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Svého zástupce zde má i Česká republika, která se do "finálové" pětice pokouší probojovat s filmem Ondřeje Trojana Želary. Nominace na 76. ročník předávání Oscarů budou oznámeny 27. ledna 2004. Předávání se pak uskuteční 29. února v Kodak Theatre v Hollywoodu.
Film, který se uchází o prestižní ocenění, musí být poprvé promítán v zemi svého původu a to sedm po sobě jdoucích dní mezi 1. listopadem a 30. zářím 2003. Větší část dialogů pak musí být v jazyce dané země. Během historie udílení Oscarů se do klání o tuto filmovou cenu vrhlo 95 různých států.
| ZAJÍMAVOST |
| Soška váží 3,856 kg a měří 34,29 cm. |
| Od 16. května 1929 do 24. března 2002 bylo předáno 2455 sošek. |
Neanglicky mluvené filmy mohou vyhrát i cenu v hlavních kategoriích jako například italský snímek Život je krásný, který se stal nejlepším neanglicky mluveným filmem roku 1998 a zároveň vynesl pozlacenou sošku hlavnímu protagonistovi Robertu Benignimu. Úspěch slavil i originální námět. Vedle tohoto snímku se získat Oscara v dalších kategoriích podařilo dalším pěti filmům.
| Uchazeči o nominace v kategorii Nejlepší neanglický film 2003 |
| V anglickém jazyce, tak jak seznam zveřejnila Americká akademie filmových umění a věd |
| Afghanistan, "Osama," Siddiq Barmak, director; |
| Argentina, "Valentine," Alejandro Agresti, director; |
| Austria, "Free Radicals," Barbara Albert, director; |
| Belgium, "Sea of Silence," Stijn Coninx, director; |
| Bolivia, "Dependencia Sexual," Rodrigo Bellott, director; |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina, "Fuse," Pjer Zalica, director; |
| Brazil, "Carandiru," Hector Babenco, director; |
| Bulgaria, "Journey to Jerusalem," Ivan Nichev, director; |
| Canada, "The Barbarian Invasions," Denys Arcand, director; |
| Chile, "Los Debutantes," Andres Waissbluth, director; |
| China, "Warriors of Heaven and Earth," He Ping, director; |
| Colombia, "The First Night," Luis Alberto Restrepo, director; |
| Croatia, "Witnesses," Vinko Bresan, director; |
| Cuba, "Suite Habana," Fernando Perez, director; |
| Czech Republic, "Zelary," Ondrej Trojan, director; |
| Denmark, "Reconstruction," Christoffer Boe, director; |
| Egypt, "Sleepless Nights," Hany Khalifa, director; |
| Finland, "Elina," Klaus Haro, director; |
| France, "Bon Voyage," Jean-Paul Rappeneau, director; |
| Germany, "Good Bye, Lenin!," Wolfgang Becker, director; |
| Greece, "Think It Over," Katerina Evangelakou, director; |
| Hong Kong, "Infernal Affairs," Andrew Lau & Alan Mak, directors; |
| Hungary, "Forest," Benedek Fliegauf, director; |
| Iceland, "Noi the Albino," Dagur Kari Petursson, director; |
| Indonesia, "The Stringless Violin," Sekar Ayu Asmara, director; |
| Iran, "Deep Breath," Parviz Shahbazi, director; |
| Israel, "Nina's Tragedies," Savi Gavison, director; |
| Italy, "I'm Not Scared," Gabriele Salvatores, director; |
| Japan, "The Twilight Samurai," Yoji Yamada, director; |
| Korea, "Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ... and Spring," Kim Ki-duk, director; |
| Lebanon, "The Kite," Randa Chahal Sabbag, director; |
| Luxembourg, "I Always Wanted to Be a Saint," Genevieve Mersch, director; |
| Mexico, "Aro Tolbukhin (In the Mind of a Killer)," Agustín Villaronga, Lydia Zimmermann, Isaac P. Racine, directors; |
| Mongolia, "The Story of the Weeping Camel," Byambasuren Davaa and Luigi Falorni, directors; |
| Nepal, "Muna Madan," Gyanendra Bahadur Deuja, director; |
| Netherlands, "Twin Sisters," Ben Sombogaart, director; |
| Norway, "Kitchen Stories," Bent Hamer, director; |
| Palestine, "Divine Intervention," Elia Suleiman, director; |
| Peru, "Paper Dove," Fabrizio Aguilar, director; |
| Philippines, "Dekada ?70," Chito S. Rono, director; |
| Poland, "Pornografia," Jan Jakub Kolski, director; |
| Portugal, "Um Filme Falado," Manoel De Oliveira, director; |
| Russia, "The Return," Andrei Zvyagintsev, director; |
| Serbia and Montenegro, "The Professional," Dusan Kovacevic, director; |
| Slovakia, "King of Thieves," Ivan Fíla, director; |
| Slovenia, "Spare Parts," Damjan Kozole, director; |
| Spain, "Soldados de Salamina," David Trueba, director; |
| Sri Lanka, "Mansion by the Lake," Lester James Peries, director; |
| Sweden, "Evil," Mikael Hafstrom, director; |
| Taiwan, "Goodbye, Dragon Inn," Tsai Ming-Liang, director; |
| Thailand, "Last Life in the Universe," Pen-ek Ratanaruang, director; |
| Turkey, "Distant," Nuri Bilge Ceylan, director; |
| Ukraine, "Mamay," Oles Sanin, director; |
| Uruguay, "Seawards Journey," Guillermo Casanova, director; |
| Venezuela, "Sangrador," Leonardo Henriquez, director. |
