In addition to Paul Verhoeven's film Elle, which has been selected as France's submission in the Best Foreign-Language Film category at the Oscars, 16 other French co-productions (including majority-French productions) have been chosen as the official entry from their country of linguistic origin.
Sixteen French co-productions (not including Paul Verhoeven's film) feature among the 85 films officially submitted to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).
- Austria: Stefan Zweig, Farewell to Europe by Maria Schrader (minority-French co-production)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina: Death in Sarajevo by Danis Tanovic (majority-French co-production)
- Canada: It's Only the End of the World de Xavier Dolan (minority co-production)
- Chile: Neruda by Pablo Larraín (minority co-production)
- Cuba: El Acompañante by Pavel Giroud (minority co-production)
- Colombia: Alias Maria by José Luis Rugeles (minority co-production)
- Egypt: Clash by Mohamed Diab (minority co-production)
- Iran: The Salesman by Asghar Farhadi (majority co-production)
- Italy: Fire at Sea by Gianfranco Rosi (minority co-production)
- Jordan: 3000 Nights by Mai Masri (minority co-production)
- Mexico: Desierto by Alfonso Cuarón (minority co-production)
- Nepal: The Black Hen by Min Bahadur Bham (minority co-production)
- Romania: Sieranevada by Cristi Puiu (minority co-production)
- Singapore: Apprentice by Boo Junfeng (minority co-production)
- Switzerland: My Life as a Courgette by Claude Barras (minority co-production)
- Yemen: I Am Nojoom, Age 10 and Divorced by Khadija Al-Salami (minority co-production)
A list of nine finalists will be announced in December, after which the five official nominees will be revealed on January 24th, in the lead-up to the 89th Academy Awards ceremony to be held at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood on February 26, 2017.
The complete list of films shortlisted for this award can be viewed here.
