PaulJean-Paul Rappeneau Nominated
 Germany The Nasty Girl Das schreckliche Mädchen German Verhoeven, MichaelMichael Verhoeven Nominated
 Greece Love Under the Date-Tree Έρωτας στη χουρμαδιά (Erotas sti hourmadia) Greek Tsiolis, StavrosStavros Tsiolis Not Nominated
 Hong Kong Eight Taels of Gold 八兩金 (Ba ya jin) Cantonese Cheung, MabelMabel Cheung Not Nominated
 Hungary Little but Tough Kicsi, de nagyon erös Hungarian Grunwalsky, FerencFerenc Grunwalsky Not Nominated
 Iceland The Adventures of Paper Peter Pappírs Pési Icelandic Kristinsson, AriAri Kristinsson Not Nominated
 India Anjali அஞ்சலி (Anjali) Tamil Ratnam, ManiMani Ratnam Not Nominated
 Indonesia My Sky, My Home Langitku rumahku Indonesian Rahardjo, SlametSlamet Rahardjo Not Nominated
 Israel The Lookout שורו (Shuroo) Hebrew Gabizon, SaviSavi Gabizon Not Nominated
 Italy Open Doors Porte aperte Italian Amelio, GianniGianni Amelio Nominated
 Japan The Sting of Death 死の棘 (Shi no toge) Japanese Oguri, KōheiKōhei Oguri Not Nominated
 Mexico Cabeza de Vaca Cabeza de Vaca Spanish Echevarría, NicolásNicolás Echevarría Not Nominated
 Netherlands Evenings De Avonden Dutch BergRudolf van den Berg Not Nominated
 Norway Herman Herman Norwegian Gustavson, ErikErik Gustavson Not Nominated
 Peru Fallen from Heaven Caídos del cielo Spanish Lombardi, Francisco JoséFrancisco José Lombardi Not Nominated
 Poland Korczak Korczak Polish Wajda, AndrzejAndrzej Wajda Not Nominated
 Portugal The King's Trial O Processo do Rei Portuguese Grilo, João MárioJoão Mário Grilo Not Nominated
 Romania Carnival Scenes De ce trag clopotele, Mitica? Romanian Pintilie, LucianLucian Pintilie Not Nominated
 South Korea Mayumi 마유미 (Mayumi) Korean Shin Sang-ok Not Nominated
 Spain ¡Ay Carmela! ¡Ay, Carmela! Spanish Saura, CarlosCarlos Saura Not Nominated
 Sweden Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg God afton, Herr Wallenberg Swedish Grede, KjellKjell Grede Not Nominated
  Switzerland Journey of Hope Reise der Hoffnung (Umuda Yolculuk) German, Turkish Koller, XavierXavier Koller Won Academy Award
 Taiwan Song of the Exile 客途秋恨 (Ke tu qiu hen) Cantonese Hui, AnnAnn Hui Not Nominated
 Thailand Song for Chao Phraya น้องเมีย (Nawng mia) Thai Yukol, ChatrichalermChatrichalerm Yukol Not Nominated
 Soviet Union Taxi Blues Такси-блюз (Taksi-Blyuz) Russian Lungin, PavelPavel Lungin Not Nominated
 Yugoslavia Time of Miracles Време чуда (Vreme čuda) Serbo-Croatian Paskaljević, GoranGoran Paskaljević Not Nominated

See also

References

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  1. 1 2 "The 63rd Academy Awards (1991) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
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