各位大家好，第81屆奧斯卡外語片本屆競爭超激，有67個國家推出了報名作品，本國當然是《海角七號》，大家千萬不要抱持過多期望，畢竟志在參加，請國人無須給該片過多壓力和關注，畢竟這還需要一大筆海外宣傳和行銷才可能讓曝光度增加。而且這回真的世界各國都派出很厲害的作品呀，如泰國是《愛在暹邏》、土耳其有今年坎城最佳導演的《三隻猴子》….之後再補中文片名。
以國家字母排序為
Afghanistan, “Opium War,” Siddiq Barmak, director;
Albania, “The Sorrow of Mrs. Schneider,” Piro Milkani and Eno Milkani, directors;
Algeria, “Masquerades,” Lyes Salem, director;
Argentina, “Lion’s Den,” Pablo Trapero, director;
Austria, “Revanche,” Gotz Spielmann, director;
Azerbaijan, “Fortress,” Shamil Nacafzada, director;
Bangladesh, “Aha!,” Enamul Karim Nirjhar, director;
Belgium, “Eldorado,” Bouli Lanners, director;
Bosnia and Herzegovina, “Snow,” Aida Begic, director;
Brazil, “Last Stop 174,” Bruno Barreto, director;
Bulgaria, “Zift,” Javor Gardev, director;
Canada, “The Necessities of Life,” Benoit Pilon, director;
Chile, “Tony Manero,” Pablo Larrain, director;
China, 《築夢2008》“Dream Weavers,” Jun Gu, director;
Colombia, “Dog Eat Dog,” Carlos Moreno, director;
Croatia, “No One’s Son,” Arsen Anton Ostojic, director;
Czech Republic, “The Karamazovs,” Petr Zelenka, director;
Denmark, “Worlds Apart,” Niels Arden Oplev, director;
Egypt, “The Island,” Sherif Arafa, director;
Estonia, 《失控的校園》“I Was Here,” Rene Vilbre, director;
Finland, “The Home of Dark Butterflies,” Dome Karukoski, director;
France, 《我和我的小鬼們》“The Class,” Laurent Cantet, director;
Georgia, “Mediator,” Dito Tsintsadze, director;
Germany, “The Baader Meinhof Complex,” Uli Edel, director;
Greece, “Correction,” Thanos Anastopoulos, director;
Hong Kong, 《畫皮》“Painted Skin,” Gordon Chan, director;
Hungary, “Iska’s Journey,” Csaba Bollok, director;
Iceland, “White Night Wedding,” Baltasar Kormakur, director;
India, 《心中的小星星》“Taare Zameen Par,” Aamir Khan, director;
Iran, 《小麻雀的假期》“The Song of Sparrows,” Majid Majidi, director;
Israel, 《和巴席爾跳華爾滋》“Waltz with Bashir,” Ari Folman, director;
Italy, 《罪惡之城蛾摩拉》“Gomorra,” Matteo Garrone, director;
Japan, 《禮儀師》“Departures,” Yojiro Takita, director;
Jordan, “Captain Abu Raed,” Amin Matalqa, director;
Kazakhstan, “Tulpan,” Sergey Dvortsevoy, director;
Korea, 《十字路口》“Crossing,” Tae-kyun Kim, director;
Kyrgyzstan, “Heavens Blue,” Marie Jaoul de Poncheville, director;
Latvia, “Defenders of Riga,” Aigars Grauba, director;
Lebanon, “Under the Bombs,” Philippe Aractingi, director;
Lithuania, “Loss,” Maris Martinsons, director;
Luxembourg, “Nuits d’Arabie,” Paul Kieffer, director;
Macedonia, “I’m from Titov Veles,” Teona Strugar Mitevska, director;
Mexico, “Tear This Heart Out,” Roberto Sneider, director;
Morocco, “Goodbye Mothers,” Mohamed Ismail, director;
The Netherlands, “Dunya & Desie,” Dana Nechushtan, director;
Norway, “O’Horten,” Bent Hamer, director;
Palestine, “Salt of This Sea” Annemarie Jacir, director;
Philippines, “Ploning,” Dante Nico Garcia, director;
Poland, 《追火車日記》“Tricks,” Andrzej Jakimowski, director;
Portugal, “Our Beloved Month of August,” Miguel Gomes, director;
Romania, “The Rest Is Silence,” Nae Caranfil, director;
Russia, 《我的人魚女友》“Mermaid,” Anna Melikyan, director;
Serbia, “The Tour,” Goran Markovic, director;
Singapore, 《我的魔法阿爸》“My Magic,” Eric Khoo, director;
Slovakia, “Blind Loves,” Juraj Lehotsky, director;
Slovenia, “Rooster’s Breakfast,” Marko Nabersnik, director;
South Africa, “Jerusalema,” Ralph Ziman, director;
Spain, “The Blind Sunflowers,” Jose Luis Cuerda, director;
Sweden, “Everlasting Moments,” Jan Troell, director;
Switzerland, “The Friend,” Micha Lewinsky, director;
Taiwan, 《海角七號》“Cape No. 7,” Te-Sheng Wei, director;
Thailand, 《愛在暹邏》“Love of Siam,” Chookiat Sakveerakul, director;
Turkey, 《3隻猴子》“3 Monkeys,” Nuri Bilge Ceylan, director;
Ukraine, “Illusion of Fear,” Aleksandr Kiriyenko, director;
United Kingdom, “Hope Eternal,” Karl Francis, director;
Uruguay, “Kill Them All,” Esteban Schroeder, director;
Venezuela, “The Color of Fame,” Alejandro Bellame Palacios, director.
提名名單將會在2009年一月二十二日公佈。，並於2/22日舉行盛大的頒獎典禮。《我和我的小鬼們》將搶先在本屆金馬國際觀摩影展中播映，時間為11/7、8日兩天；《我的人魚女友》則將在10/25、10/26、10/31、11/2等日在女性影展與高雄電影節進行特映，影片預計明年二月正式上映。本屆外語片規定改變，在九部候選提名外語片中，奧斯卡外語片獎執行委員會的二十名成員只能決定三部電影的提名資格，其餘六部候選提名影片由初選委員會投票決定，任何看過一定數量的影藝學院成員都可以投票。而且，只有等到初選委員會記票完成後，執行委員會才能決定餘下的三部候選影片。
