List of submissions to the 86th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
# List of submissions to the 86th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

This is a list of submissions to the 86th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) has invited the film industries of various countries to submit their best film for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film every year since the award was created in 1956. The award is presented annually by the Academy to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non-English dialogue. The Foreign Language Film Award Committee oversees the process and reviews all the submitted films.

For the 86th Academy Awards, which were held on 2 March 2014, the submitted films must be first released theatrically in their respective countries for seven consecutive days between 1 October 2012 and 30 September 2013. The deadline for submissions was 1 October 2013, with the Academy announcing a list of eligible films later that month. Seventy-six countries submitted a film for consideration in the category before the deadline, Moldova and Saudi Arabia are first-time entrants, alongside Montenegro submitting for the first time as an independent country. Pakistan submitted a film for the first time in 50 years.

Nine finalists were announced in December 2013, which were shortlisted in January, with the final five nominees announced on 16 January 2014. The winner of the 86th Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film was Italy's The Great Beauty, which was directed by Paolo Sorrentino.

## Submissions

| Submitting Country | Film Title used in nomination | Original Title | Language(s) | Director(s) | Result |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Afghanistan | Wajma (An Afghan Love Story) | وژمه | Dari | Barmak Akram | Not nominated |
| Albania | Agon | Agon | Albanian, Greek | Robert Budina | Not nominated |
| Argentina | The German Doctor | Wakolda | Spanish, German, Hebrew | Lucía Puenzo | Not nominated |
| Australia | The Rocket | The Rocket | Lao | Kim Mordaunt | Not nominated |
| Austria | The Wall | Die Wand | German | Julian Pölsler | Not nominated |
| Azerbaijan | Steppe Man | Çölçü | Azeri | Shamil Aliyev | Not nominated |
| Bangladesh | Television | টেলিভিশন | Bengali | Mostofa Sarwar Farooki | Not nominated |
| Belgium | The Broken Circle Breakdown | The Broken Circle Breakdown | Flemish, English, Dutch | Felix Van Groeningen | Nominated |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker | Epizoda u životu berača željeza | Bosnian, Romany | Danis Tanović | Made shortlist |
| Brazil | Neighboring Sounds | O Som ao Redor | Brazilian Portuguese | Kleber Mendonça Filho | Not nominated |
| Bulgaria | The Colour of the Chameleon | Цветът на Хамелеона | Bulgarian | Emil Hristov | Not nominated |
| Cambodia | The Missing Picture | L'image manquante | French | Rithy Panh | Nominated |
| Canada | Gabrielle | Gabrielle | French | Louise Archambault | Not nominated |
| Chad | GriGris | GriGris | French, Arabic | Mahamat Saleh Haroun | Not nominated |
| Chile | Gloria | Gloria | Spanish | Sebastián Lelio | Not nominated |
| China | Back to 1942 | 一九四二 | Mandarin, English, Japanese | Feng Xiaogang | Not nominated |
| Colombia | La Playa DC | La Playa DC | Spanish | Juan Andrés Arango | Not nominated |
| Croatia | Halima's Path | Halimin put | Bosnian | Arsen Anton Ostojić | Not nominated |
| Czech Republic | The Don Juans | Donšajni | Czech | Jiří Menzel | Not nominated |
| Denmark | The Hunt | Jagten | Danish, English | Thomas Vinterberg | Nominated |
| Dominican Republic | Who's the Boss? | ¿Quién Manda? | Spanish | Ronni Castillo | Not nominated |
| Ecuador | Porcelain Horse | Mejor No Hablar (de Ciertas Cosas) | Spanish | Javier Andrade | Not nominated |
| Egypt | Winter of Discontent | الشتا إللى فات | Arabic | Ibrahim El Batout | Not nominated |
| Estonia | Free Range | Free Range: Ballaad maailma heakskiitmisest | Estonian | Veiko Õunpuu | Not nominated |
| Finland | Disciple | Lärjungen | Swedish | Ulrika Bengts | Not nominated |
| France | Renoir | Renoir | French | Gilles Bourdos | Not nominated |
| Georgia | In Bloom | გრძელი ნათელი დღეები | Georgian | Nana Ekvtimishvili, Simon Groß | Not nominated |
| Germany | Two Lives | Zwei Leben | German, Norwegian | Georg Maas | Made shortlist |
| Greece | Boy Eating the Bird's Food | Το Αγόρι Τρώει το Φαγητό του Πουλιού | Greek | Ektoras Lygizos | Not nominated |
| Hong Kong | The Grandmaster | 一代宗師 | Cantonese, Mandarin | Wong Kar-wai | Made shortlist |
| Hungary | The Notebook | A nagy füzet | Hungarian | János Szász | Made shortlist |
| Iceland | Of Horses and Men | Hross í oss | Icelandic | Benedikt Erlingsson | Not nominated |
| India | The Good Road | The Good Road | Gujarati | Gyan Correa | Not nominated |
| Indonesia | Sang Kiai | Sang Kiai | Indonesian, Japanese | Rako Prijanto | Not nominated |
| Iran | The Past | Le Passé / گذشته | French, Persian, Italian | Asghar Farhadi | Not nominated |
| Israel | Bethlehem | בית לחם | Hebrew, Arabic | Yuval Adler | Not nominated |
| Italy | The Great Beauty | La grande bellezza | Italian, Japanese, Spanish, Mandarin | Paolo Sorrentino | Won Academy Award |
| Japan | The Great Passage | 舟を編む | Japanese | Yuya Ishii | Not nominated |
| Kazakhstan | The Old Man | Шал | Kazakh, Russian | Ermek Tursunov | Not nominated |
| Latvia | Mother, I Love You | Mammu, es tevi mīlu | Latvian | Jānis Nords | Not nominated |
| Lebanon | Blind Intersections | قصة ثواني | Arabic | Lara Saba | Not nominated |
| Lithuania | Conversations on Serious Topics | Pokalbiai rimtomis temomis | Lithuanian | Giedrė Beinoriūtė | Not nominated |
| Luxembourg | Blind Spot | Doudege Wénkel | Luxembourgish, French | Christophe Wagner | Not nominated |
| Mexico | Heli | Heli | Spanish | Amat Escalante | Not nominated |
| Moldova | All God's Children | Toti Copiii Domnului | Romanian, Italian | Adrian Popovici | Not nominated |
| Montenegro | Ace of Spades: Bad Destiny | As pik - loša sudbina | Serbo-Croatian | Draško Đurović | Not nominated |
| Morocco | Horses of God | يا خيل الله | Moroccan Arabic | Nabil Ayouch | Not nominated |
| Nepal | Soongava: Dance of the Orchids | सुनगाभा | Nepali | Subarna Thapa | Not nominated |
| Netherlands | Borgman | Borgman | Dutch, English | Alex van Warmerdam | Not nominated |
| New Zealand | White Lies | Tuakiri Huna | Māori | Dana Rotberg | Not nominated |
| Norway | I Am Yours | Jeg er din | Norwegian, Urdu, Swedish | Iram Haq | Not nominated |
| Pakistan | Zinda Bhaag | زندہ بھاگ | Punjabi | Meenu Gaur, Farjad Nabi | Not nominated |
| Palestine | Omar | عمر | Arabic | Hany Abu-Assad | Nominated |
| Peru | The Cleaner | El limpiador | Spanish | Adrián Saba | Not nominated |
| Philippines | Transit | Transit | Filipino, Tagalog, Hebrew, English | Hannah Espia | Not nominated |
| Poland | Walesa. Man of Hope | Wałęsa. Człowiek z nadziei | Polish | Andrzej Wajda | Not nominated |
| Portugal | Lines of Wellington | Linhas de Wellington | Portuguese, French, English | Valeria Sarmiento | Not nominated |
| Romania | Child's Pose | Poziţia Copilului | Romanian | Călin Peter Netzer | Not nominated |
| Russia | Stalingrad | Сталинград | Russian | Fedor Bondarchuk | Not nominated |
| Saudi Arabia | Wadjda | وجدة | Arabic | Haifaa al-Mansour | Not nominated |
| Serbia | Circles | Кругови | Serbian | Srdan Golubović | Not nominated |
| Singapore | Ilo Ilo | 爸妈不在家 | Mandarin, Hokkien, Filipino, Tagalog, Hiligaynon, English | Anthony Chen | Not nominated |
| Slovakia | My Dog Killer | Môj pes Killer | Slovak | Mira Fornay | Not nominated |
| Slovenia | Class Enemy | Razredni sovražnik | Slovene, German | Rok Biček | Not nominated |
| South Africa | Four Corners | Four Corners | Afrikaans, Tsotsitaal | Ian Gabriel | Not nominated |
| South Korea | Juvenile Offender | 범죄소년 | Korean | Kang Yi-kwan | Not nominated |
| Spain | 15 Years and One Day | 15 años y un día | Spanish | Gracia Querejeta | Not nominated |
| Sweden | Eat Sleep Die | Äta sova dö | Swedish, Croatian | Gabriela Pichler | Not nominated |
| Switzerland | More than Honey | More than Honey | German, Mandarin, English | Markus Imhoof | Not nominated |
| Taiwan | Soul | 失魂 | Mandarin | Chung Mong-Hong | Not nominated |
| Thailand | Countdown | เคาท์ดาวน์ | Thai, English | Nattawut Poonpiriya | Not nominated |
| Turkey | The Butterfly's Dream | Kelebeğin Rüyası | Turkish | Yılmaz Erdoğan | Not nominated |
| Ukraine | Paradjanov | Параджанов | Ukrainian | Serge Avedikian, Olena Fetisova | Not nominated |
| United Kingdom | Metro Manila | Metro Manila | Filipino, Tagalog, English | Sean Ellis | Not nominated |
| Uruguay | Anina | Anina | Spanish | Alfredo Soderguit | Not nominated |
| Venezuela | Breach in the Silence | Brecha en el silencio | Spanish | Luis Rodríguez, Andrés Rodríguez | Not nominated |
