This is a list of submissions to the 30th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film was created in 1956 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honour non-English-speaking films produced outside the United States.[1] The award is handed out annually, and is accepted by the winning film's director, although it is considered an award for the submitting country as a whole.[2] Countries are invited by the Academy to submit their best films for competition according to strict rules, with only one film being accepted from each country.[2]

For the 30th Academy Awards, twelve films were submitted in the category Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Documentary Torero, which represented Mexico, failed to get an Oscar nomination in the Foreign Language Film category, but was nominated for the Best Documentary Feature Oscar.[3] Denmark's Annelise Hovmand became the first female director to have a film in the running at the submission stage. The titles highlighted in blue and yellow were the five nominated films, which came from France, India, Italy, Norway and West Germany. Italy won the award for Federico Fellini's Nights of Cabiria, a drama about a heartbroken, young prostitute.[3]

Submissions

Submitting countryFilm title used in nominationOriginal titleLanguage(s)Director(s)Result
 DenmarkNo Time for TendernessIngen tid til kærtegnDanishAnnelise Hovmand Not nominated
 FranceGates of ParisPorte des LilasFrenchRené Clair Nominated
 West GermanyThe Devil Strikes at NightNachts, wenn der Teufel kamGermanRobert Siodmak Nominated
 GreeceThe Lagoon of DesireΗ λίμνη των πόθωνGreekGiorgos Zervos Not nominated
 IndiaMother Indiaभारत माताHindiMehboob Khan Nominated
 ItalyNights of CabiriaLe notti di CabiriaItalianFederico Fellini Won Academy Award
 JapanArakureあらくれJapaneseMikio Naruse Not nominated
 MexicoTorero!¡Torero!SpanishCarlos Velo Not nominated
 NorwayNine LivesNi LivNorwegianArne Skouen Nominated
 SpainHigh StreetCalle MayorSpanishJuan Antonio Bardem Not nominated
 SwedenThe Seventh SealDet Sjunde insegletSwedish, LatinIngmar Bergman Not nominated
 TaiwanAmina阿美娜Mandarin ChineseYuan Congmei Not nominated

References

  1. ↑ "History of the Academy Awards 2 - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences". 2008-06-22. Archived from the original on 2008-06-22. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
  2. 1 2 "Rule 14 | 81st Academy Awards Rules | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences". 2008-08-09. Archived from the original on 2008-08-09. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
  3. 1 2 "The 30th Academy Awards (1958) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-10-25.

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