A record 67 countries, including first-time entrant Jordan have submitted films for consideration in the foreign language film category for the 81st Academy Awards.

Nominations will be announced on January 22, 2009 and the Oscar will be presented on February 22, 2009, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Centre.

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Afghanistan: Opium War Siddiq Barmak
Albania: The Sorrow Of Mrs Schneider Piro Milkani and Eno Milkani
Algeria: Masquerades Lyes Salem
Argentina: Lion's Den Pablo Trapero
Austria: Revanche Gotz Spielmann
Azerbaijan: Fortress Shamil Nacafzada
Bangladesh: Aha! Enamul Karim Nirjhar
Belgium: Eldorado Bouli Lanners
Bosnia And Herzegovina: Snow Aida Begic
Brazil: Last Stop 174 Bruno Barreto
Bulgaria: Zift Javor Gardev
Canada: The Necessities Of Life Benoit Pilon
Chile: Tony Manero Pablo Larrain
China: Dream Weavers Jun Gu
Colombia: Dog Eat Dog Carlos Moreno
Croatia: No One's Son Arsen Anton Ostojic
Czech Republic: The Karamazovs Petr Zelenka
Denmark: Worlds Apart Niels Arden Oplev
Egypt: The Island Sherif Arafa
Estonia: I Was Here Rene Vilbre
Finland: The Home Of Dark Butterflies Dome Karukoski
France: The Class Laurent Cantet
Georgia: Mediator Dito Tsintsadze
Germany: The Baader Meinhof Complex Uli Edel
Greece: Correction Thanos Anastopoulos
Hong Kong: Painted Skin Gordon Chan
Hungary: Iska's Journey Csaba Bollok
Iceland: White Night Wedding Baltasar Kormakur
India: Taare Zameen Par Aamir Khan
Iran: The Song Of Sparrows Majid Majidi
Israel: Waltz With Bashir Ari Folman
Italy: Gomorra Matteo Garrone
Japan: Departures Yojiro Takita
Jordan: Captain Abu Raed Amin Matalqa
Kazakhstan: Tulpan Sergey Dvortsevoy
Korea: Crossing Tae-kyun Kim
Kyrgyzstan: Heavens Blue Marie Jaoul de Poncheville
Latvia: Defenders Of Riga Aigars Grauba
Lebanon: Under The Bombs Philippe Aractingi
Lithuania: Loss Maris Martinsons
Luxembourg: Nuits D'Arabie Paul Kieffer
Macedonia: I'm from Titov Veles Teona Strugar Mitevska
Mexico: Tear This Heart Out Roberto Sneider
Morocco: Goodbye Mothers Mohamed Ismail
The Netherlands: Dunya & Desie Dana Nechushtan
Norway: O'Horten Bent Hamer
Palestine: Salt Of This Sea Annemarie Jacir
Philippines: Ploning Dante Nico Garcia
Poland: Tricks Andrzej Jakimowski
Portugal: Our Beloved Month Of August Miguel Gomes
Romania: The Rest Is Silence Nae Caranfil
Russia: Mermaid Anna Melikyan
Serbia: The Tour Goran Markovic
Singapore: My Magic Eric Khoo
Slovakia: Blind Loves Juraj Lehotsky
Slovenia: Rooster's Breakfast Marko Nabersnik
South Africa: Jerusalema Ralph Ziman
Spain: The Blind Sunflowers Jose Luis Cuerda
Sweden: Everlasting Moments Jan Troell
Switzerland: The Friend Micha Lewinsky
Taiwan: Cape No 7 Te-Sheng Wei
Thailand: Love Of Siam Chookiat Sakveerakul
Turkey: 3 Monkeys Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Ukraine: Illusion Of Fear Aleksandr Kiriyenko
United Kingdom: Hope Eternal Karl Francis
Uruguay: Kill Them All Esteban Schroeder
Venezuela: The Color Of Fame Alejandro Bellame Palacios

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