European Films

For the 2007 Foreign Language Oscar, each country is asked to submit one film that played for at least one week in a commercial theatre between October 1, 2005 and September 30, 2006 in its home country. New this year is the fact that the film does not have to be in the official language (or one of the languages) of the home country, a rule that last year disqualified several excellent films, including Caché (Hidden), the Austrian submission that was in French and Private, the original Italian choice that was in Arabic and Hewbrew. The list below is complete, as the submissions date has now passed. Nominations will be announced on January 23, 2007, and the winners will be announced on February 25. A list of last year's submissions can be found here. Links are to reviews on european-films.net, where available.

Iceland – Börn (Children) from Ragnar Bragason

Norway – Reprise from Joachim Trier

Denmark – Efter bryllupet (After the Wedding) from Susanne Bier

Sweden – Farväl Falkenberg (Falkenberg Farewell) from Jesper Ganslandt

Finland – Laitakaupunkin valot (Lights in the Dusk) from Aki Kaurismäki

Lithuania – Prieš parskrendant į žemę (Before Flying Back to the Earth) from Arunas Matelis

Germany – Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others) from Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Netherlands – Zwartboek (Black Book) from Paul Verhoeven

Belgium – Een ander zijn geluk (Someone Else's Happiness) from Fien Troch

Luxembourg – Masz na imie Justine (Your Name Is Justine) from Franco de Pena. (This film has been disqualified by the Academy.)

France – Fauteuils d'orchestre (Orchestra Seats/Avenue Montaigne) from Danièle Thompson

Spain – Volver from Pedro Almodóvar

Portugal – Alice from Marco Martins

Italy – Nuovomondo from Emanuele Crialese

Slovenia – Odgrobadogroba (Gravehopping) from Jan Cvitkovič

Austria – Spiele Leben (You Bet Your Life)  from Antonin Svoboda

Switzerland – Vitus from Fredi M. Murer 

Czech Republic – Sílení (Lunacy) from Jan Svankmajer

Hungary – Fehér tenyér (White Palms) from Szabolcs Hajdu

Ukraine – Aurora from Oxana Bayrak

Russia – 9-ya rota (9th Company) from Fyodor Bondarchuk

Poland – Z odzysku (Retrieval) from Slawomir Fabicki

Bulgaria – Maimuni prez zimata (Monkeys in Winter) from Milena Andonova

Romania – Cum mi-am petrecut sfarsitul lumii (How I Spent the End of the World) from Catalin Mitulescu

Croatia – Libertas from Veljko Bulajic

Serbia and Montenegro – Sutra ujutro (Tomorrow Morning) from Oleg Novkovic

Macedonia (FYROM) – Kontakt (Contact) from Sergej Stanojkovski

Bosnia and Herzegovina – Grbavica (Esma's Secret) from Jasmila Žbanić

Greece – I horodia tou haritona (Chariton's Choir) from Grigoris Karantinakis

Turkey – Dondurmam Gaymak (Ice Cream I Scream) from Yüksel Aksu

Algeria – Indigènes (Days of Glory) from Rachid Bouchareb (French produced)

Mexico – El laberinto del fauno (Pan's Labyrinth) from Guillermo del Toro (Spanish produced) 

Thanks to A.D. for submitting information on several countries. For an overview of nominations from other countries around the world, check filmexperience.net.