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Cuba also decided not to submit a film.
The deadline for countries to submit a film was Oct. 3.
Notably absent from the list is Iran, which confirmed last month that it would not submit a film in protest of "Innocence of Muslims," the anti-Islam YouTube video that has sparked deadly riots.
The boycott appears straightforward: Mohammad Hosseini, Iran's culture minister, on Tuesday confirmed that his country would not submit a film for consideration at next year's Oscars in protest of "Innocence of Muslims," the anti-Islam YouTube video that has sparked deadly riots.
Okay, so how does a filmmaker submit a film for consideration?
Britain, for example, has submitted a film in Welsh and Spanish, "Patagonia," that stars Matthew Rhys and the pop singer Duffy in a drama about Welsh colonists in Argentina.
DAVID DENBY: As you probably know, each country submits a film, which no doubt reflects political as well as commercial considerations.
Catherine Yass, 39, from London submitted a film in which retching in the dark can be heard in the first two minutes.
The artist, who hit the headlines when he submitted a film of himself dressed up as a bear to the Turner Prize exhibition, said he did not consider making a film for this exhibition.
In addition, Pakistan has submitted a film for the first time in 50 years: "Zinda Bhaag," a drama about three friends eager to escape their dreary lives by emigrating to the West.
