Como nunca había sucedido en la historia este año se registro un total de 85 películas extranjeras inscritas en la competición, todas lleas buscando llegar a la ceremonia de la premiación y ser una de las que conformen la terna final para obtener el Premio de la academia de ciencias y artes cinematográficas de Estados Unidos a Mejor película Extranjera.
En un año súper competido destacan, It’s only the end of the world de Xavier Dolan y representando a Canada, Neruda de Pablo Larraín que representa a Chile, Elle de Paul Verhoeven que representa a Francia y Julieta de Pedro Almodóvar que representa a España. Lo triste es que a México lo representa Desierto, la cinta del hijo de Alfonso Cuaron, Jonas Cuaron, y a la cual no se le ve un futuro muy prometedor.
La lista oficial y completa es la siguiente:
Albania, “Chromium,” Bujar Alimani (director)
Argelia, “The Well,” Lotfi Bouchouchi (director)
Argentina, “The Distinguished Citizen,” Mariano Cohn, Gastón Duprat (directors)
Australia, “Tanna,” Bentley Dean, Martin Butler (directors)
Austria, “Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe,” Maria Schrader (director)
Bangladesh, “The Unnamed,” Tauquir Ahmed (director)
Bélgica, “The Ardennes,” Robin Pront (director)
Bolivia, “Sealed Cargo,” Julia Vargas Weise (director)
Bosnia and Herzegovina, “Death in Sarajevo,” Danis Tanovic (director)
Brasil, “Little Secret,” David Schurmann (director)
Bulgaria, “Losers,” Ivaylo Hristov (director)
Cambodia, “Before the Fall,” Ian White (director)
Canadá, “It’s Only the End of the World,” Xavier Dolan (director)
Chile, “Neruda,” Pablo Larraín (director)
China, “Xuan Zang,” Huo Jianqi (director)
Colombia, “Alias Maria,” José Luis Rugeles (director)
Costa Rica, “About Us,” Hernan Jiménez (director)
Croacia, “On the Other Side,” Zrinko Ogresta (director)
Cuba, “The Companion,” Pavel Giroud (director)
República Checa, “Lost in Munich,” Petr Zelenka (director)
Dinamarca, “Land of Mine,” Martin Zandvliet (director)
República Dominicana, “Sugar Fields,” Fernando Baez (director)
Ecuador, “Such Is Life in the Tropics,” Sebastian Cordero (director)
Egipto, “Clash,” Mohamed Diab (director)
Estonia, “Mother,” Kadri Kousaar (director)
Finlandia, “The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki,” Juho Kuosmanen (director)
Francia, “Elle,” Paul Verhoeven (director)
Georgia, “House of Others,” Rusudan Glurjidze (director)
Alemania, “Toni Erdmann,” Maren Ade (director)
Grecia, “Chevalier,” Athina Rachel Tsangari (director)
Hong Kong, “Port of Call,” Philip Yung (director)
Hungría, “Kills on Wheels,” Attila Till (director)
Islandia, “Sparrows,” Rúnar Rúnarsson (director)
India, “Interrogation,” Vetri Maaran (director)
Indonesia, “Letters from Prague,” Angga Dwimas Sasongko (director)
Irán, “The Salesman,” Asghar Farhadi (director)
Irak, “El Clasico,” Halkawt Mustafa (director)
Israel, “Sand Storm,” Elite Zexer (director)
Italy, “Fire at Sea,” Gianfranco Rosi (director)
Japón, “Nagasaki: Memories of My Son,” Yoji Yamada (director)
Jordania, “3000 Nights,” Mai Masri (director)
Kazakhstan, “Amanat,” Satybaldy Narymbetov (director)
Kosovo, “Home Sweet Home,” Faton Bajraktari (director)
Kyrgyzstan, “A Father’s Will,” Bakyt Mukul, Dastan Zhapar Uulu (directors)
Latvia, “Dawn,” Laila Pakalnina (director)
Líbano, “Very Big Shot,” Mir-Jean Bou Chaaya (director)
Lithuania, “Seneca’s Day,” Kristijonas Vildziunas (director)
Luxemburgo, “Voices from Chernobyl,” Pol Cruchten (director)
Macedonia, “The Liberation of Skopje,” Rade Šerbedžija, Danilo Šerbedžija (directors)
Malasia, “Beautiful Pain,” Tunku Mona Riza (director)
México, “Desierto,” Jonas Cuarón (director)
Montenegro, “The Black Pin,” Ivan Marinović (director)
Marruecos, “A Mile in My Shoes,” Said Khallaf (director)
Nepal, “The Black Hen,” Min Bahadur Bham (director)
Holanda, “Tonio,” Paula van der Oest (director)
Nueva Zelanda, “A Flickering Truth,” Pietra Brettkelly (director)
Noruega, “The King’s Choice,” Erik Poppe (director)
Pakistán, “Mah-e-Mir,” Anjum Shahzad (director)
Palestina, “The Idol,” Hany Abu-Assad (director)
Panamá, “Salsipuedes,” Ricardo Aguilar Navarro, Manolito Rodríguez (directors)
Perú, “Videophilia (and Other Viral Syndromes),” Juan Daniel F. Molero (director)
Filipinas, “Ma’ Rosa,” Brillante Ma Mendoza (director)
Polonia, “Afterimage,” Andrzej Wajda (director)
Portugal, “Letters from War,” Ivo M. Ferreira (director)
Rumania, “Sieranevada,” Cristi Puiu (director)
Rusia, “Paradise,” Andrei Konchalovsky (director)
Arabia Saudita, “Barakah Meets Barakah,” Mahmoud Sabbagh (director)
Serbia, “Train Driver’s Diary,” Milos Radovic (director)
Singapur, “Apprentice,” Boo Junfeng (director)
Eslovaquia, “Eva Nova,” Marko Skop (director)
Eslovenia, “Houston