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A record 71 countries, including first-time entrant Kenya, have submitted films for consideration in the Foreign Language Film category for the 85th Academy Awards®. Not joining the list this year is Iran which is boycotting this year’s Oscars because of fall out from the anti-Islam video Innocence of Muslims . Last year, Iranian director Asghar Farhadi won the Academy Award for Best Foreign-Language film for A Separation , a first for a filmmaker from that country. The list of contenders follows: The 85th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Thursday, January 10, 2013, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater. Academy Awards will be presented on Sunday, February 24, 2013, at The Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center, and televised live on the ABC network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries worldwide. The 2012 submissions are : Afghanistan, “The Patience Stone,” Atiq Rahimi, director Albania, “Pharmakon,” Joni Shanaj, director Algeria, “Zabana!” Said Ould Khelifa, director Argentina, “Clandestine Childhood,” Benjamín Ávila, director Armenia, “If Only Everyone,” Natalia Belyauskene, director Australia, “Lore,” Cate Shortland, director Austria, “Amour,” Michael Haneke, director Azerbaijan, “Buta,” Ilgar Najaf, director Bangladesh, “Pleasure Boy Komola,” Humayun Ahmed, director Belgium, “Our Children,” Joachim Lafosse, director Bosnia and Herzegovina, “Children of Sarajevo,” Aida Begic, director Brazil, “The Clown,” Selton Mello, director Bulgaria, “Sneakers,” Valeri Yordanov and Ivan Vladimirov, directors Cambodia, “Lost Loves,” Chhay Bora, director Canada, “War Witch,” Kim Nguyen, director Chile, “No,” Pablo Larraín, director China, “Caught in the Web,” Chen Kaige, director Colombia, “The Snitch Cartel,” Carlos Moreno, director Croatia, “Vegetarian Cannibal,” Branko Schmidt, director Czech Republic, “In the Shadow,” David Ondrícek, director Denmark, “A Royal Affair,” Nikolaj Arcel, director Dominican Republic, “Jaque Mate,” José María Cabral, director Estonia, “Mushrooming,” Toomas Hussar, director Finland, “Purge,” Antti J. Jokinen, director France, “The Intouchables,” Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano, directors Georgia, “Keep Smiling,” Rusudan Chkonia, director Germany, “Barbara,” Christian Petzold, director Greece, “Unfair World,” Filippos Tsitos, director Greenland, “Inuk,” Mike Magidson, director Hong Kong, “Life without Principle,” Johnnie To, director Hungary, “Just the Wind,” Bence Fliegauf, director Iceland, “The Deep,” Baltasar Kormákur, director India, “Barfi!” Anurag Basu, director Indonesia, “The Dancer,” Ifa Isfansyah, director Israel, “Fill the Void,” Rama Burshtein, director Italy, “Caesar Must Die,” Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani, directors Japan, “Our Homeland,” Yang Yonghi, director Kazakhstan, “Myn Bala: Warriors of the Steppe,” Akan Satayev, director Kenya, “Nairobi Half Life,” David ‘Tosh’ Gitonga, director Kyrgyzstan, “The Empty Home,” Nurbek Egen, director Latvia, “Gulf Stream under the Iceberg,” Yevgeny Pashkevich, director Lithuania, “Ramin,” Audrius Stonys, director Macedonia, “The Third Half,” Darko Mitrevski, director Malaysia, “Bunohan,” Dain Iskandar Said, director Mexico, “After Lucia,” Michel Franco, director Morocco, “Death for Sale,” Faouzi Bensaïdi, director Netherlands, “Kauwboy,” Boudewijn Koole, director Norway, “Kon-Tiki,” Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg, directors Palestine, “When I Saw You,” Annemarie Jacir, director Peru, “The Bad Intentions,” Rosario García-Montero, director Philippines, “Bwakaw,” Jun Robles Lana, director Poland, “80 Million,” Waldemar Krzystek, director Portugal, “Blood of My Blood,” João Canijo, director Romania, “Beyond the Hills,” Cristian Mungiu, director Russia, “White Tiger,” Karen Shakhnazarov, director Serbia, “When Day Breaks,” Goran Paskaljevic, director Singapore, “Already Famous,” Michelle Chong, director Slovak Republic, “Made in Ash,” Iveta Grófová, director Slovenia, “A Trip,” Nejc Gazvoda, director South Africa, “Little One,” Darrell James Roodt, director South Korea, “Pieta,” Kim Ki-duk, director Spain, “Blancanieves,” Pablo Berger, director Sweden, “The Hypnotist,” Lasse Hallström, director Switzerland, “Sister,” Ursula Meier, director Taiwan, “Touch of the Light,” Chang Jung-Chi, director Thailand, “Headshot,” Pen-ek Ratanaruang, director Turkey, “Where the Fire Burns,” Ismail Gunes, director Ukraine, “The Firecrosser,” Mykhailo Illienko, director Uruguay, “The Delay,” Rodrigo Plá, director Venezuela, “Rock, Paper, Scissors,” Hernán Jabes, director Vietnam, “The Scent of Burning Grass,” Nguyen Huu Muoi, director.

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Oscars 2013: 71 Countries Submit For Best Foreign-Language Consideration