List of submissions to the 83rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

This is a list of submissions to the 83rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited the film industries of various countries to submit their best film for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film every year since the award was created in 1956. The award is presented annually by the Academy to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non-English dialogue. The Foreign Language Film Award Committee oversees the process and reviews all the submitted films.

The deadline for all countries to send in their submissions was October 1, 2010. The submitted motion pictures must be first released theatrically in their respective countries between October 1, 2009, and September 30, 2010. In total, 66 countries submitted films for consideration, including first-time submissions from Greenland and Ethiopia.

A shortlist of nine semi-finalists was announced on January 19, 2011. The final list of five nominees was announced on January 25, 2011, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Los Angeles. The Danish entry, In a Better World, was announced as the winner at the 83rd Academy Awards on February 27, 2011.

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Cuba, Lithuania, and Luxembourg informed Variety before the deadline that they would not participate in this year's competition.

Vietnam has submitted four films in the past five years. Their official nominating body, the Vietnam Cinema Administration's International Relations Department, has indicated an interest in participating and has said they have nine eligible films. However, as of October 5, 2010, they had made no official announcement.

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