49 countries/regions in hunt for Oscar award
(Agencies)
Updated: 2004-10-24 14:30

Zhang Yimou's martial arts epic "House of Flying Daggers" and Alejandro Amenabar's social issue drama "The Sea Inside" are among the 49 vying for a foreign-language Oscar nomination.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences had invited 89 countries to submit films; the number of submissions represents seven fewer titles than last year, when a record 56 countries/regions submitted films.

Malaysia, which is represented by Saw Teong Hin's "A Legendary Love," is the one country in this year's lineup that has not previously submitted a film.

Sony Pictures Classics is releasing "House of Flying Daggers" domestically, while Fine Line has "The Sea Inside."

The submissions, unveiled Thursday by Academy president Frank Pierson, are:

= Afghanistan (news - web sites), "Earth and Ashes," Atiq Rahimi;

= Argentina, "A Lost Embrace," Daniel Burman;

= Austria, "Antares," Gotz Spielmann;

= Belgium, "The Alzheimer Case," Erik Van Looy;

= Bosnia and Herzegovina, "Days and Hours," Pjer Zalica;

= Brazil, "Olga," Jayme Monjardim;

= Bulgaria, "Mila From Mars," Zornitsa Sophia;

= Canada, "Far Side of the Moon," Robert Lapage;

= Chile, "Machuca," Andres Wood;

= China, "House of Flying Daggers," Zhang Yimou;

= Croatia, "Long Dark Night," Antun Vrdoljak;

= Czech Republic, "Up and Down," Jan Hrebejk;

= Denmark, "The Five Obstructions," Jorgen Leth and Lars von Trier;

= Ecuador, "Chronicles," Sebastian Cordero;

= Egypt, "I Love Cinema," Osama Fawzy;

= Estonia, "Revolution of Pigs," Karlo Funk;

= Finland, "Producing Adults," Aleksi Salmenpera;

= France, "The Chorus," Christophe Barratier;

= Germany, "Downfall," Bernd Eichinger;

= Greece, "A Touch of Spice," Tassos Boulmetis;

= Hungary, "Kontroll," Nimrod Antal;

= Iceland, "Cold Light," Hilmar Oddsson;

= India, "Shwaas," Sandeep Sawant;

= Iran, "Turtles Can Fly," Bahman Ghobadi;

= Israel, "Campfire," Joseph Cedar;

= Italy, "The House Keys," Gianni Amelio;

= Japan, "Nobody Knows," Hirokazu Kore-eda;

= Korea, "Tae Guk Gi," Kang Je-gyu;

= Macedonia, "The Great Water," Ivo Trajikov;

= Malaysia, "A Legendary Love," Saw Teong Hin;

= Mexico, "Innocent Voices," Luis Mandoki;

= the Netherlands, "Simon," Eddy Terstall;

= Norway, "Hawaii, Oslo," Erik Poppe;

= Palestine, "The Olive Harvest," Hanna Elias;

= Philippines, "Crying Ladies," Mark Meily;

= Poland, "The Welts," Magdalena Piekorz;

= Portugal, "The Miracle According to Salome," Mario Barroso;

= Romania, "Orient-Express," Sergiu Nicolaescu;

= Russia, "Night Watch," Timolir Bekmambetov;

= Serbia and Montenegro, "Goose Feather," Ljubisa Samardzic;

= Slovenia, "Beneath Her Window," Metod Pevec;

= South Africa, "Yesterday," Darrell Roodt;

= Spain, "The Sea Inside," Alejandro Amenabar;

= Sweden, "As in Heaven," Kay Pollak;

= Switzerland, "Mein Name Ist Bach," Dominique de Rivaz;

= Taiwan, "20:30:40," Sylvia Chang;

= Thailand, "The Overture," Itthisoontorn Vichailak;

= Uruguay, "Whisky," Juan Pablo Rebella and Pablo Stoll;

= Venezuela, "Punto y Raya," Elia Schneider.

To be eligible, a film must have had its first public screening in a commercial cinema in its home country for at least seven straight days between Oct. 1, 2003-Sept. 30, 2004.

The 77th Annual Academy Award nominations will be announced Jan. 25. The awards will be presented Feb. 27.

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