 An initial committee would select nine films to form a shortlist in January that would then be reviewed by a committee composed of ten members of the initial committee, ten Los Angeles-based members, and ten New York-based members that would select the final five nominees.The second change was the removal of a rule requiring that the films be in an official language of the submitting country.This was done in response to the rejection of Italy's and Austria's submissions for the 78th Academy Awards, "Private" and "Caché" respectively, because they were not filmed in the official language of their respective countries.