This is a list of submissions to the 57th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. The

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was created in 1956 by the

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to honour non-

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films produced outside the United States. 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. 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. For the

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, thirty-two films were submitted in the category

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submitted a film for the first time. The titles highlighted in blue and yellow were the five nominated films, which came from Argentina, Israel, Spain, the USSR and the eventual winner, ''

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'', from Switzerland.

Submissions

References

{{Academy Award for Best Foreign Film submissions 57