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Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

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1 As a Special Award 2 As an Honorary Award 3 As a category in its own right 3.1 1950s 3.2 1960s 3.3 1970s 3.4 1980s 3.5 1990s 3.6 2000s

As a Special Award

• 1947 Shoeshine (Sciuscià) (Italy) - Societa Co-operativa Alfa Cinematografica - Paolo William Tamburella producer - Vittorio De Sica director
• 1948 Monsieur Vincent (France) - E. D. I. C., Union Général Cinématographique - George de la Grandiere producer - Maurice Cloche director
• 1949 The Bicycle Thief (Ladri di biciclette) (Italy) - Mayer - Vittorio De Sica producer and director

As an Honorary Award

• 1950 The Walls of Malapaga (Au delà des grilles) (France/Italy) - Francinex, Italia Produzione - George Agliani and Alfredo Guarini producers - René Clément director
• 1951 Rashomon (羅生門) (Japan) - Daiei Motion Picture Co,, Daiei Studios - Minoru Jingo producer - Akira Kurosawa director
• 1952 Forbidden Games (Jeux interdits) (France) - Silver Films - Robert Dorfmann producer - René Clément director
• 1953 none given
• 1954 Gate of Hell (Jigokumon) (地獄門) (Japan) - Daiei Studios - Masaichi Nagata producer - Teinosuke Kinugasa director
• 1955 Samurai, The Legend of Musashi (Miyamoto Musashi) (宮本 武蔵) (Japan) - Criterion Pictures Corp., Fine Arts Films - Kazuo Takimura producer - Hiroshi Inagaki director

As a category in its own right

1950s

• 1956 La Strada (Italy) - Ponti-De Laurentiis Cinematografica - Dino De Laurentiis and Carlo Ponti producers - Federico Fellini director
  • The Captain of Köpenick (Der Hauptmann von Köpenick) (Germany) - Real-Film GmbH - Gyula Trebitsch producer - Helmut Käutner director
  • Gervaise (France) - Agnes Delahaie Productions, C. I. C. C. Films, Silver Films - Annie Dorfmann producer - René Clément director
  • Harp of Burma (Biruma no tategoto) (ビルマの竪琴) (Japan) - Nikkatsu Corporation - Masayuki Takaki producer - Kon Ichikawa director
  • Qivitoq (Denmark - Greenland Inuit) - Nordisk film - Erik Balling director
• 1957 Nights of Cabiria (Le Notti di Cabiria) (Italy) - Dino De Laurentiis Cinematografica, Les Films Marceau - Dino De Laurentiis producer - Federico Fellini director
  • The Devil Came at Night (Nachts, wenn der Teufel kam) (Germany) - Divina-Film - Robert Siodmak producer and director
  • Gates of Paris (Porte des Lilas) (France) - Cinétel, Filmsonor, Rizzoli Film, S.E.C.A. - René Clair producer and director
  • Mother India (Bharat Mata) (India-Hindi) - Mehboob Productions - Mehboob Khan producer and director
  • Nine Lives (Ni liv) (Norway) - Nordsjøfilm - Arne Skouen producer and director
• 1958 My Uncle (Mon Oncle) (France) - Alter, Centauro, Gray, Specta - Louis Dolivet, Fred Orain, Alain Terrouane, Jacques Tati producers, Jacques Tati director.
  • Arms and the Man (Helden) (Germany) - Bavaria Filmkunst - Peter Golbaum and Harry R. Sokal producers - Franz Peter Wirth director.
  • Vengeance (La Venganza) (Spain) - Guion, Suevia, Vides - Juan Antonio Bardem director
  • The Road a Year Long (La Strada lunga un anno) (Yugoslavia/Italy - Italian) - Croatia Film, Jadran Film - Ivo Vrhovec production manager - Giuseppe De Santis director
  • The Usual Unidentified Thieves (a.k.a. Big Deal on Madonna Street) (I soliti ignoti) (Italy) - Cinecittr, Lux, Vides - Franco Cristaldi producer - Mario Monicelli director
• 1959 Black Orpheus (Orfeu Negro) (Brazil/France/Italy - Portuguese) - Dispat Films, Gemma, Tupan - Sacha Gordine producer - Marcel Camus director
  • The Bridge (Die Brücke) (Germany) - Fono Film - Hermann Schwerin producer - Bernhard Wicki director
  • The Great War (La Grande Guerra) (Italy) - Dino de Laurentis Cinematographica, Lopert Pictures Corp. - Dino de Laurentis producer - Mario Monicelli director
  • Paw (Denmark) - Laterna Film - Mogens Skot-Hansen producer - Astrid Jenning-Hensen director
  • The Village on the River (Dorp aan de rivier) (Netherlands) - Nationale Film Productie Maatschappij - Fons Rademakers director

1960s

• 1960 The Virgin Spring (Jungfrukällan) (Sweden) - Svensk Filmindustri - Ingmar Bergman, Allan Ekelund producers - Ingmar Bergman director
  • Kapo (Kapò) (Italy) - Cineriz, Francinex, Vides, Zebra Films - Moris Ergas producer - Gillo Pontecorvo director
  • The Truth (La Verité) (France) - Raoul Lévy producer - Henri-Georges Clouzot director
  • Macario (Mexico) - Clasa Film Mundiales - Armando Orive Alba producer - Roberto Gavaldón director
  • The Ninth Circle (Deveti krug) (Yugoslavia) - Jadran Film - France Stiglic director
• 1961 Through a Glass Darkly - (Såsom i en spegel) (Sweden) - Svensk Filmindustri - Allan Ekelund producer - Ingmar Bergman director
  • Harry and the Butler (Harry og kammertjeneren)(Denmark) - production company - Bent Christensen, Preben Philipsen producers - Bent Christensen director
  • Immortal Love (Eien no hito) (永遠の人) (Japan) - Shochiku Films - Keisuke Kinoshita, Sennosuke Tsukimori producers - Keisuke Kinoshita director
  • The Important Man (Ánimas Trujano) (Mexico) - ARS, Películas Rodríguez, UNA - Ismael Rodríguez producer and director
  • Plácido (Spain) - Jet Films - Alfredo Matas producer - Luis García Berlanga
• 1962 Sundays and Cybele (Les dimanches de ville d'Avray) (France) - Fidès, Les Films Trocadero, Orsay Films, Terra Film - Romain Pinès producer - Serge Bourguignon director
  • Electra (Elektra) (Greece) - Finos Film, JN Film - Michael Cacoyannis producer and director
  • The Keeper of Promises a.k.a. The Given Word (O pagador de promessas) (Brazil) - Cinedistri, Produções Francisco de Castro - Francisco de Castro, Anselmo Duarte, Oswaldo Massaini producers - Anselmo Duarte director
  • The Four Days of Naples (Le quattro giornate di Napoli) (Italy) - Metro, Titanus - Goffredo Lombardo producer - Nanni Loy director
  • The Pearl of Tlayucan (Tlayucan) (Mexico) - production Co. and producer - Luis Alcoriza director
• 1963 8½ (Otto e mezzo) (Italy) - Cineriz, Francinez - Angelo Rizzoli producer - Federico Fellini director
  • Knife in the Water (Nóż w wodzie) (Poland) - ZRF "Kamera" - Stanislaw Zylewicz - Roman Polański director
  • La Tarantos (Spain) - Films Rovira Beleta, Tecisa, Teresa - José Gutiérrez Mendoza, Francisco Rovira Beleta producers - Francisco Rovira Beleta director
  • The Red Lanterns (Ta kokkina fanaria) (Greece) - Th. Demaskinos & V. Michaelides - Theophanis A. Demaskinos, Victor G. Michaelides producers - Vassilis Georgiadis director
  • Twin Sisters of Kyoto (Koto) (琴) (Japan) - Shochiku Films Ltd. - Tyotaro Kyuwata producer - Noboru Nakamura director
• 1964 Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow (Ieri, oggi, domani) (Italy) - Compagna Cinematografica Champion, Les Films Concordia - Carlo Ponti producer - Vittorio De Sica director
  • Raven's End (Kvarteret korpen) (Sweden) - Europa Film - producer - Bo Widerberg director
  • Sallah Shabbati (סאלח שבתי) (Israel) - Sallah Company, Sallah Ltd. - Menahem Golan producer - Ephraim Kishon director
  • The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Les parapluies de Cherbourg) (France) - Beta Film GmbH, Madeleine Films, Parc Film - Mag Bodard, Philippe Dussart producers - Jacques Demy director
  • Woman in the Dunes (砂の女; Suna no onna) (Japan) - Teshigahara Productions, Toho - Kiichi Ichikawa, Tadashi Oono producers - Hiroshi Teshigahara director
• 1965 The Shop on Main Street (Obchod na korze) (Czechoslovakia) - Filmové Studio Barrandov - Jordan Balurov, M. Broz, Karel Feix, Jaromir Lukas producers - Jan Kadar, Elmar Klos directors
  • Blood on the Land (To homa vaftike kokkino)(Greece) - Finos Film, Th. Demaskinos & V. Michaelides - Vassilis Georgiadis director
  • Dear John (Käre John) (Sweden) - Filmhus Ateljeerna, Sandrews - Göran Lindgren producer - Lars-Magnus Lindgren director
  • Kwaidan (a.k.a. Ghost Story, Hoichi the Earless, Weird Tales) (怪談; Kaidan) (Japan) - Bungei, Ninjin Club - Shigeru Wakatsuki producer - Masaki Kobayashi director
  • Marriage Italian Style (Matrimonio all'Italiana) (Italy) - Compagna Cinematografica Champion, Les Films Concordia - Carlo Ponti producer - Vittorio De Sica director
• 1966 A Man and a Woman (Un homme et une femme) (France) - Les Films 13 - Claude Lelouch producer and director
  • The Battle of Algiers - (La Battaglia di Algeri) (Maarakat madinat al Jazaer) (Algeria/Italy) - Casbah, Igor Film - Antonio Musu, Yacef Saadi producers - Gillo Pontecorvo director
  • Pharaoh (Faraon) (Poland) - Film Polski Film Agency, WFF Lodz, ZRF "Kadr" - producer - Jerzy Kawalerowicz director
  • The Loves of a Blond (Lásky jedné plavovlásky) (Czechoslovakia) - CBK, Filmové Studio Barrandov, Sebor - Rudolf Hájek producer - Milos Forman director
  • Three (Tri) (Yugoslavia) - Avala Film - producer - Aleksandar Petrovic director
• 1967 Closely Watched Trains (Ostre sledované vlaky) (Czechoslovakia) - Filmové Studio Barrandov - Zdenek Oves producer - Jiri Menzel director
  • El Amor Brujo (Spain) - Exclusivas Floralva Producción, Films Rovira Beleta - Producer - Francisco Rovira Beleta director
  • Portrait of Chieko (智恵子抄; Chieko-sho) (Japan) - Shochiku Films - producer - Noboru Nakamura director
  • I Even Met Happy Gypsies (Skupljaci perja) (Yugoslavia) - Avala Film - producer - Aleksandar Petrovic director
  • Live for life (Vivre pour vivre) (France) - Les Films Ariane, Le Productions Artistes Associés, Vides - Robert Amon, Georges Danciger, Alexandre Mnouchkine producers - Claude Lelouch director
• 1968 War and Peace (USSR) - Mosfilm - producer - Sergei Bondarchuk director
  • Stolen Kisses (Baisers volés) (France) - Les Films du Carosse, Les Productions Artistes Associés - Marcel Berbert producer - François Truffaut director
  • The Firemen's Ball (Horí, má panenko) (Czechoslovakia) (in Czech) - Carlo Ponti Cinematografica, Filmové Studio Barrandov - Rudolf Hájek, Carlo Ponti producers - Milos Forman director
  • The Boys of Paul Street (A Pál utcai fiúk) (Hungary) - Groskopf, Mafilm - Endre Bohem producer - Zoltá Fábri director
  • Girl with a Pistol - (La ragazza con la pistola) (Italy) - Documento Films - Gianni Hecht Lucari producer - Mario Monicelli director
• 1969 Z (Algeria) (in French) - Office National pour le Commerce et l'Industrie Cinématographique, Reggane Films, Valoria Films - Jacques Perrin, Ahmed Rachedi producers - Costa-Gavras director
  • The Battle of Neretva (Bitka na Neretvi) (Yugoslavia) - Bosna Film, Commonwealth United Entertainment, Echberg, Film Production Organisation, IFC International, Igor Film, Jadran Film, United Yugoslavia Producers, Vereinigte, Yugoslavia Film - Steve Previn producer - Veljko Bulajic director
  • The Brothers Karamazov (Братья Карамазов&#1099) (USSR) - Mosfilm - producer - Kirill Lavrov, Ivan Pyryev, Mikhail Ulyanov directors
  • My Night at Maud's (Ma nuit chez Maud) (France) - FFD, Films de Pléïade, Les Films des deux mondes, Les Films du Carrosse, Les Films du Losange, Productions de La Guéville, Renn Productions, Simar Films, Société Française de Production (SFP), Two World Entertainment - Pierre Cottrell, Barbet Schroeder producers - Eric Rohmer director
  • Adalen Riots (Ådalen '31) (Sweden) - Svensk Filmindustri (SF) AB - producer - Bo Widerberg director

1970s

• 1970 Investigation of a Citizen Above Susoicion (Indagin su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto) (Italy) - Vera Films - Daniele Senatore producer - Elio Petri director
  • First Love (Erste Liebe) (Switzerland) (in German) - Alfa Film, Franz Seitz Filmproduktion, Glarus, Mafilm - Barry Levinson, Maximilian Schell producers - Maximilian Schell director
  • Hoa-Binh (France) - C.A.P.A.C., La Guéville, Madeleine Films, Parc Film - Gilbert de Goldschmidt producer - Raoul Coutard director
  • Peace in the Fields - (Paix sur les champs) (Belgium) (in French) - E. G. C. - Jacques de Pauw producer - Jacques Boigelot director
  • Tristans (Spain) - Les Films Corona, Selenia Cinematografica, Talía Films, Época Films S.A. - Luis Buñuel, Robert Dorfmann producers - Luis Buñuel director
• 1971 The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (Il Giardino dei Finzi-Contini) (Italy) - CCC Filmkunst GmbH, Documento Films - Artur Brauner, Arthur Cohn, Gianni Hecht Lucari producers - Vittorio De Sica director
  • Tchaikovsky (Chaikovsky) (USSR) - Mosfilm - producer - Igor Talankin director
  • Clickety-Clack (Dodesukaden) (Japan) - Toho, Yonki no Kai - Kon Ichikawa, Keisuke Kinoshita, Masaki Kobayashi, Akira Kurosawa, Yoishi Matsue producers - Akira Kurosawa director
  • The Policeman (השוטר אזולאי) (Israel) - EFI Ltd., EPNI Films, Israel Motion Picture Studios - Ephraim Kishon, Itzik Kol producers - Ephraim Kishon director
  • The Emigrants (Utvandrarna) (Sweden) - Svensk Filmindustri (SF) AB, Warner Bros. - Bengt Forslund producer - Jan Troell director
• 1972 The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie) (France) - Dean Film, Greenwich Film Productions, Jet Films S. A, - Serge Silberman producer - Luis Buñuel director
  • The Dawns Here Are Quiet (А зори здесь тихие) (USSR) - Gorky Film Studios - producer - Stanislav Rostotsky director
  • I Love You Rosa - (אני אוהב אותך רוזה) (Israel) - Leisure Media, Noah Films - Menahem Golan producer - Moshé Mizrahi director
  • My Dearest Senorita - (Mi querida señorita) (Spain) - El Imàn Cine y Televisión S. A., In-Cine Compañía Industrial Cinematográfica S. A. - Luis Megino producer - Jaime de Armiñán director
  • The New Land (Nybyggarna) (Sweden) - Svensk Filmindustri (SF) AB - Bengt Forslund producer - Jan Troell director
• 1973 Day for Night (La Nuit américaine) (France) - Les Films du Carrosse, PECF, PIC - Marcel Berbert producer - François Truffaut
  • The House on Chelouche Street (הבית ברחוב שלוש) (Israel) - Noah Films - Menahem Golan producer - Moshé Mizrahi director
  • The Pedestrian (Der Fußgänger) (Germany) - Alfa Glaurus, Braun, Franz Seitz Filmproduktion, MFG-Film - Zev Braun, Maximilian Schell producers - Maximilian Schell director
  • The Invitation (L'Invitation) (Switzerland) (in French) - Citel Films, Group 5, Planfilm, Romande - producer - Claude Goretta director
  • Turkish Delight (Turks fruit) (Netherlands) - Verenigde Nederlandsche Filmcompagnie (VNF) - Rob Houwer producer - Paul Verhoeven director
• 1974 Amarcord (Italy) - F. C. Productions, PECF. - Franco Cristaldi producer - Federico Fellini director
  • Lacombe Lucien (France) - Hallelujah Films, Nouvelles Éditions de Films, UPF (Universal Pictures France), Vides-Film - Louis Malle, Claude Nedjar producers - Louis Malle director
  • Cat's Play (Macskajáték) (Hungary) - Hunnia Játékfilmstúdió - producer - Károly Makk director
  • The Deluge (Potop) (Poland) - Film Polski - producer - Jerzy Hoffman director
  • The Truce (La Tregua) (Argentina) - production Co. - Rene Aure, Tita Tamames, Rosa Zemborain producers - Sergio Renán director
• 1975 Dersu Uzala (USSR) - Atelier 41, Daiei Studios, Mosfilm, Satra - Yoishi Matsue, Nikolai Sizov producers - Akira Kurosawa director
  • Letters from Marusia (Actas de Marusia) (Mexico) - Corporación Nacional Cinematográfica (CONACINE) - Arturo Feliu producer - Miguel Littin director
  • Scent of a Woman (Profumo di donna) (Italy) - Dean Film - Pio Angeletti, Adriano De Micheli producers - Dino Risi director
  • Sandakan 8 (a.k.a. Brothel No. 8) (Sandakan hachibanshokan bohkyo) (Japan) - O & R Production, Toho - producer - Kei Kumai director
  • Land of Promise (Ziemia obiecana) (Poland) - Film Polski, Zespol Filmovy "X" - producer - Andrzej Wajda director
• 1976 Black and White in Color (Noir et blancs en couleur) (Côte d'Ivoire) - France 3 Cinéma, Reggane Films, Smart Film Produktion, Société Française de Production (SFP), Société Ivoirienne de Cinema - Arthur Cohn, Jacques Perrin, Giorgio Silagni producers - Jean-Jacques Annaud
  • Cousin, Cousine (France) - Films Pomeru, Gaumont International - producer - Jean Charles Tacchella director
  • Jacob the Liar (Jakob, der Lügner) (German Democratic Republic) - DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme, Deutscher Fernsehfunk (DFF), Filmové Studio Barrandov, Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) - Herbert Ehler producer - Frank Beyer director
  • Night and Days (Noce i dnie) (Poland) - Zespol Filmowy "Kadr" - producer - Jerzy Antczak director
  • Seven Beauties (Pasqualino Settebellezze) (Italy) - Medusa Produzione - Arrigo Colombo, Giancarlo Giannini, Lina Wertmüller producers - Lina Wertmüller director
• 1977 Madame Rosa - (La Vie devant soi) (France) - Lira Films - Jean Bolvary producer - Moshé Mizrahi director
  • That Obscure Object of Desire (Cet obscur objet du désir) (Spain) - Greenwich Film Productions, In-Cine Compañía International Cinematográfica S. A., Les Films Galaxie - Serge Silberman producer - Luis Buñuel director
  • The Great Day (a.k.a. A Special Day) (Una Giornata particolare) (Italy) - Canafox, Compagnia Cinematografica Champion - Carlo Ponti producer - Ettore Scola director
  • Iphigenia (Greece) - Greek Film Center - producer - Michael Cacoyannis director
  • Entebbe, Operation Thunderbolt (מבצע יונתן) (Israel) - GS Productions - Yoram Globus, Menaham Golan producers - Menahem Golan director
• 1978 Get Out Your Handkerchiefs - (Preparez vos mouchoirs) (France) - Belga Films, C.A.P.A.C., Les Films Ariane, SODEP - Paul Claudon, Georges Danciger, Alexandre Mnouchkine producers - Bertrand Blier director
  • White Bim Black Ear (Belyi bim - Chyornoye ukho) (USSR) - Gorky Film Studios - producer - Stanislav Rostotsky director
  • The Glass Cell (Die Gläsene Zelle) (Federal Republic of Germany) - Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), Radiotelevisão Portuguesa (RTP), Roxy Film GmbH, Royal, Solaris Film - Luggi Waldleitner producer - Hans W. Geissendörfer director
  • Hungarians (Magyarok) (Hungary) - Capital, Clircio, Dialóg Filmstúdió, Hungarofilm, Mafilm - producer - Zoltán Fábri director
  • The New Monsters (I Nuovi mostri) (Italy) - Dean Film - Pio Angeletti, Adriano De Micheli producers - Mario Monicelli, Dino Risi, Ettore Scola directors
• 1979 The Tin Drum (Die Blechtrommel) (Federal Republic of Germany) - Argos Films, Artémis Productions, Bioskop Film, Film Polski Film Agency, Franz Seitz Filmproduktion, GGB-14, Hallelujah Films, Jadran Film - Anatole Dauman, Franz Seitz producers - Volker Schlöndorff - director
  • To Forget Venice (Dementicare Venezia) (Italy) - Action, Rizzoli Film S. p.a. - Franco Brusati, Claudio Grassetti producers - Franco Brusati director
  • Mama Turns a Hundred (Mamá cumple cien años) (Spain) - Elías Querejeta Producciones Cinematográficas S.L., Films Moliere e Pierson Production, Les Films Molière, Pierson Productions - Elías Querejeta producer - Carlos Saura director
  • The Maids of Wilko (Panny z Wilko) (Poland) - Pierson Productions, Zespol Filmowy "X" - producer - Andrzej Wajda director
  • A Simple Story (Une Histoire simple) (France) - France 3 Cinéma, Renn Productions, Rialto Film, Sara Films, Société Française de Production (SFP) - Horst Wendlandt producer - Claude Sautet director

1980s

• 1980 Moscow Does Not Believe In Tears (Москва Слезам Не Верит) (USSR) - Mosfilm, Satra, Sovexportfilm - producer- Vladimir Menshov director
  • Confidence (Bizalom) (Hungary) - Mafilm, Objektív Filmstúdió - producer - István Szabó director
  • The Last Metro - (Le Dernier métro) (France) - Les Films du Carrosse, Société Française de Production (SFP), Sédif Productions, TF1 Films Productions - François Truffaut producer and director
  • Kagemusha (影武者) (Japan) - Toho - Akira Kurosawa producer and director
  • The Nest (El nido) (Spain) - A-Punto ELSA, Cinespania S. A. - producer - Jaime de Armiñán
• 1981 Mephisto (Hungary) - Mafilm, Manfred Durniok Produktion, Objektiv Studio - Manfred Durniok producer - Istvan Szabo director
  • The Boat is Full (Das Boot ist voll) (Switzerland) - Limbo Film AG - George Reinhart producer - Markus Imhoof director
  • Man of Iron (Człowiek z żelaza) (Poland) - Film Polski Film Agency, Zespół Filmowy X - producer - Andrzej Wajda director
  • Muddy River (泥の川; Doro no kawa) (Japan) - Daiei Studios, Kimura Productions - Motoyasu Kimura producer - Kôhei Oguri director
  • Three Brothers (Tre fratelli) (Italy) - Gaumont Pictures, Iterfilm - Antonio Macri, Giorgio Nocella producers - Francesco Rosi director
• 1982 Begin the Beguine (Volver a empezar) (Spain) - Nickel Odeon S. A. - José Luis Garci producer and director
  • Alsino and the Condor (Alsino y el cóndor) (Nicaragua) - CRFC, Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industrias Cinematográficos (ICAIC), Latinamerican Film, NFI - Hernán Littin producer - Miguel Littin director
  • Private life (Chastnaya zhizn) (USSR) - Mosfilm - producer - Yuli Raisman director
  • Clean Slate (Coup de Torchon) (France) - Films A2, Les Films de la Tour, Little Bear - Henri Lassa, Adolphe Viezzi producers - Bertrand Tavernier director
  • The Flight of the Eagle (Ingenjör Andrées luftfärd) (Sweden) - Adnorsk, Bold Productions, Norsk Film A/S, Polyphon Film- und Fernseh GmbH, SVT Drama, Svensk Filmindustri (SF) AB, Svenska Filminstitutet (SFI), Swedish Film Institute - Jörn Donner producer - Jan Troell director
• 1983 Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander) (Sweden) - Cinematograph AB, Gaumont International, Opera Film Produzione, Personafilm, SVT Drama, Sandrews, Svenska Filminstitutet (SFI), Swedish Film Institute, TVI, Tobis Filmkunst - Jörn Donner producer - Ingmar Bergman director
  • Le Bal (Algeria) - Cinéproduction, Films A2, Massfilm, Ministère de la Culture de la Republique Française, O.N.C.I.C. - Giorgio Silvagni producer - Ettore Scola director
  • Carmen (Spain) - Emiliano Piedra - Emiliano Piedra producer - Carlos Saura director
  • At First Sight (Coup de foudre) (France) - Alexandre Films, Films A2, Hachette Première, Partner's Production, Société Française de Production (SFP) - Ariel Zeitoun producer - Diane Kurys director
  • The Revolt of Job - (Jób lázadása) (Hungary) - MAFILM Társulás Stúdió, Macropolis, * Magyar Televízió (MTV), Sefel Films, Starfilm, Tarsulac, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) - producer - Imre Gyöngyössy, Barna Kabay directors
• 1984 Dangerous Moves (La Diagonale du fou) (Switzerland) - Arthur Cohn Productions, Cécilia Films - Arthur Cohn, Martine Marignac producers - Richard Dembo director
  • Camila (Argentina) - GEA Producciones, Impala Film - Lita Stantic producer - Maria Luisa Bemberg director
  • Beyond the Law (a.k.a. Beyond the Walls) (מאחורי הסורגים) (Israel) - April Films - Rudy Cohen producer - Uri Barbash, Rudy Cohen directors
  • Double Feature (Sessión continua) (Spain) - Nickel Odeon S.A. - José Luis Garci producer and director
  • War-time Romance (Военно-полевой роман) (USSR) - Odessa Film Studios - producer - Pyotr Todorovsky director
• 1985 The Official Story (La Historia oficial) (Argentina) - Historia Cinematograficas Cinemania, Progress Communications - Marcelo Piñeyro producer - Luis Puenzo director
  • Three Men and a Cradle (Trois hommes et un couffin) (France) - Flach Film, Soprofilms, TF1 Films Productions - Jean-François Lepetit executive producer - Coline Serreau director
  • Angry Harvest (Bittere Ernte) (Federal Republic of Germany) - Admiral, CCC Filmkunst GmbH, Zweites Deutches Fernsehen (ZDF) - Artur Brauner producer - Agnieszka Holland director
  • Oberst Redl (Hungary) - MAFILM Objektív Filmstúdió, MOKEP-Kerszi, Manfred Durniok Produktion, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF), Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) - József Marx producer - István Szabó director
  • When Father Was Away on Business (Otac na sluzbenom putu) (Yugoslavia) - Centar Film, Forum Sarajevo - Mirza Pasic producer - Emir Kusturica director
• 1986 The Assault (De Aanslag) (Netherlands) - Fons Rademakers Produktie - Fons Rademakers producer and director
  • 38 - Vienna Before the Fall (38) (Austria) - Almaro Film, Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), Satel Film, Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) - Michael von Wolkenstein producer - Wolfgang Glück director
  • 37.2 Degrees in the Morning (a.k.a. Betty Blue) (37º2 le matin) (France) - Cargo Films, Constellation - Jean-Jacques Beineix, Claudie Ossard producers - Jean-Jacques Beineix director
  • The Decline of the American Empire (Le Déclin de l'empire américain) (Canada) (in French) - Corporation Image M & M, Malofilm, National Film Board of Canada (NFB), Societe Radio Cinema, Société Général du Cinéma du Québec, Téléfilm Canada - Roger Frappier, René Malo producers - Denys Arcand director
  • My Sweet Little Village (Vesnicko má stredisková) (Czechoslovakia) - Fifth Group, Filmové Studio Barrandov - producer - Jirí Menzel director
• 1987 Babette's Feast (Babettes Gæstebud) (Denmark) - Danish Film Institute, Panorama - Just Betzer, Bo Christensen producers - Gabriel Axel director
  • Course Completed (Asignatura aprobata) (Spain) - Nickel Odeon - José Luis García- producer - José Luis Garci director
  • Goodbye Children (Au revoir les enfants) (France) - MK2 Productions, NEF Filmproduktion, Nouvelles Éditions de Films, Stella Films - Louis Malle producer and director
  • The Family (La famiglia) (Italy) - Cinecittà, Cinémax, France 3 Cinéma, Les Films Ariane, Massfilm, Radiotelevisione Italiana (RAI), Séléna Audiovisuel - Franco Committeri producer - Ettore Scola director
  • Pathfinder (Ofelas) (Norway) - Filmkameratene A/S, Mayco, Norsk Film A/S, Norway Film Development, The Norway Film Development Company - John M. Jacobsen producer - Nils Gaup director
• 1988 Pelle the Conqueror (Pelle erobreren) (Denmark) - Danmarks Radio, Det Danske Filminstitut, Panorama Film, Per Holst Filmproduktion, SID, Specialarbejderforbundet, Svensk Filmindustri (SF) AB, Svenska Filminstitutet (SFI) - Per Holst producer - Bille August director
  • Hanussen (Hungary) - CCC Filmkunst, Hungarofilm, Mafilm, Mokép, Objektív Filmstúdió Vállalat, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF), - Artur Brauner producer - Istvan Szabo director
  • The Music Teacher (Le Maître de Musique) (Belgium - French) - K2-One, Radio Télévision Belge Francophone - Alexandre Pletzer producer - Gérard Corbiau director
  • Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios) (Spain) - El Deseo S. A., Lauren Film - Pedro Almodovar producer and director
  • Salaam Bombay! (India) - Cadragee, Channel Four Films, Doordarshan, La Sept Cinéma, Mirabai Films, NDFC-Doordarshan - Mira Nair producer and director
• 1989 Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo cinema Paradiso) - Miramax Films, Home Boxoffice Home Video, Radiotelevisione Italiana (RAI), TF1 Films Productions - Mino Barbera, Franco Cristaldi, Giovanna Romagnoli producers - Giuseppe Tornatore director
  • Camille Claudel (France) - Antenne-2, Centre National de la Cinématographie, DD Productions, Films A2, Films Christian Fechner, French Ministry of Culture and Communication, Gaumont International, Images Investissements, Lilith Films I.A., Sofica Créations, Sofica Investimage - Isabelle Adjani, Christian Fechner producers - Bruno Nuytten director
  • Memories of a Marriage (Dansen med Regitze) (Denmark) - Danish Film Institute, Nordisk Film - Lars Kolvig producer - Kaspar Rostrup director
  • Jesus of Montreal (Jésus de Montréal) (Canada - French) - Centre National de la Cinématographie, Communication, Gérard Mital Productions, Max Films Productions Inc., National Film Board of Canada (NFB), Premier Choix TVEC, Super Ecran, Téléfilm Canada - Roger Frappier, Pierre Gendron, Monique Letourneau producers - Denys Arcand director
  • Santiago, the Story of his New Life (Lo que le pasó a Santiago) (Puerto Rico) - Bacalao Inc., Dios los Cría Inc., Producciones Pedro Muñiz, Taleski Studios Inc. - Blanca Silvia Ero, Pedro Muñiz producers - Jacobo Morales director

1990s

• 1990 Journey of Hope (Reise der Hoffnung) (Switzerland - German and Turkish) - Anta, Catpics AG, Channel Four Films, Cineverde, Condor Films, Dewe Hellthaler International, Eurimages, Schweizer Fernsehen DRS - Peter-Christian, Fueter, Alfi Sinniger producers - Xavier Koller director
  • Cyrano de Bergerac (France) - Caméra One, Centre National de la Cinématographie, DD Productions, Films A2, Hachette Première, Investors Club, La Sofica Sofinergie, UGC Images - René Cleitman, Michel Seydoux, André Szots producers - Jean-Paul Rappenau director
  • Ju Dou (China - Mandarin) - China Film Co-Production Corporation, China Film Import and Export, Tokuma Shoten, Xi'an Film Studios - Hu Jian, Yasuyoshi Tokuma, Wenze Zhang producers - Yang Fengliang, Yimou Zhang directors
  • Open Doors (Porte aperte) (Italy) - Erre Produzioni, Instituto Luce, Italonegglio Cinematografico, Rai Due Radiotelevisione Italiana, Sacis, Urania Film - Angelo Rizzoli Jr. producer - Gianni Amelio director
  • The Nasty Girl (Das Schreckliche Mädchen) (Germany) - Filmverlag der Autoren, Sentana Filmproduktion, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) - Michael Senftleben producer - Michael Verhoeven director
• 1991 Mediterraneo (Italy) - A. M. A. Film, Penta Films S. A., Silvio Berlusconi Communications - Silvio Berlusconi, Mario Cecchi Gori, Vittorio Cecchi Gori, Gianni Minervini producers - Gabriele Salvatores director
  • Children of Nature (Börn náttúrunnar) (Iceland) - Icelandic Film Corporation, Max Film, Metro Film - Friðrik Þor Friðriksson producer and director
  • Raise the Red Lantern (Da hong deng long gao gao gua) (China - Mandarin) - Century Communications, China Film Co-Production Corporation, ERA International, Salon Films - Fu-Sheng Chiu producer - Yimou Zhang director
  • The Elementary School (Obecná skola) (Czechoslovakia - Czech) - production co. - producer - Jan Sverák director
  • The Ox (Oxen) (Sweden) - Josephson & Nykvist HB, Nordisk Film, Nordisk Film & TV-Fond, SVT Drama, Sandrews, Svenska Filminstitutet (SFI), Sweetland Films - Jean Doumanian producer - Sven Nykvist director
• 1992 Indochine (France) - Bac Films, Ciné Cinq, La Générale d'Images, Orly Films, Paradis Films - Eric Heumann, Jean Labadie producers - Regis Wargnier
  • Daens (Belgium) (in Dutch, Latin, French) - Favourite Films, Films Dérives - Dirk Impens, Jean-Luc Ormières, Maria Peters, Hans Pos, Dave Schram producers - Stijn Coninx director
  • A Place in the World (Un Lugar en el mundo) (Uruguay) - Transmundo - Adolfo Aristrain, Osvaldo Papaleo producers - Adolfo Aristrain director Note: After nominations were announced, information came to light that showed that this film was wholly produced in Argentina, and had insufficient Uruguayan artistic control. The film was declared ineligible and removed from the final ballot.
  • Schtonk! (Germany) - Westdeutscher Rundfunk - Helmut Dietl, Gunter Rohrbach producers - Helmut Dietl director
  • Close to Eden (Urga) (USSR - Mongolian, Russian, Mandarin) - Aria, Caméra One, Centre national de la Cinématographie, Hachette Première, Ministry of Culture and Communications, Studio Trite, UGC Images - Michel Seydoux producer - Nikita Mikhalkov director
• 1993 The Age of Beauty (Belle époque) (Spain, Portugal, France) (in Spanish) - Animatógrafo, Fernando Trueba Producciones Cinmatográficas, United International Pictures - Fernando Trueba producer and director
  • Farewell My Concubine (Ba wang bie ji) (China, Hong Kong) (in Mandarin) - Beijing Film Studio, China Film Co-Production Corp., Maverick Picture Company, Tomson Films - Feng Hsu producer - Kaige Chen director
  • Hedd Wyn (United Kingdom) (in Welsh and English) - Pendefig Ty Cefn, S4C (Sianel 4 Cymru) - Shan Davies producer - Paul Turner director
  • The Wedding Banquet (Hsi yen) (Taiwan) - Central Motion Pictures Corp., Good Machine - Ted Hope, Ang Lee, James Schamus producers - Ang Lee director
  • The Scent of Green Papaya (Mui du du xanh) (Vietnam, France) - Centre National de la cinématographie, La SFP Cinema, La Sept Cinéma, Le Studio Canal+, Les Productions Lazennec - Christophe Rossignon producer - Anh Hung Tran director
• 1994 Burnt by the Sun (Утомлённые солнцем) (Russia - Caméra One, Le Studio Canal+, Studio Trite - Nikita Mikhalkov, Michel Seydous producers - Nikita Mikhalkov director
  • Before the Rain (Pred dozhdot) (Republic of Macedonia) - Aim, British Screen, European Co-production Fund, Ministry of Culture for the Republic of Macedonia, Noe, PolyGram Audiovisuel, Vardar Film - Judy Counihan, Cédomir Kolar, Sam Taylor, Cat Villiers producers - Milcho Manchevski director
  • Farinelli the Castrato (Farinelli il castrato) (Belgium, France, Italy) (in French and Italian) - Le Studio Canal+, Sony Pictures Classics - Véra Belmont producer - Gérard Corbiau director
  • Strawberry and Chocolate (Fresa y chocolate) (Cuba) - Instituto Cubano del arte e industrias cinematográphicos, Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía, Miramax Films, SGAE, Tabasco Films, TeleMadrid - Georgina Balzaretti, Frank Cabrera, Nacho Cobo, Juan Muñoz, Camilo Vives executive producers - Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Juan Carlos Tabío directors
  • Eat Drink Man Woman (Yin shi nan nu) (Taiwan) - Central Motion Pictures Corp., Good Machine - Kong Hsu, Li-Kong Hsu producers - Ang Lee director
• 1995 Antonia's Line (Antonia) (Netherlands) - Bard Entertainments, Dutch Co-Production Fund, Dutch Cultural Broadcasting, Eurimages, European Co-Production Fund, Flemish Film Community, Investco NV, NPS Televisie, Nederlands Fonds voor de Film, Prime Time, Stichting Bergen - Gerard Cornelisse, Hans de Weers, Hans de Wolf producers - Marleen Gorris director
  • All Things Fair (a.k.a. Love Lessons) (Lust och fägring stor) (Denmark, Sweden) (in Swedish) - Danish Film Institute, Det Danske Filminstitut, Egmont Film, European Script Fund, Nordisk Film & TV Fond, Per Holst Filmproduktion, SVT Drama, Svensk Filminstitutet - Hans Hansen, Per Holst producers - Bo Widerberg director
  • Dust of Life (Poussières de vie) (Algeria) - Hamster Productions, IVP, La Sept Cinéma, Paradise Film, Salon Films Production - Jean Bréhat producer - Rachid Bouchareb director
  • O Quatrilho (Brazil) - Filmes do Equador, Luiz Carlos Barretos Produções Cinematográficas - Lucy Barreto, Luiz Carlos Barreto, Adair Roberto Carneiro executive producers - Fábio Barreto director
  • The Star Maker (L'Uomo delle stelle) (Italy) - Cecchi Gori Group Cinematografica, Sciarlò, Tiger Cin Ca - Rita Cecchi Gori, Vittorio Cecchi Gori producers - Giuseppe Tornatore director
• 1996 Kolya (Kolja) (Czech Republic) - Biograf Jan Sverak, Centre national de la Cinématographie, CinemArt, Czech TV, Eurimage, Pandora Cinema, Portobello Pictures, Space Films - Eric Abraham, Jan Sverák producers - Jan Sverák
  • Prisoner of the Mountains (Kavkazkij plennik) (Russia) - production companies - Sergei Bodrov, Carolyn Cavallero, Boris Giller, Eduard Krapivsky producers - Sergei Bodrov director
  • A Chef in Love (a.k.a. A Cook in Love) (Les mille et une recettes du cuisinier amoureux) (Shekvarebuli kulinaris ataserti retsepti) (Georgia) (in French, Georgian and Russian) - Adam et Eve, CMC, Centre national de la Cinematographie, Eurimages, European Script Fund, La Sept Cinema, Le Studio Canal+, Les Films du Rivage, Procirep, Sotra, Studio 1+1, Studio Babelsberg - Marc Ruscart producer - Nana Dzhordzhadze director
  • Ridicule (France) - Centre national de la Cinematographie, Cinema, Epithete Films, France 3 Cinema, Le Studio Canal+, PolyGram Audiovisuel, Sofica Investimage 4 - Frédéric Brillion, Philippe Carcassonne, Gilles Legrand producers - Patrice Leconte director
  • The Other Side of Sunday (Søndagsengler) (Norway) - NRK Drama, Norwegian Film Institute - Grete Rypdal, Oddvar Bull Tuhus producers - Berit Nesheim director
• 1997 Character (Karakter) (Netherlands) - Almerica Film, First Floor Features Laurens Geels producer - Mike van Diem, Karin Schagen directors
  • Beyond Silence (Jenseits der Stille) (Germany) - Bayerischer Rundfunk, Claussen & Wöbke Filmproduktion Gmb, Roxy Film GmbH, Schweizer Fernsehen DRS, Süddeutscher Rundfunk, arte - Jakob Claussen, Luggi Waldtleitner, Thomas Wobke producers - Caroline Link director
  • Four Days in September (O que é isso, companheiro) (Brazil) - Columbia Pictures Television Trading Company, Filmes do Equador, Luiz Carlos Barreto Produçees Cinematográficas, Pandora Cinema, Quanta Centro de Produçees, Sony Corporation of America - Lucy Barreto, Luiz Carlos Barreto producers - Bruno Barreto director
  • Secrets of the Heart (Secretos del corazón) (Spain) - Aiete Films S.A., Les Films Ariane - Thierry Forte, José Maceda producers - Montxo Armendáriz director
  • The Thief (Vor) (Russia) - Centre national de la Cinematographie, Le Studio Canal+, NTV-PROFIT, Productions Le Pont, Roissy Films, Russian State Committee for Cinematography - Igor Tolstunov producer - Pavel Churaj director
• 1998 Life Is Beautiful (La vita è bella) (Italy) - Cecchi Gori Group Tiger Cinematografica, Melampo Cinematografica - Gianluigi Braschi, Elda Ferri producers- Roberto Benigni director
  • The Grandfather (El Abuelo) (Spain) - Radio Televisión Española (RTVE) - José Luis Garci producer and director
  • The Children of Heaven (Bacheha-ye aseman) (Iran) - The Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children & Young Adults - Amir Esfandiari, Mohammad Esfandiari producers - Majid Majidi director
  • Central Station (Central do Brasil) (Brazil) - Le Studio Canal+, MACT Productions, Riofilmes, Videofilms - Martine de Clermont-Tonnerre, Arthur Cohn producers - Walter Salles director
  • Tango (Argentina) - Adela Pictures, Alma Ata International Pictures S.L., Argentina Sono Film S.A.C.I., Astrolabo Producciones S.L., Beco Films, Hollywood Partners Munich, Pandora Cinema, Saura Films, Terraplen Producciones - Juan Carlos Codazzi, Carlos Mentasti, Luis A. Scalella producers - Carlos Scala director
• 1999 All About My Mother - (Todo sobre mi madre) (Spain) - El Deseo S.A., France 2 Cinéma, Renn Productions, Vía Digital - Agostín Almodóvar executive producer - Pedro Almodóvar director
  • East-West (Est-Ouest) (France) - BIM Distribuzione, Budapest Film, Sony Pictures Classics, UGC-Fox Distribution (UFD), Union Générale Cinématographique (UGC) - Yves Marmion producer - Régis Wargnier director
  • Himalaya (Himalaya - l'enfance d'un chef) (Nepal) (in Tibetan) - Arthaus Filmverleih, EDKO Film Ltd., GAGA Communications, Gloria, JMH Distribution, Kino International, Mongrel Media - Christophe Barratier, Jacques Perrin producers - Eric Valli director
  • Solomon and Gaenor (United Kingdom) (in English, Welsh and Yiddish) - APT Productions, Arts Council of England, Arts Council of Wales, Channel Four Films, National Lottery, S4C (Sianel 4 Cymru) (Channel 4 Wales), September Films - Sheryl Crown producer - Paul Morrisson director
  • Under the Sun (Under solen) (Sweden) - Film i Väst, Nordisk Film & TV-Fond, Svensk Filmindustri (SF) AB, Svenska Filminstitutet (SFI), Sveriges Television (SVT), Sweetwater - Colin Nutley producer and director

2000s

• 2000 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - (Wo hu cang long) (Taiwan) - Asia Union Film & Entertainment Ltd., China Film Co-Production Corporation, Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia, EDKO Film Ltd., Good Machine, Sony Pictures Classics, United China Vision, Zoom Hunt International Productions Company, Ltd. - William Kong, Li-Kong Hsu, Ang Lee producers - Ang Lee director
  • Love's a Bitch (Amores perros) (Mexico) - Altavista Films, Zeta Film - Alejandro González Iñárritu producer and director
  • The Taste of Others (Le Goût des autres) (France) - France 2 Cinéma, Le Studio Canal+, Les Films A4 - Charles Gassot producer - Agnès Jaoui director
  • Everybody Famous! (Iedereen beroemd) (Belgium) (in Dutch) - Eurimages, Flanders Film Fund, Get Reel Productions, Le Studio Canal+, Les Films des Tournelles, NPS Televisie, Netherlands Fund for Film, Otomatic, Vlaamse Radio en Televisie (VRT) - Dominique Deruddere, Loret Meus producers - Dominique Deruddere director
  • Divided We Fall (Musíme si pomáhat) (Czech Republic) - Czech TV, Total HelpArt T.H.A. - Pavel Borovan, Ondrej Trohan producers - Jan Hrebejk director
• 2001 No Man's Land (Bosnia and Herzegovina) (in Serbo-Croatian) - Counihan Villiers Productions, Eurimages, Fabrica, Le Fonds Slovène du Cinéma, Man's Films, Noé Productions, Studio Maj/Casasablanca, The Centre du Cinema et de l'Audiovisuel de la Communauté Française de Belgique, Télédistributeurs Wallons - Marc Baschet, Frédérique Dumas-Zajdela and Cédomir Kolar producers - Danis Tanovic director
  • Elling (Norway) - Maipo Film- og TV Produksjon - Dag Alveberg producer - Petter Naess director
  • Amélie (Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulin) (France) - Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen, France 3 Cinéma, La Sofica Sofinergie 5, Le Studio Canal+, MMC Independent GmbH, Tapioca Films, UGC Images, Victoires Productions - Jean-Marc Deschamps, Arne Meerkamp von Embden, Claudie Ossard producers - Jean-Pierre Jeunet director
  • Son of the Bride (El hijo de la novia) (Argentina) - JEMPSA, Patagonik Film Group, Pol-Ka Producciones, Tornasol Films S.A. - Mariela Besuievski, Fernando Blanco, Pablo Bossi, Jorge Estrada Mora, Gerardo Herrero producers - Juan José Campanella director
  • Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (India) (in Hindi, English and Bhojpuri) - Aamir Khan Productions Ltd. - Aamir Khan producer - Ashutosh Gowariker director
• 2002 Nowhere in Africa (Nirgendwo in Afrika) (Germany) - Bavaria Film, Constantin Film Produktion GmbH, MTM Cineteve - Bernd Eichinger, Peter Herrmann, Michael Weber producers - Caroline Link director
  • The Crime of Father Amaro (El crimen del padre Amaro) (Mexico) - Alameda Films, Artcam, Blu Films, Cinecolor, Foprocine, Gobierno del Estado de Veracruz, Ibermedia European Community Program, Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía (IMCINE), Videocolor, Wanda Films S.L - Daniel Birman Ripstein, José María Morales producers - Carlos Carrera director
  • The Man Without a Past (Mies vailla menneisyyttä) (Finland) - Pandora Filmproduktion GmbH, Pyramide Productions, Sputnik Oy, Yleisradio (YLE) - Aki Kaurismäki producer and director
  • Hero (Ying xiong) (China) - Beijing New Picture Film Co., Elite Group Enterprises - William Kong, Yimou Zhang producers - Yimou Zhang director
  • Zus & zo (Netherlands) - Filmprodukties de Luwte - Jacqueline de Goeij producer - Paula van der Oest director
• 2003 The Barbarian Invasions (Les invasions barbares) Canada (French language)
  • Želary, Czech Republic
  • Twilight Samurai, (Tasogare Seibei) Japan
  • Twin Sisters, (De Tweeling) The Netherlands
  • Evil, (Ondskan) Sweden

See also : Academy Awards

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