58 Countries Vying for 2005 Foreign Language Oscar

» Argentina, El Aura, Fabian Bielinsky, director;



» Bangladesh, Shyamol Chaya, Humayun Ahmed, director;



» Belgium, The Child, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, directors;



» Bolivia, Say Good Morning to Dad, Fernando Vargas, director;



» Bosnia & Herzegovina, Totally Personal, Nedžad Begović, director;



» Brazil, Two Sons of Francisco, Breno Silveira, director;



» Bulgaria, Stolen Eyes, Radoslav Spassov, director;



» Canada, C.R.A.Z.Y., Jean-Marc Vallée, director;



» Chile, Play, Alicia Scherson, director;



» China, The Promise, Chen Kaige, director;



» Colombia, La Sombra del Caminante, Ciro Guerra, director;



» Costa Rica, Caribe, Esteban Ramírez, director;



» Croatia, A Wonderful Night in Split, Arsen Anton Ostojić, director;



» Cuba, Viva Cuba, Juan Carlos Cremata Malberti, director;



» Czech Republic, Something Like Happiness, Bohdan Sláma, director;



» Denmark, Adam’s Apples, Anders Thomas Jensen, director;



» Estonia, Shop of Dreams, Peeter Urbla, director;



» Fiji, The Land Has Eyes, Vilsoni Hereniko, director;



» Finland, Mother of Mine, Klaus Härö, director;



» France, Joyeux Noel, Christian Carion, director;



» Georgia, Tbilisi-Tbilisi, Levan Zakareishvili, director;



» Germany, Sophie Scholl – The Final Days, Marc Rothemund, director;



» Hong Kong, Perhaps Love, Peter Ho-Sun Chan, director;



» Hungary, Fateless, Lajos Koltai, director;



» Iceland, Ahead of Time, Ágúst Gudmundsson, director;



» India, Paheli, Amol Palekar, director;



» Indonesia, Gie, Riri Riza, director;



» Iran, So Close, So Far, Reza Mir Karimi, director;



» Iraq, Requiem of Snow, Jamil Rostami, director;



» Israel, What a Wonderful Place, Eyal Halfon, director;



» Italy, La Bestia Nel Cuore, Cristina Comencini, director;



» Japan, Blood and Bones, Yoichi Sai, director;



» Korea, Welcome to Dongmakgol, Kwang-hyun Park, director;



» Luxembourg, Renart the Fox, Thierry Schiel, director;



» Mexico, Al Otro Lado, Gustavo Loza, director;



» Mongolia, The Cave of the Yellow Dog, Byambasuren Davaa, director;



» The Netherlands, Bluebird, Mijke de Jong, director;



» Norway, Kissed by Winter, Sara Johnsen, director;



» Palestine, Paradise Now, Hany Abu-Assad, director;



» Peru, Días de Santiago, Josué Méndez, director;



» Poland, The Collector, Feliks Falk, director;



» Portugal, Noite Escura, João Canijo, director;



» Puerto Rico, Cayo, Vicente Juarbe, director;



» Romania, The Death of Mr. Lazarescu, Cristi Puiu, director;



» Russia, The Italian, Andrei Kravchuk, director;



» Serbia & Montenegro, Midwinter Night’s Dream, Goran Paskaljević, director;



» Singapore, Be with Me, Eric Khoo, director;



» Slovak Republic, The City of the Sun, Martin Šulík, director;



» Slovenia, The Ruins, Janez Burger, director;



» South Africa, Tsotsi, Gavin Hood, director;



» Spain, Obaba, Montxo Armendáriz, director;



» Sweden, Zozo, Josef Fares, director;



» Switzerland, Tout un Hiver sans Feu, Greg Zglinski, director;



» Taiwan, The Wayward Cloud, Tsai Ming-liang, director;



» Tajikistan, Sex & Philosophy, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, director;



» Thailand, The Tin Mine, Jira Maligool, director;



» Turkey, Lovelorn, Yavuz Turgul, director;



» Vietnam, Buffalo Boy, Nguyen Vo Nghiem Mihn, director.