This article is a list of films nominated for the 89th Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film . Since the creation of the category in 1956, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences annually invites the film industries of different countries to nominate their best films for the Academy Award. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Cinema Awards is annually presented to films produced outside the United States. The Oscar Committee oversees the process and reviews all the nominated films.
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According to the terms of the award, the nominated films were supposed to go to the box office (at least seven days of commercial screening) primarily in their countries from October 1, 2015 to September 30, 2016. The application deadline ended October 3, 2016.
At the end of October 2016, the Academy announced the final list of eligible films. A total of 85 countries nominated their films before the deadline.
The list is alphabetically composed of countries representing films.
- Australia - Tanna, directed by Martin Butler and Bentley Dean
- Austria - Stefan Zweig, directed by Maria Schrader
- Albania - “Chrome”, director Bujar Alimani
- Algeria - “The Well,” directed by Lotfi Busuchi
- Argentina - “Honorary Citizen”, directed by Gaston Dupra and Mariano Cohn
- Bangladesh - “Nameless”, directed by Takir Ahmed
- Belgium - The Ardennes, directed by Robin Front
- Bulgaria - "Losers", directed by Ivaylo Hristov
- Bolivia - “Sealed Cargo”, directed by Julia Weiss
- Bosnia and Herzegovina - “Death in Sarajevo”, director Danis Tanovich
- Brazil - The Little Secret, directed by David Schurmann
- Great Britain - “In the Shadow”, directed by Babak Anvari
- Hungary - Death on Wheels, directed by Attila Till
- Venezuela - “From afar”, directed by Lorenzo Vigas
- Vietnam - " Yellow Flowers on Green Grass ", directed by Victor Wu
- Germany - Tony Erdmann, Director Maren Adé
- Hong Kong - Destination Port, directed by Philip Yoon
- Greece - Chevalier, Director Athena Rachel Tsangari
- Georgia - “Alien House”, director Rusudan Glurjidze
- Denmark - “My Land”, directed by Martin Zandvliet
- Dominican Republic - Sugar Fields, directed by Fernando Baes Mella
- Egypt - Confrontation, Director Mohamed Diab
- Yemen - “I am Nojum, I am 10 and I am divorced”, directed by Khadija al-Salami
- Israel - Sandstorm, directed by Elite Zekser
- India - Interrogation, directed by Vetrimaran
- Indonesia - Letters from Prague, directed by Angga Dwimas Sasongko
- Jordan - “3000 Nights,” directed by Mai Masri
- Iraq - "El Clásico", directed by Halkaft Mustafa
- Iran - "Salesman", directed by Asgar Farhadi
- Iceland - Sparrows, directed by Runar Runarsson
- Spain - Juliet, directed by Pedro Almodovar
- Italy - “Sea on Fire", directed by Gianfranco Rosi
- Kazakhstan - "Amanat", director Satybaldy Narymbetov
- Cambodia - Before the Fall, directed by Ian White
- Canada - “It's Just the End of the World,” directed by Xavier Dolan
- China - Xuan Zang, Director Ho Jianqi
- Colombia - “Nicknamed Maria”, directed by Jose Luis Rujeles
- Kosovo - “Home, Sweet Home,” directed by Faton Bayraktari
- Costa Rica - About Us, Director Hernan Jimenez
- Cuba - Sputnik, directed by Pavel Giro
- Kyrgyzstan - “Testament of the Father”, directors Bakyt Mukul and Dastan Japar uulu
- Latvia - "Dawn", directed by Laila Pakalnina
- Lebanon - “A Very Big Bump”, directed by Mir-Jean Bou Shaya
- Lithuania - “Seneca Day”, directed by Kristiyonas Viljunas
- Luxembourg - “ Voices of Chernobyl ”, directed by Paul Kruchten
- Macedonia - “Liberation of Skopje”, directed by Rade Sherbegia and Danilo Sherbegia
- Malaysia - “Great Pain”, directed by Tunku Mona Reza
- Morocco - Stay in My Place, directed by Said Khallaf
- Mexico - The Desert, directed by Jonas Cuaron
- Nepal - "Black Chicken", directed by Min Baadur Bam
- Netherlands - Tonio, directed by Paula van der Ust
- New Zealand - "The Trembling Truth", directed by Petra Britkelli
- Norway - "King's Choice", directed by Eric Poppe
- Pakistan - Mach and Peace, directed by Anjum Shahzad
- Palestine - Idol, directed by Hani Abu Assad
- Panama - Salsipuedes, directed by Ricardo Aguilar Navarro and Manolito Rodriguez
- Peru - Videophilia (and Other Viral Syndromes), directed by Juan Daniel F. Molero
- Poland - “Residual Images”, directed by Andrzej Wajda
- Portugal - War Letters, directed by Ivo Ferreira
- Russia - "Paradise", directed by Andrei Konchalovsky
- Romania - Cieranevada, Director Cristi Puyu
- Saudi Arabia - “Baraka Meets Barak,” directed by Mahmoud Sabbag
- Serbia - “The Diary of a Driver,” directed by Milos Radovic
- Singapore - “Apprentice Master,” directed by Jungfen Boo
- Slovakia - New Eva, directed by Marco Skop
- Slovenia - “Houston, we have problems!”, Directed by Ziga Virch
- Taiwan - Hold on, Children, directed by Laha Mebof
- Thailand - Karma, directed by Canitta Kwunyo
- Turkey - Cold of Kalandara, directed by Mustafa Kara
- Ukraine - Ukrainian Sheriffs, Director Roman Bondarchuk
- Uruguay - “Croutons”, directed by Manane Rodriguez
- Philippines - “Mama Rosa”, directed by Briante Mendoza
- Finland - “The happiest day in the life of Olli Mäki”, directed by Juho Kuosmanen
- France - “She,” directed by Paul Verhoeven
- Croatia - “On the Other Side”, directed by Zrinko Ogrest
- Montenegro - “Black Pin”, director Ivan Marinovich
- Czech Republic - “Lost in Munich,” directed by Peter Zelenka
- Chile - Neruda, directed by Pablo Larrain
- Switzerland - Zucchini Life, directed by Claude Barras
- Sweden - “Second Life of Uwe,” directed by Hannes Holm
- Ecuador - “Such is Life in the Tropics,” directed by Sebastian Cordero
- Estonia - "Mom", directed by Kadri Kyusaar
- South Africa - Call Me Thief, directed by Darin Joshua
- South Korea - The Secret Agent, directed by Kim Ji-un
- Japan - “If I Lived With My Mom,” directed by Youji Yamada
See also
- 89th Academy Award
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Award
- Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film