AMBASSADORS RECOMMEND WHICH MOVIE BEST REPRESENTS THEIR COUNTRY

Between September 2017 and January 2018, Travelbird, the all-in-one travel shop, managed to contact over 100 different ambassadors from all around the world in order to ask them a series of travel-related questions. Amongst the questions they asked were: (1) If a person is planning to visit your country for 48 hours, where should they go? What should they see? And what should they eat? (2) Is there a common cliche about people in your country which you believe is misrepresentative or untrue? And (3) Which movie best represents your country?





Please Note: This questionnaire was specially designed so these ambassadors could give the casual reader an overall impression of the country they represent, and most probably reflects their own tastes more than a national standard. That said, however, they are in a unique position to promote their country and impart expert advice on everything it has on offer. Essentially these results are part of a larger study which features travel recommendations and cultural insights from embassies across the globe.

Now if you want to see the full result of this survey please click here for more details. Or alternatively, check out the following list to have a look at the answers each ambassador gave for question three: Which movie best represents your country? Please enjoy.

Country Of Origin	Location Of Embassy	Name Of Ambassador	Movie Recommendations (Some Titles Were Translated into English)
Argentina	Finland	Facundo Vila	The Gaucho War  Lucas Demare, 1942
Argentina	Norway	Betina Pasquali Fonseca	Nine Queens Fabián Bielinsky, 2000
Argentina	Sweden	Nélida María Cintreras de Ecke	Wild Tales Damián Szifron, 2014
Austria	Hungary	Elisabeth Ellison-Kramer	Above and Below Joseph Vilsmaier, 2015
Austria	Germany	Dr. Peter Huber	Hallo Dienstmann Franz Antel, 1952
Austria	Netherlands	Dr. Phil. Heidemaria Gürer	Sissi Ernst Marischka, 1955
Austria	Portugal	Thomas Stelzer	Dog Days Ulrich Seidl, 2001
Austria	South Africa	Matthias Radosztics	Indien Paul Harather, 1993
Canada	Switzerland	Susan Bincoletto	Long Time Running Jennifer Baichwal & Nicholas de Pencier, 2017
Colombia	Netherlands	Juan José Quintana	The Strategy of the Snail Sergio Cabrera, 1993
Colombia	Norway	Jorge Leyva	Colombia: Wild Magic Mike Slee, 2015
Costa Rica	USA	Román Macaya	Caribe Michael Kennedy, 1987
Croatia	Egypt	Tomislav Bošnjak	To Know Thyself Ranko Varlaj, 2015
Denmark	Finland	Jetter Nordam	Borgen Søren Kragh-Jacobsen & Rumle Hammerich, 2010-2013
Dominican Republic	Switzerland	Julio Simon Castaños Z.	La Montaña Tabaré Blanchard & Ivan Herrera, 2013
Dominican Republic	Belgium	Aníbal de Castro	República del color Héctor Manuel Valdez, 2015
Ecuador	Netherlands	Fernando Bucheli	The Last Ice Merchant Baltzar Ushca, 2012
Finland	Germany	Ritva Koukku-Ronde	The Other Side of Hope Aki Kaurismäki, 2017
Finland	Austria	Hannu Kyröläinen	Lapland Odyssey Dome Karukoski, 2010
Finland	Belgium	Timo Ranta	The Unknown Soldier Aku Louhimies, 2017
Finland	Denmark	Vesa Vasara	The Other Side of Hope Aki Kaurismäki, 2017
Finland	Norway	Erik Lundberg	The Man Without a Past Aki Kaurismäki, 2002
Greece	Slovenia	Nicolas Protonotarios	Never on Sunday Jules Dassin, 1960
Guatemala	Switzerland	Luis F Carranza	Volcano Jairo Bustamante, 2015
Hungary	New Zealand	Dr László Zsolt Szabó	Control Nimród Antal, 2003
Hungary	Belgium	Nagy Zoltán	The Round-Up Miklós Jancsó, 1966
Ireland	Austria	Tom Hanney	Brooklyn John Crowley, 2015
Israel	Switzerland	Jacob Keidar	Exodus Otto Preminger, 1960
Italy	Norway	Giorgio Novello	The Easy Life Dino Risi, 1962
Malta	Austria	Keith Azzopardi	The Count of Monte Cristo Kevin Reynolds, 2002
Mauritius	Belgium	Y. Ramjanally	Forever Jaco Smit, 2016
Mexico	Norway	Jorge-Castro Valle	The Young and the Damned Luis Buñuel, 1950
Mexico	Belgium	Eloy Cantú Segovia	Like Water for Chocolate Alfonso Arau, 1992
Mexico	Denmark	Carlos Pujante	We are the Nobles Gary Alazraki, 2013
Mexico	Sweden	Agustín Gasca Pliego	Frida Still Life Paul Leduc, 1983
Morocco	Norway	Lamia Radi	Casanegra Nour-Eddine Lakhmari, 2008
Netherlands	Spain	Matthijs van Bonzel	Black Book Paul Verhoeven, 2007
New Zealand	Austria	Nicole Roberton	What We Do in the Shadows Jemaine Clement & Taika Waititi, 2014
Norway	Greece	Jørn Eugene Gjelstad	The King's Choice Erik Poppe, 2016
Philippines	Germany	Melita Sta. Maria-Thomeczek	Shift Siege Ledesma, 2014
Portugal	UK	Manuel Lobo Antunes	Aniki-Bóbó Manoel de Oliveira, 1942
Spain	Finland	Manuel de la Cámara Hermoso	Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown Pedro Almodóvar, 1988
Sweden	Denmark	Fredrik Jörgensen	Fanny och Alexander Ingmar Bergman, 1982
Switzerland	Austria	Walter Haffner	The Divine Order Petra Biondina Volpe, 2017
Switzerland	Poland	Andrej Motyl	Little Mountain Boy Xavier Koller, 2015
Venezuela	Switzerland	Cèsar Mèndez Gonzàlez	Miranda Returns Luis Alberto Lamata, 2007
Vietnam	Finland	Kari Kahiluoto	Indochine Régis Wargnier, 1992
Vietnam	Netherlands	Ngo Thi Hoa	When the Tenth Month Comes Dang Nhat Minh, 1984