The Academy has announced the complete list of 2015 Foreign Language Oscar contenders for the 2015 Oscar awards and again its a new record, topping last year’s record 76 submissions, this year the list reaches 83 total submissions. Kosovo, Malta, Mauritania and Panama are first-time entrants.
Turkish-language title, “Little Happiness,” is the UK’s official entry for the foreign language film category.
Belgian siblings Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne are among the high-profile directors to have had their films submitted by their country’s national film body.
Others include former Bafta winner Paweł Pawlikowski, whose latest drama “Ida” has been put forward on Poland’s behalf.
Director Khalid Mohammed Mithu’s “Glow of the Firefly” (‘Jonakir Alo’) is Bangladesh’s 10th entry in the category since it began submitting in 2002.
The 83 titles will be narrowed down in January to a shortlist of nine, from which five nominees will be selected for the 2015 award.
For the first time the award will have the winning director as well as the submitting country engraved upon it, following an amendment to the Academy’s rules confirmed last month.