List of submissions to the 49th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

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List of submissions to the 49th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

This page lists the films submitted by countries for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 49th Academy Awards. The award, created in 1956 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, honors non-English-language films produced outside the United States. It is awarded annually and the winning film’s director accepts the prize, but it is considered an award for the submitting country as a whole.

Each country can submit only one film. For the 49th Awards, 24 films were submitted. Japan did not submit a film—the first and only time this happened. East Germany received its only nomination for Jacob the Liar. The five nominees came from Ivory Coast, East Germany, France, Italy, and Poland. Ivory Coast won for the first time with Black and White in Color, directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud.