List of submissions to the 32nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

This is a list of submissions to the 32nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film was created in 1956 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honour non-English-speaking films produced outside the United States.^[1] The award is handed out annually, and is accepted by the winning film's director, although it is considered an award for the submitting country as a whole.^[2] Countries are invited by the Academy to submit their best films for competition according to strict rules, with only one film being accepted from each country.^[2]

For the 32nd Academy Awards, thirteen films were submitted in the category Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The Netherlands, Pakistan, Hong Kong and Singapore submitted films for the first time. The highlighted titles were the five nominated films, which came from Denmark, France, Italy, the Netherlands and West Germany. The Oscar went to Black Orpheus, a Portuguese-language drama, filmed in Brazil by a French director;^[3] the film represented France.

Submissions

Submitting country	Film title used in nomination	Original title	Language(s)	Director(s)	Result
Denmark	Paw		Danish	Astrid Henning-Jensen	Nominated
France	Black Orpheus	Orfeu Negro	Brazilian Portuguese	Marcel Camus	Won Academy Award
West Germany	The Bridge	Die Brücke	German, English	Bernhard Wicki	Nominated
Hong Kong	For Better, for Worse	雨過天青	Mandarin	Yueh Feng	Not nominated
India	The World of Apu	অপুর সংসার	Bengali	Satyajit Ray	Not nominated
Italy	The Great War	La grande guerra	Italian	Mario Monicelli	Nominated
Japan	Fires on the Plain	野火	Japanese	Kon Ichikawa	Not nominated
Mexico	Nazarín		Spanish	Luis Buñuel	Not nominated
Netherlands	The Village on the River	Dorp aan de rivier	Dutch	Fons Rademakers	Nominated
Pakistan	The Day Shall Dawn	جاگو ہوا سویرا	Urdu, Bengali	A. J. Kardar	Not nominated
Singapore	The Kingdom and the Beauty	江山美人	Mandarin	Li Han-hsiang	Not nominated
United Arab Republic	The Nightingale's Prayer	دعاء الكروان	Egyptian Arabic	Henry Barakat	Not nominated
Yugoslavia	Train Without a Timetable	Vlak bez voznog reda	Serbo-Croatian	Veljko Bulajić	Not nominated

References

^ "History of the Academy Awards 2 - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences". 2008-06-22. Archived from the original on 2008-06-22. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
^ ^a ^b "Rule 14 | 81st Academy Awards Rules | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences". 2008-08-09. Archived from the original on 2008-08-09. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
^ "The 32nd Academy Awards (1960) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-10-27.