Oscar nominees 2009 for Foreign Language

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences released their shortlist of nine foreign-language films, which will be whittled down to five Oscar nominees on January 22. Aamir Khan's directorial debut ‘Taare Zameen Par’ failed to make it to the short-list for the 81st Annual Academy Awards 2009.In 2001, Aamir's Lagaan lost out to Man's Land, directed by Danis Tanovic of Bosnia & Herzegovina.

Nominees

Revanche - Gotz Spielmann, Austria
The Necessities of Life - Benoit Pilon, Canada
The Class - Laurent Cantet, France
The Baader Meinhof Complex - Uli Edel, Germany
Waltz with Bashir - Ari Folman, Israel
Departures - Yojiro Takita, Japan
Tear This Heart Out - Roberto Sneider, Mexico
Everlasting Moments - Jan Troell, Sweden
3 Monkeys - Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Turkey

Foreign Film Academy Awards Winners since 2000

2007 The Counterfeiters
Directed by Stefan Ruzowitsky, Austria

2006 The Lives of Others
Directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, Germany

2005 Tsotsi
Directed by Gavin Hood, South Africa

2004 The Sea Inside
Directed by Alejandro Amenábar, Spain

2003 The Barbarian Invasions
Directed by Denys Arcand, Canada

2002 Nowhere in Africa
Directed by Caroline Link, Germany

2001 No Man's Land
Directed by Danis Tanovic, Bosnia & Herzegovina

2000 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Directed by Ang Lee, Taiwan