Oscar statues wait for a fresh coat of gold paint as preparations begin for the 89th Academy Awards in Hollywood, California, US, February 22, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake/Files

 

LOS ANGELES: A record 92 countries have submitted films for the best foreign-language Oscar to be handed out at the Academy Awards in March.

Below is a list of the submissions along with the names of the directors.

Afghanistan: A Letter to the President ? Roya Sadat

Albania: Daybreak ? Gentian Koçi

Algeria: Road to Istanbul ? Rachid Bouchareb

Argentina: Zama ? Lucrecia Martel

Armenia: Yeva ? Anahit Abad

Australia: The Space Between ? Ruth Borgobello

Austria: Happy End ? Michael Haneke

Azerbaijan: Pomegranate Orchard ? Ilgar Najaf

Bangladesh: The Cage ? Akram Khan

Belgium: Racer and the Jailbird ? Michaël R. Roskam

Bolivia: Dark Skull ? Kiro Russo

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Men Don't Cry ? Alen Drljevic

Brazil: Bingo - The King of the Mornings ? Daniel Rezende

Bulgaria: Glory ? Petar Valchanov, Kristina Grozeva

Cambodia: First They Killed My Father ? Angelina Jolie

Canada: Hochelaga, Land of Souls ? François Girard

Chile: A Fantastic Woman ? Sebastian Lelio

China: Wolf Warrior 2 ? Wu Jing

Colombia: Guilty Me ? Ivan D. Gaona

Costa Rica: The Sound of Things ? Ariel Escalante

Croatia: Quit Staring at My Plate ? Hana Jusic

Czech Republic: Ice Mother ? Bohdan Slama

Denmark: You Disappear ? Peter Schonau Fog

Dominican Republic: Woodpeckers ? Jose Maria Cabral

Ecuador: Alba ? Ana Cristina Barragan

Egypt: Sheikh Jackson ? Amr Salama

Estonia: November ? Rainer Sarnet

Finland: Tom of Finland ? Dome Karukoski

France: BPM (Beats Per Minute) ? Robin Campillo

Georgia: Scary Mother ? Ana Urushadze

Germany: In the Fade ? Fatih Akin

Greece: Amerika Square ? Yannis Sakaridis

Haiti: Ayiti Mon Amour ? Guetty Felin

Honduras: Morazan" ? Hispano Duron

Hong Kong: Mad World ? Wong Chun

Hungary: On Body and Soul ? Ildiko Enyedi

Iceland: Under the Tree ? Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurdsson

India: Newton ? Amit V Masurkar

Indonesia: Turah ? Wicaksono Wisnu Legowo

Iran: Breath ? Narges Abyar

Iraq: Reseba - The Dark Wind ? Hussein Hassan

Ireland: Song of Granite ? Pat Collins

Israel: Foxtrot ? Samuel Maoz

Italy: A Ciambra ? Jonas Carpignano

Japan: Her Love Boils Bathwater ? Ryota Nakano

Kazakhstan: The Road to Mother ? Akhan Satayev

Kenya: Kati Kati ? Mbithi Masya

Kosovo: Unwanted ? Edon Rizvanolli

Kyrgyzstan: Centaur ? Aktan Arym Kubat

Lao People's Democratic Republic: Dearest Sister ? Mattie Do

Latvia: The Chronicles of Melanie ? Viestur Kairish

Lebanon: The Insult ? Ziad Doueiri

Lithuania: Frost ? Sharunas Bartas

Luxembourg: Barrage ? Laura Schroeder

Mexico: Tempestad ? Tatiana Huezo

Mongolia: The Children of Genghis ? Zolbayar Dorj

Morocco: Razzia ? Nabil Ayouch

Mozambique: The Train of Salt and Sugar ? Licinio Azevedo

Nepal: White Sun ? Deepak Rauniyar

Netherlands: Layla M. ? Mijke de Jong

New Zealand: One Thousand Ropes ? Tusi Tamasese

Norway: Thelma ? Joachim Trier

Pakistan: Saawan ? Farhan Alam

Palestine: Wajib ? Annemarie Jacir

Panama: Beyond Brotherhood ? Arianne Benedetti

Paraguay: Los Buscadores ? Juan Carlos Maneglia, Tana Schembori

Peru: Rosa Chumbe ? Jonatan Relayze

Philippines: Birdshot ? Mikhail Red

Poland: Spoor ? Agnieszka Holland, Kasia Adamik

Portugal: Saint George ? Marco Martins

Romania: Fixeur ? Adrian Sitaru

Russia: Loveless ? Andrey Zvyagintsev

Senegal: Félicité ? Alain Gomis

Serbia: Requiem for Mrs. J. ? Bojan Vuletic

Singapore: Pop Aye ? Kirsten Tan

Slovakia: The Line ? Peter Bebjak

Slovenia: The Miner ? Hanna A. W. Slak

South Africa: The Wound ? John Trengove

South Korea: A Taxi Driver ? Jang Hoon

Spain: Summer 1993 ? Carla Simon

Sweden: The Square ? Ruben Östlund

Switzerland: The Divine Order ? Petra Volpe

Syria: Little Gandhi ? Sam Kadi

Taiwan: Small Talk ? Hui-Chen Huang

Thailand: By the Time It Gets Dark ? Anocha Suwichakornpong

Tunisia: The Last of Us ? Ala Eddine Slim

Turkey: Ayla: The Daughter of War ? Can Ulkay

Ukraine: Black Level ? Valentyn Vasyanovych

United Kingdom: My Pure Land ? Sarmad Masud

Uruguay: Another Story of the World ? Guillermo Casanova

Venezuela: El Inca ? Ignacio Castillo Cottin

Vietnam: Father and Son ? Luong Dinh Dung