Sid Ganis, presidente de la Academia de Cine de los EEUU, ha anunciado que un total de 61 países han enviado películas para optar a las nominaciones a la Mejor Película Extranjera. Aquí tenéis la lista completa:
- Argelia, Days of Glory, Rachid Bouchareb
- Argentina, Family Law, Daniel Burman
- Australia, Ten Canoes, Rolf de Heer
- Austria, You Bet Your Life, Antonin Svoboda
- Bangladesh, Forever Flows, Abu Sayeed
- Bélgica, Someone Else’s Happiness, Fien Troch
- Bolivia, American Visa, Juan Carlos Valdivia
- Bosnia Herzegovina, Grbavica, Jasmila Zbanic
- Brasil, Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures, Marcelo Gomes
- Bulgaria, Monkeys in Winter, Milena Andonova
- Canada, Water, Deepa Mehta
- Chile, En la Cama, Matiaz Bize
- China, Curse of the Golden Flower, Zhang Yimou
- Colombia, A Ton of Luck, Rodrigo Triana
- Croacia, Libertas, Veljko Bulajic
- Cuba, El Benny, Jorge Luis Sanchez
- República Checa, Lunacy, Jan Svankmajer
- Dinamarca, Efter Brylluppet (After the Wedding), Susanne Bier
- Egipto, The Yacoubian Building, Marwan Hamed
- Francia, Avenue Montaigne, Daniele Thompson
- Alemania, Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others), Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
- Grecia, Chariton’s Choir, Grigoris Karantinakis
- Hong Kong, The Banquet, Feng Xiaogang
- Hungría, White Palms, Szabolcs Hajdu
- Islandia, Children, Ragnar Bragason
- India, Rang De Basanti, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
- Indonesia, Love for Share, Nia Dinata
- Iran, Transit Cafe, Kambozia Partovi
- Irak, Dreams, Mohamed Al-Daradji
- Israel, Sweet Mud, Dror Shaul
- Italia, Nuovomondo (Golden Door), Emanuele Crialese
- Japón, Hula Girls, Sang-il Lee
- Kazajistán, Nomad, Sergei Bodrov, Talgat Temenov, Ivan Passer, directors;
- Corea, King and the Clown, Lee Jun-ik
- Kyrgyzstan, The Wedding Chest, Nurbek Egen
- Líbano, Bosta, Philippe Aractingi
- Lituania, Before Flying Back to Earth, Arunas Matelis
- Macedonia, Kontakt, Sergei Stanojkovski
- Méjico, Pan’s Labyrinth, Guillermo del Toro
- Marruecos, The Moroccan Symphony, Kamal Kamal
- Nepal, Basain, Subash Prasad Gajurel
- Países Bajos, Zwartboek (Black Book), Paul Verhoeven
- Noruega, Reprise, Joachim Trier
- Perú, Madeinusa, Claudia Llosa
- Filipinas, The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros, Auraeus Solito
- Polonia, Retrieval, Slawomir Fabicki
- Portugal, Alice, Marco Martins
- Puerto Rico, Thieves and Liars, Ricardo Mendez Matta
- Rumania, The Way I Spent the End of the World, Catalin Mitulescu
- Rusia, 9th Company, Fyodor Bondarchuk
- Serbia, Tomorrow Morning, Oleg Novkovic
- Slovenia, Gravehopping, Jan Cvitkovic
- España, Volver, Pedro Almodovar
- Suecia, Falkenberg Farewell, Jesper Ganslandt
- Suiza, Vitus, Fredi M. Murer
- Taiwan, Blue Cha Cha, Cheng Wen-tang
- Tailandia, Ahimsa Stop to Run, Leo Kittikorn
- Turquia, Ice Cream, I Scream, Yuksel Aksu
- Ucrania, Aurora, Oxana Bayrak
- Venezuela, Maroa, Solveig Hoogesteijn
- Vietnam, Story of Pao, Ngo Quang Hai, director.