Well firstly, it would help if they actually got entries from a wide range of languages. And there were actually better films in the list. FFI has an obsession with Bollywood. And some parts are completely ripped from silent films in Barfi. Inspiration is fine, lifting is not. Besides this is the same FFI that nominated "Jeans" (a commercial Tamil film) for the Oscars. If you look at the 3 Indian films which were shortlisted before, they all had something unique.