This is a list of submissions to the 37th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film was created in 1956 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honour non-English-speaking 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 37th Academy Awards, eighteen films were submitted in the category Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Czechoslovakia, Israel and Turkey submitted films to the competition for the first time. The five nominated films came from France, Israel, Italy, Japan and Sweden.
Italy won for the seventh time with Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow by Vittorio De Sica.
Submissions Submitting country Film title used in nomination Original title Language(s) Director(s) Result The Black God and the White Devil Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol Brazilian Portuguese Glauber Rocha Lemonade Joe Limonádový Joe Czech Oldřich Lipský Sextet Sekstet Danish Annelise Hovmand Mother of the Bride أم العروسة Arabic Atef Salem The Umbrellas of Cherbourg Les parapluies de Cherbourg French Jacques Demy Treason Προδοσία Greek Kostas Manoussakis Between Tears and Laughter 新啼笑姻缘 Mandarin Ho Meng Hua, Yueh Feng, Doe Ching, Luo Zhen, Yen Chun, Hsieh Chun Sallah Shabati סאלח שבתי Hebrew Ephraim Kishon Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow Ieri, oggi, domani Italian Vittorio De Sica Woman in the Dunes 砂の女 Japanese Hiroshi Teshigahara The Human Dutch Alleman Dutch Bert Haanstra Passenger Pasażerka Polish Andrzej Munk & Witold Lesiewicz The Deaf Samyong 벙어리 삼용 Korean Shin Sang-ok The Girl in Mourning La Niña de luto Spanish Manuel Summers Raven's End Kvarteret Korpen Swedish Bo Widerberg Lovers' Rock 情人石 Mandarin Lei Pan Dry Summer Susuz Yaz Turkish Metin Erksan & David E. Durston Skoplje '63 Serbo-Croatian Veljko Bulajić
References
Sources Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences