Southeast Asian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
My favourite region on Earth :)
OK here are the tallies:
Cambodia 1
Indonesia 13
Malaysia 1
Philippines 22
Singapore 4
Thailand 17
Vietnam 8
As far as I can see, there are none from Laos, Myanmar/Burma, Brunei, or East Timor.
Support world cinema! :) (And good luck finding some of these)
OK here are the tallies:
Cambodia 1
Indonesia 13
Malaysia 1
Philippines 22
Singapore 4
Thailand 17
Vietnam 8
As far as I can see, there are none from Laos, Myanmar/Burma, Brunei, or East Timor.
Support world cinema! :) (And good luck finding some of these)
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- DirectorRithy PanhStarsPeng PhanMom SothChhim NalineIn Cambodian refugee camps, when children are asked where rice comes from, they answer, "from UN lorries". They have never seen a rice field. One day, these children will have to learn to live in Cambodia, i.e., they will have to learn to cultivate, to plough, to work the land. Rice people tries to share this way of life, to demonstrate the fragile equilibrium on which it lies and the freedom it represents.Cambodia
- DirectorM.T. RisyafStarsDeddy MizwarNurul ArifinWawan WanisarNaga Bonar is a pickpocket. During the withdrawal of the Japanese occupying forces from Indonesia in 1945 he declares himself a general of the Liberation Forces. Soon a mask becomes his true self, and he becomes a true soldier and patriot.Indonesia
- DirectorEros DjarotStarsPitradjaya BurnamaChristine HakimRudy WoworTjoet Nja' Dhien assumes the leadership when her husband Teuku Umar is killed in an ambush. Dhien's charismatic presence and power of survival motivate the locals to join and later continue their opposition to the Dutch in Aceh in 1896.Indonesia
- DirectorSlamet RahardjoStarsBaron AhmadiSoenaryo Banyu BiruPitradjaya BurnamaThis is a story about two boys, Andri and Gempol. Andri is rich, educated but unhappy. Lonely and neglected by his parents, he befriends Gempol whose parents are too poor to send him to school. While Gempol yearns to go to school, Andri envies his freedom and parental love. Andri sneaks food, books, and money to Gempol while Gempol, in return, gives him friendship.Indonesia
- DirectorArifin C. NoerStarsBella EsperanceFadliGaleb HuseinMaria, who is disappointed with her boyfriend, Jodi , goes to work in a salon where she uses her ability to chat and interact with a good socially as a great advantage to keep customers lined up.Indonesia
- DirectorGarin NugrohoStarsSarah AzhariDeni ChristantraChristine HakimThe Indonesian society is seen through a middle-aged lady's eyes in her daily encounters with the street children who work and live off the harsh and sleazy world of adults.Indonesia
- DirectorMarselli SumarnoStarsRini AriyantiSardono W. KusumoR.M.T. RonosuriptoSri is a village girl married to Hendro, a 70-year old Javanese aristocrat. When Hendro falls ill, she has to nurse him back to health and negotiates with the God of Death not to take him away.Indonesia
- DirectorNia Di NataStarsFerry SalimLola AmariaNiniek L. KarimA woman, given up for adoption when she was young, returns from Holland to Indonesia to find out about her parents. She is about to discover a shocking truth...Indonesia
- DirectorSekar Ayu AsmaraStarsRia IrawanNicholas SaputraJajang C. NoerA woman with a dark past dedicates herself to taking care of multi-handicapped children. When a young musician comes into her life, she is forced to face her history, or it will destroy her future.Indonesia
- DirectorRiri RizaStarsNicholas SaputraJonathan MuliaThomas NawilisSoe Hok Gie is an activist who lived in the sixties. Set in the darkest era of Indonesian modern history, "Gie" is an interpretation of what happened based on his journal.Indonesia
- DirectorNia Di NataStarsJajang C. NoerShantyDominique Agisca DiyoseThis is the story of women those are live in polygamy life. It's about their consequence to accept the status as other wife.Indonesia LOL @ English title
- DirectorJohn de RantauStarsAlbert FakdawerAri SihasaleMarcella ZaliantyA boy from a tribe in inland Papua named Denias struggles to get the proper education for a better life.Indonesia
- DirectorRatna SarumpaetStarsAtiqah HasiholanChristine HakimFauzi BaadilaJamila is a prostitute serving a life sentence behind bars. She surrenders herself to the authorities after admitting she killed a high-ranking minister, and refuses to be represented by any lawyer or request a plea to ease her sentence.Indonesia
- DirectorDeddy MizwarStarsReza RahadianTika BravaniAsrul DahlanThree freshly graduated adults try to educate young beggars to become street vendors, but are opposed by their fathers.Indonesia
- DirectorTeong Hin SawStarsTiara JacquelinaM. NasirAdlin Aman RamlieIn the late 15th century, a forbidden romance blossoms between Gusti Putri, a Javanese Hindu princess and Hang Tuah, a Malay Muslim warrior from Melaka, against a backdrop of war and mysticism.Malaysia
- DirectorManuel CondeStarsManuel CondeElvira ReyesInday JalandoniTemujin, who later became Genghis Khan is wise, or sometimes cunning. He goes through several heroic episodes; competing at the Man of Men contest, falling in love with the enemy commander's daughter, and struggling to restore his demolished hometown. Meanwhile his steps guide him to be a great conqueror. Khan's witty, humorous side in his adolescent years before he takes the throne.Philippines
- DirectorLamberto V. AvellanaStarsRosa RosalTony SantosJoseph De CordovaA war hero meets a prostitute in the postwar ruins of Manila.Philippines
- DirectorGerardo de LeonStarsLeopoldo SalcedoJoseph EstradaLilia DizonBased on actual events, "The Moises Padilla Story" tells of a man's gallant stand, courage and struggle to fight an oligarchic governor who commands a private army to enforce his repressions of freedom.Philippines
- DirectorLuis NepomucenoStarsCharito SolisRic RodrigoParalumanPhilippines
- DirectorEddie RomeroStarsChristopher De LeonGloria DiazEddie GarciaSet at the turn of the 20th century during the Filipino revolution against the Spaniards and, later, the American colonizers, it follows a naive peasant through his leap of faith to become a member of an imagined community.Philippines
- DirectorMarilou Diaz-AbayaStarsCharito SolisVic SilayanPhillip SalvadorA groom takes his city bride to his hometown to settle in his father's house. Struck by her uncanny resemblance to his dead wife, the patriarch is driven to lust after his daughter-in-law. When things come to a head, a violent family quarrel ensues and leads to tragedy. A middle-aged spinster recounts the tale to reveal her identity and trace the downfall of the landowning clan trapped in the past.Philippines
- DirectorLino BrockaStarsPhillip SalvadorGina AlajarVenchito GalvezAn apolitical worker in a printing press who works as a scab during a company strike belatedly realizes that everyone is affected by the evils of society.Philippines
- DirectorCarlos Siguion-ReynaStarsMaricel SorianoSnooky SernaEric QuizonPhilippines
- DirectorTikoy AguiluzStarsMichelle AldanaGary EstradaRuby MorenoBy day, Karen is an insurance saleswoman in Manila, but by night she works as an escort in a club. She is very successful at selling insurance to her escort clients. On the weekends she returns to her husband and daughter in the provinces, who are living amongst the volcanic ash from Mount Pinatubo. She is forced to take stock of her life when Sonny, a rich car dealer, offers to set her up in an apartment.Philippines
- DirectorMarilou Diaz-AbayaStarsSharmaine ArnaizDante RiveroJoel TorreMilagros is a prostitute who becomes the maid of a family of four men. With them, she finds the family she never had. With her, each man finds the salvation he needs. Together, they begin to tear each other apart.Philippines