According to Variety, the Academy Award's best foreign-lanuage film category is down to nine:

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