The Academy announced two short lists for this year’s Academy Awards. The Documentary Short eligibility list contains 8 titles while the Foreign Language Film submissions list totals 63. The full lists are specified below:

Documentary Short Film

• The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement
• God Is the Bigger Elvis
• In Tahrir Square: 18 Days of Egypt’s Unfinished Revolution
• Incident in New Baghdad
• Pipe Dreams
• Saving Face
• The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom
• Witness

According to the press release, the Documentary Branch reviewed 35 eligible submissions, from which they culled the list to eight films. Anywhere from three to five shorts will be selected for Oscar nominations.

Foreign Language Films

• Albania, “Amnesty,” Bujar Alimani, director
• Argentina, “Aballay,” Fernando Spiner, director
• Austria, “Breathing,” Karl Markovics, director
• Belgium, “Bullhead,” Michael R. Roskam, director
• Bosnia and Herzegovina, “Belvedere,” Ahmed Imamovic, director
• Brazil, “Elite Squad: The Enemy Within,” José Padilha, director
• Bulgaria, “Tilt,” Viktor Chouchkov, Jr., director
• Canada, “Monsieur Lazhar,” Philippe Falardeau, director
• Chile, “Violeta Went to Heaven,” Andrés Wood, director
• China, “The Flowers of War,” Zhang Yimou, director
• Colombia, “The Colors of the Mountain,” Carlos César Arbeláez, director
• Croatia, “72 Days,” Danilo Serbedzija, director
• Cuba, “Havanastation,” Ian Padrón, director
• Czech Republic,” Alois Nebel,” Tomás Lunák, director
• Denmark, “Superclásico,” Ole Christian Madsen, director
• Dominican Republic, “Love Child,” Leticia Tonos, director
• Egypt, “Lust,” Khaled el Hagar, director
• Estonia, “Letters to Angel,” Sulev Keedus, director
• Finland, “Le Havre,” Aki Kaurismäki, director
• France, “Declaration of War,” Valérie Donzelli, director
• Georgia, “Chantrapas,” Otar Iosseliani, director
• Germany, “Pina,” Wim Wenders, director
• Greece, “Attenberg,” Athina Rachel Tsangari, director
• Hong Kong, “A Simple Life,” Ann Hui, director
• Hungary, “The Turin Horse,” Béela Tarr, director
• Iceland, “Volcano,” Rúnar Rúnarsson, director
• India, “Abu, Son of Adam,” Salim Ahamed, director
• Indonesia, “Under the Protection of Ka’Bah,” Hanny R. Saputra, director
• Iran, “A Separation,” Asghar Farhadi, director
• Ireland, “As If I Am Not There,” Juanita Wilson, director
• Israel, “Footnote,” Joseph Cedar, director
• Italy, “Terraferma,” Emanuele Crialese, director
• Japan, “Postcard,” Kaneto Shindo, director
• Kazakhstan, “Returning to the ‘A,’” Egor Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky, director
• Lebanon, “Where Do We Go Now?” Nadine Labaki, director
• Lithuania, “Back to Your Arms,” Kristijonas Vildziunas, director
• Macedonia, “Punk Is Not Dead,” Vladimir Blazevski, director
• Mexico, “Miss Bala,” Gerardo Naranjo, director
• Morocco, “Omar Killed Me,” Roschdy Zem, director
• Netherlands, “Sonny Boy,” Maria Peters, director
• New Zealand, “The Orator,” Tusi Tamasese, director
• Norway, “Happy, Happy,” Anne Sewitsky, director
• Peru, “October,” Diego Vega and Daniel Vega, directors
• Philippines, “The Woman in the Septic Tank,” Marlon N. Rivera, director
• Poland, “In Darkness,” Agnieszka Holland, director
• Portugal, “José and Pilar,” Miguel Gonçalves Mendes, director
• Romania, “Morgen,” Marian Crisan, director
• Russia, “Burnt by the Sun 2: The Citadel,” Nikita Mikhalkov, director
• Serbia, “Montevideo: Taste of a Dream,” Dragan Bjelogrlić, director
• Singapore, “Tatsumi,” Eric Khoo, director
• Slovak Republic, “Gypsy,” Martin Sulík, director
• South Africa, “Beauty,” Oliver Hermanus, director
• South Korea, “The Front Line,” Jang Hun, director
• Spain, “Black Bread,” Agusti Villaronga, director
• Sweden, “Beyond,” Pernilla August, director
• Switzerland, “Summer Games,” Rolando Colla, director
• Taiwan, “Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale,” Wei Te-sheng, director
• Thailand, “Kon Khon,” Sarunyu Wongkrachang, director
• Turkey, “Once upon a Time in Anatolia,” Nuri Bilge Ceylan, director
• United Kingdom, “Patagonia,” Marc Evans, director
• Uruguay, “The Silent House,” Gustavo Hernández, director
• Venezuela, “Rumble of the Stones,” Alejandro Bellame Palacios, director
• Vietnam, “The Prince and the Pagoda Boy,” Luu Trong Ninh, director

Of the 64 countries submitting films for consideration, New Zealand is the only newcomer. At first glance, Zhang Yimou’s The Flowers of War, Aki Kaurismaki’s Le Havre, Valerie Donzelli’s Declaration of War, Wim Wender’s Pina, and Pernilla August’s Beyond have to be considered strong contenders, but without looking at the films in more detail, I couldn’t tell you for sure if they are the only ones that will be making a play for the Oscar nomination (but first the short lists to be announced later in the year).