65 PELÍCULAS COMPETIRÁN POR EL OSCAR AL MEJOR FILM EXTRANJERO

Etiopía participará por primera vez en los Oscar con "The athlete", y cuenta la historia de un campeón olípico que por un accidente de tráfico se queda en silla de ruedas.

También será la primera vez de "Groenlandia" con "Nuummioq", una película basada en un hombre al que le descubren una enfermedad mortal poco después de conocer a la mujer de sus sueños.

Kirguizistán por su parte presenta "The light thief". No está finalmente en la lista la afgana "Black Tulip"

Albania, “East, West, East,” Gjergj Xhuvani, director;

Alemania, “When We Leave,” Feo Aladag, director;
Argelia, “Hors la Loi” (“Outside the Law”), Rachid Bouchareb, director;
Argentina, “Carancho,” Pablo Trapero, director;
Austria, “La Pivellina,” Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel, directors;
Azerbaijan, “The Precinct,” Ilgar Safat, director;
Bangladesh, “Third Person Singular Number,” Mostofa Sarwar Farooki, director;
Bélgica, “Illegal,” Olivier Masset-Depasse, director;
Bosnia y Herzegovina, “Circus Columbia,” Danis Tanovic, director;
Brasil, “Lula, the Son of Brazil,” Fabio Barreto, director;
Bulgaria, “Eastern Plays,” Kamen Kalev, director;
Canadá, “Incendies,” Denis Villeneuve, director;
Chile, “The Life of Fish,” Matias Bize, director;
China, “Aftershock,” Feng Xiaogang, director;
Colombia, “Crab Trap,” Oscar Ruiz Navia, director;

Corea del Sur, “A Barefoot Dream,” Tae-kyun Kim, director;
Costa Rica, “Of Love and Other Demons,” Hilda Hidalgo, director;
Croacia, “The Blacks,” Goran Devic and Zvonimir Juric, directors;
Dinamarca, “In a Better World,” Susanne Bier, director;
Egipto, “Messages from the Sea,” Daoud Abdel Sayed, director;

Eslovaquia, “Hranica” (“The Border”), Jaroslav Vojtek, director;
Eslovenia, “9:06,” Igor Sterk, director;

España, “Tambien la Lluvia” (“Even the Rain”), Iciar Bollain, director;
Estonia, “The Temptation of St. Tony,” Veiko Ounpuu, director;
Etiopia, “The Athlete,” Davey Frankel and Rasselas Lakew, directors;

Filipinas, “Noy,” Dondon S. Santos and Rodel Nacianceno, directors;
Finlandia, “Steam of Life,” Joonas Berghall and Mika Hotakainen, directors;
Francia, “Of Gods and Men,” Xavier Beauvois, director;
Georgia, “Street Days,” Levan Koguashvili, director;
Grecia, “Dogtooth,” Yorgos Lanthimos, director;
Groenlandia, “Nuummioq,” Otto Rosing and Torben Bech, directors;
Hong Kong, “Echoes of the Rainbow,” Alex Law, director;
Hungria, “Bibliotheque Pascal,” Szabolcs Hajdu, director;
India, “Peepli [Live],” Anusha Rizvi, director;
Indonesia, “How Funny (Our Country Is),” Deddy Mizwar, director;
Irán, “Farewell Baghdad,” Mehdi Naderi, director;
Iraq, “Son of Babylon,” Mohamed Al-Daradji, director;

Islandia, “Mamma Gogo,” Fridrik Thor Fridriksson, director;
Israel, “The Human Resources Manager,” Eran Riklis, director;
Italia, “La Prima Cosa Bella” (“The First Beautiful Thing”), Paolo Virzi, director;
Japón, “Confessions,” Tetsuya Nakashima, director;
Kazajistán, “Strayed,” Akan Satayev, director;
Kirguizistán:, “The Light Thief,” Aktan Arym Kubat, director;
Letonia: “Hong Kong Confidential,” Maris Martinsons, director;
Macedonia, “Mothers,” Milcho Manchevski, director;
México, “Biutiful,” Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, director;
Nicaragua, “La Yuma,” Florence Jaugey, director;
Noruega, “The Angel,” Margreth Olin, director;

Países Bajos, “Tirza,” Rudolf van den Berg, director;
Perú, “Undertow” (“Contracorriente”), Javier Fuentes-Leon, director;
Polonia, “All That I Love,” Jacek Borcuch, director;
Portugal, “To Die Like a Man,” Joao Pedro Rodrigues, director;
Puerto Rico, “Miente” (“Lie”), Rafael Mercado, director;

República Checa, “Kawasaki’s Rose,” Jan Hrebejk, director;
Rumanía, “If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle,” Florin Serban, director;
Rusia, “The Edge,” Alexey Uchitel, director;
Serbia, “Besa,” Srdjan Karanovic, director;
Sudáfrica, “Life, above All,” Oliver Schmitz, director;
Suecia, “Simple Simon,” Andreas Ohman, director;
Suiza, “La Petite Chambre,” Stephanie Chuat and Veronique Reymond, directors;
Taiwán, “Monga,” Chen-zer Niu, director;
Thailandia, “Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives,” Apichatpong Weerasethakul, director;
Turquía, “Bal” (“Honey”), Semih Kaplanoglu, director;
Uruguay, “La Vida Util,” Federico Veiroj, director;
Venezuela, “Hermano,” Marcel Rasquin, director.