List of submissions to the 65th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
Submitting country Film title used in nomination Language ( s ) Original title Director ( s ) Result
Argentina The Dark Side of the Heart Spanish El lado oscuro del corazón Eliseo Subiela Not Nominated
Austria Benny 's Video German Bennys Video Michael Haneke Not Nominated
Belgium Daens Dutch , French Daens Stijn Coninx Nominated
Canada Léolo French Léolo Jean-Claude Lauzon Not Nominated
China The Story of Qiu Ju Chinese 秋菊打官司 Zhang Yimou Not Nominated
Croatia Story from Croatia Croatian Priča iz Hrvatske Krsto Papić Not Nominated
Cuba Adorable Lies Spanish Adorables Mentiras Gerardo Chijona Not Nominated
Denmark Sofie Danish Sofie Liv Ullmann Not Nominated
Estonia Those Old Love Letters Estonian Need vanad armastuskirjad Mati Põldre Not Nominated
France Indochina French Indochine Régis Wargnier Won Academy Award
Germany Schtonk ! German Schtonk ! Helmut Dietl Nominated
Hungary Sweet Emma , Dear Böbe Hungarian Édes Emma , drága Böbe - vázlatok , aktok István Szabó Not Nominated
Iceland As in Heaven Icelandic Svo á jörðu sem á himni Kristín Jóhannesdóttir Not Nominated
India Thevar Magan Tamil தேவர் மகன் Bharathan Not Nominated
Indonesia Mer 's Lips Indonesian Bibir Mer Arifin C. Noer Not Nominated
Israel Life According to Agfa Hebrew החיים על פי אגפה Assi Dayan Not Nominated
Italy The Stolen Children Italian Il Ladro di Bambini Gianni Amelio Not Nominated
Japan The Oil-Hell Murder Japanese 女殺し油地獄 Hideo Gosha Not Nominated
Kazakhstan The Fall of Otrar Kazakh , Mandarin , Mongolian Гибел Отрара ( Отырардың күйреуі ) Ardak Amirkulov Not Nominated
Latvia The Child of Man Latvian Cilvēka bērns Jānis Streičs Not Nominated
Submissions
The following 33 films, all from different countries, were submitted for the 65th Academy Awards in the category Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film which took place in 1993. The titles in bold were the five nominated films, which came from Belgium, Germany, Russia, Uruguay and the eventual winner, Indochina, from France. The film A Place in the World submitted by Uruguay, was disqualified after the nominations were announced in early 1993, when it was discovered that the film was an overwhelmingly Argentine production with minimal input from Uruguayans. Argentina had selected another film to compete for the award, so director Adolfo Aristarain asked Uruguay (which had never entered the competition before) to submit it instead. The Argentine film did not get nominated. The A Place in the World was removed from the ballot (leaving only four films in contention for the award), leading the director to sue the Academy. For the first time films from the former USSR competed against each other in this category; Estonia, Kazakhstan, Latvia and the Russian Federation submitted their first-ever films. After being disqualified the previous year since the country was not yet internationally recognized, Croatia had a film accepted for the first time.