The five nominees were selected from a short list of 9 films, out of the 61 films submitted for consideration:
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck’s The Lives of Others, Germany, winner
Susanne Bier’s After the Wedding, Denmark
Rachid Bouchareb’s Days of Glory, Algeria
Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth, Mexico
Deepa Mehta’s Water, Canada





