Nine films will advance to the next round of voting for the 89th Academy Awards foreign-language film category.
Selected from 85 submissions around the world, the shortlist is as follows:
- Australia, “Tanna” — directors Bentley Dean, Martin Butler
- Canada, “It’s Only the End of the World” — director Xavier Dolan
- Denmark, “Land of Mine” — director Martin Zandvliet
- Germany, “Toni Erdmann” — director Maren Ade
- Iran, “The Salesman” — director Asghar Farhadi
- Norway, “The King’s Choice” — director Erik Poppe
- Russia, “Paradise” — director Andrei Konchalovsky
- Sweden, “A Man Called Ove” — director Hannes Holm
- Switzerland, “My Life as a Zucchini” — director Claude Barras
The final five nominees will be announced on January 24, 2017. The winner will be announced at the Oscar ceremony on February 26, 2017.
