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71 Countries Enter the Race For the Oscar Best Foreign Language Film Category 2012 - Simran - 11-10-2012

The Academy Award organizers are surprised by the huge response they have received from the film makers from 71 countries.

  • Afghanistan, "The Patience Stone," Atiq Rahimi, director;

  • Albania, "Pharmakon," Joni Shanaj, director;

  • Algeria, "Zabana!" Said Ould Khelifa, director;

  • Argentina, "Clandestine Childhood," Benjamin Avila, director;

  • Armenia, "If Only Everyone," Natalia Belyauskene, director;

  • Australia, "Lore," Cate Shortland, director;

  • Austria, "Amour," Michael Haneke, director;

  • Azerbaijan, "Buta," Ilgar Najaf, director;

  • Bangladesh, "Pleasure Boy Komola," Humayun Ahmed, director;

  • Belgium, "Our Children," Joachim Lafosse, director;

  • Bosnia and Herzegovina, "Children of Sarajevo," Aida Begic, director;

  • Brazil, "The Clown," Selton Mello, director;

  • Bulgaria, "Sneakers," Valeri Yordanov and Ivan Vladimirov, directors;

  • Cambodia, "Lost Loves," Chhay Bora, director;

  • Canada, "War Witch," Kim Nguyen, director;

  • Chile, "No," Pablo Larrain, director;

  • China, "Caught in the Web," Chen Kaige, director;

  • Colombia, "The Snitch Cartel," Carlos Moreno, director;

  • Croatia, "Vegetarian Cannibal," Branko Schmidt, director;

  • Czech Republic, "In the Shadow," David Ondricek, director;

  • Denmark, "A Royal Affair," Nikolaj Arcel, director;

  • Dominican Republic, "Jaque Mate," Jose Maria Cabral, director;

  • Estonia, "Mushrooming," Toomas Hussar, director;

  • Finland, "Purge," Antti J. Jokinen, director;

  • France, "The Intouchables," Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano, directors;

  • Georgia, "Keep Smiling," Rusudan Chkonia, director;

  • Germany, "Barbara," Christian Petzold, director;

  • Greece, "Unfair World," Filippos Tsitos, director;

  • Greenland, "Inuk," Mike Magidson, director;

  • Hong Kong, "Life without Principle," Johnnie To, director;

  • Hungary, "Just the Wind," Bence Fliegauf, director;

  • Iceland, "The Deep," Baltasar Kormakur, director;

  • India, "Barfi!" Anurag Basu, director;

  • Indonesia, "The Dancer," Ifa Isfansyah, director;

  • Israel, "Fill the Void," Rama Burshtein, director;

  • Italy, "Caesar Must Die," Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani, directors;

  • Japan, "Our Homeland," Yang Yonghi, director;

  • Kazakhstan, "Myn Bala: Warriors of the Steppe," Akan Satayev, director;

  • Kenya, "Nairobi Half Life," David 'Tosh' Gitonga, director;

  • Kyrgyzstan, "The Empty Home," Nurbek Egen, director;

  • Latvia, "Gulf Stream under the Iceberg," Yevgeny Pashkevich, director;

  • Lithuania, "Ramin," Audrius Stonys, director;

  • Macedonia, "The Third Half," Darko Mitrevski, director;

  • Malaysia, "Bunohan," Dain Iskandar Said, director;

  • Mexico, "After Lucia," Michel Franco, director;

  • Morocco, "Death for Sale," Faouzi Bensaidi, director;

  • Netherlands, "Kauwboy," Boudewijn Koole, director;

  • Norway, "Kon-Tiki," Joachim Ronning and Espen Sandberg, directors;

  • Palestine, "When I Saw You," Annemarie Jacir, director;

  • Peru, "The Bad Intentions," Rosario Garcia-Montero, director;

  • Philippines, "Bwakaw," Jun Robles Lana, director;

  • Poland, "80 Million," Waldemar Krzystek, director;

  • Portugal, "Blood of My Blood," Joao Canijo, director;

  • Romania, "Beyond the Hills," Cristian Mungiu, director;

  • Russia, "White Tiger," Karen Shakhnazarov, director;

  • Serbia, "When Day Breaks," Goran Paskaljevic, director;

  • Singapore, "Already Famous," Michelle Chong, director;

  • Slovak Republic, "Made in Ash," Iveta Grófová, director;

  • Slovenia, "A Trip," Nejc Gazvoda, director;

  • South Africa, "Little One," Darrell James Roodt, director;

  • South Korea, "Pieta," Kim Ki-duk, director;

  • Spain, "Blancanieves," Pablo Berger, director;

  • Sweden, "The Hypnotist," Lasse Hallgtrom, director;

  • Switzerland, "Sister," Ursula Meier, director;

  • Taiwan, "Touch of the Light," Chang Jung-Chi, director;

  • Thailand, "Headshot," Pen-ek Ratanaruang, director;

  • Turkey, "Where the Fire Burns," Ismail Gunes, director;

  • Ukraine, "The Firecrosser," Mykhailo Illienko, director;

  • Uruguay, "The Delay," Rodrigo Pla, director;

  • Venezuela, "Rock, Paper, Scissors," Hernan Jabes, director;

  • Vietnam, "The Scent of Burning Grass," Nguyen Huu Muoi, director