List of foreign-language films nominated for Academy Awards
This article lists all the foreign language films which have been nominated for or won Academy Awards in any category, not just the International Feature Film category (known before the 2019 awards as Best Foreign Language Film) itself. The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are among the world's oldest and most prestigious film prizes.[1] They were first handed out on May 16, 1929 by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and have been given annually ever since.[2] Even though a separate prize has existed for foreign language films since the 1956 Academy Awards, such films continue to be eligible for Academy Awards in other categories, including Best Picture, provided that they have been commercially released in Los Angeles County, California and that they comply with the special rules governing those categories.[3] The French comedy À Nous la Liberté (1931) was the first foreign language film to be nominated for an Academy Award (Best Art Direction); the German-language Swiss drama Marie-Louise (1944) was the first to actually win one (Best Original Screenplay).
Although a Los Angeles theatrical release is not required for eligibility for the Best International Feature Film Award itself, it is a prerequisite for consideration for Academy Awards in other categories. In the past, this had enabled some foreign language films to receive nominations over multiple years, the most recent case being that of the Italian comedy-drama Amarcord (1973). Because such films were still unreleased in Los Angeles when they were submitted to the Academy, they could only be nominated in the Foreign Language Film category. However, upon their Los Angeles release, they became eligible for other Academy Awards, and often ended up receiving nominations in various categories one year after their initial Foreign Language Film nomination. Presently, such nominations over multiple years are no longer possible since the current rules of the Academy unambiguously state that: "Films nominated for the Best International Feature Film Award shall not be eligible for Academy Awards consideration in any category in any subsequent Awards year." This restriction, however, does not apply to submitted films that were not selected as nominees.[3] The Brazilian film City of God (2002) was thus able to receive four Academy Award nominations for the 2003 Academy Awards, even though it had failed to garner a Foreign Language Film nomination as Brazil's official submission for the 2002 Academy Awards.[4]
Background
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Foreign films are not to be confused with foreign language films. A foreign film is a motion picture produced outside the United States, regardless of the language used in its dialogue track. A foreign language film, on the other hand, is a predominantly non-English speaking motion picture, regardless of where it was produced. Although the overwhelming majority of foreign language films are foreign, this is not always the case: in recent years, for instance, several non-English speaking American films such as The Passion of the Christ (2004), Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) or Minari (2020) have been nominated for Academy Awards (American films have never been eligible for the Best International Feature Film Award, even if none of the dialogue is in English). Such films are included in this list. On the other hand, foreign films where the majority of the dialogue is in English — such as the Indo-British co-production of Gandhi (1982) — are not taken into account. The article also includes films such as the Japanese anime Spirited Away (2001) that were initially released in their native country in a foreign language but were nominated by the Academy for the English-dubbed version under which they were shown in Los Angeles. The films are grouped by award category, and are arranged chronologically within each category. The years are listed as per Academy convention, and generally correspond to the year of film release; the ceremonies are always held the following year. The winning films are in bold and in light blue background; the presence of an Oscar statuette indicates the official recipient of the award.
Best Picture
[edit]The Best Picture category has existed since the creation of the Academy Awards. Its name has changed several times over the years. When Grand Illusion (1937) was nominated, the name of the category was Outstanding Production; the Best Picture designation has been continuously used since the 1962 Academy Awards. Individual producers have been officially nominated for this award since the 1951 Academy Awards. Previously, the nominations went to the production companies instead.
Acting awards
[edit]Documentary Feature
[edit]The Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature category has existed since 1942.
Year | Film title used in nomination | Original title | Award recipient(s) | Country of production | Language(s) | Notes |
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1942 (15th) |
Moscow Strikes Back | Разгром немецких войск под Москвой, Razgrom Nemetskikh Voysk Pod Moskvoy | Central Studio of Newsreels (production company) |
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Russian (nominated for its English-dubbed version) |
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1951 (24th) |
Kon-Tiki | Kon Tiki | Olle Nordemar (producer) | ![]() ![]() |
Norwegian | |
1955 (28th) |
Crèvecoeur | Crèvecoeur | Jacques Dupont (director & writer) | ![]() |
French | |
1956 (29th) |
The Silent World | Le monde du silence | Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Louis Malle (director & writer) | ![]() ![]() |
French | |
Where Mountains Float | Hvor bjergene sejler | Bjarne Henning-Jensen (director & writer) | ![]() |
Danish, Greenlandic | ||
1957 (30th) |
Torero | Torero | Manuel Barbachano Ponce | ![]() |
Spanish, English | |
1959 (32nd) |
Serengeti Shall Not Die | Serengeti darf nicht sterben | Bernhard Grzimek (director & writer) | ![]() |
German | |
1961 (34th) |
Sky Above and Mud Beneath | Le ciel et la boue | Arthur Cohn, René Lafuite | ![]() ![]() |
French | |
The Grand Olympics | La grande olimpiade | Romolo Marcellini | ![]() |
Italian | ||
1962 (35th) |
Alvorada - Brazil's Changing Face | Alvorada | Hugo Niebeling | ![]() |
German | |
1963 (36th) |
The Link and the Chain | Le maillon et la chaîne | Paul de Roubaix | ![]() |
French | |
1964 (37th) |
World Without Sun | Le monde sans soleil | Jacques-Yves Cousteau | ![]() ![]() |
French | |
The Human Dutch | Alleman | Bert Haanstra | ![]() |
Dutch | ||
Over There, 1914-18 | 14-18 | Jean Aurel | ![]() |
French | ||
1965 (38th) |
To Die in Madrid | Mourir à Madrid | Frédéric Rossif | ![]() |
French, English (some parts) | |
1966 (39th) |
Le volcan interdit | Le volcan interdit | Haroun Tazieff | ![]() |
French | |
1967 (40th) |
The Anderson Platoon | La section Anderson | Pierre Schoendoerffer | ![]() |
French | |
1969 (42nd) |
The Olympics in Mexico | Olimpiada en México | Alberto Isaac | ![]() |
Spanish | |
1970 (43rd) |
Chariots of the Gods | Erinnerungen an die Zukunft | Harald Reinl | ![]() |
German | |
1971 (44th) |
The Sorrow and the Pity | Le chagrin et la pitié | Marcel Ophüls | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
French, German (some parts), English (some parts) | |
1972 (45th) |
Ape and Super-Ape | Bij de beesten af | Bert Haanstra | ![]() |
Dutch | |
1973 (46th) |
Battle of Berlin | Schlacht um Berlin | Bengt von zur Mühlen | ![]() |
German | |
1974 (47th) |
The 81st Blow | Ha-Makah Hashmonim V'Echad | Jacques Ehrlich, David Bergman, Haim Gouri | ![]() |
Yiddish, Hebrew | |
1978 (51st) |
The Lovers' Wind | Le vent des amoureux | Albert Lamorisse | ![]() ![]() |
French | |
1980 (53rd) |
The Yellow Star: The Persecution of the Jews in Europe 1933–45 | Der gelbe Stern | Bengt von zur Mühlen, Arthur Cohn | ![]() ![]() |
German, English, Hebrew | |
1985 (58th) |
The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo | Las madres de la Plaza de Mayo | Susana Blaustein Muñoz, Lourdes Portillo | ![]() |
Spanish | |
1986 (59th) |
Chile: When Will It End? | Chile: Hasta Cuando? | David Bradbury | ![]() ![]() |
Spanish, English (some parts) | |
1988 (61st) |
Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie | Hôtel Terminus | Marcel Ophüls | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
French, German, Spanish, English | |
1993 (66th) |
Children of Fate: Life and Death in a Sicilian Family | Children of Fate: Life and Death in a Sicilian Family | Susan Todd, Andrew Young | ![]() |
Italian, English (some parts) | |
1999 (72nd) |
Buena Vista Social Club | Buena Vista Social Club | Wim Wenders, Ulrich Felsberg | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Spanish, English (some parts) | |
2001 (74th) |
Children Underground | Children Underground | Edet Belzberg | ![]() |
Romanian | |
Promises | Promises | Justine Shapiro, B.Z. Goldberg, Carlos Bolado | ![]() |
Arabic, Hebrew, English (some parts) | ||
2002 (75th) |
Winged Migration | Le Peuple Migrateur | Jacques Perrin (director & writer) |
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French | |
2003 (76th) |
Cuban Rafters | Balseros | Carles Bosch, Josep Maria Domènech | ![]() |
Spanish | |
2004 (77th) |
Born into Brothels | Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids | Ross Kauffman, Zana Briski | ![]() |
Bengali, English | |
The Story of the Weeping Camel | Die Geschichte vom weinenden Kamel | Luigi Falorni, Byambasuren Davaa | ![]() ![]() |
Mongolian | ||
2005 (78th) |
March of the Penguins | La marche de l'empereur | Luc Jacquet, Yves Darondeau | ![]() |
French, English (some parts) | |
2006 (79th) |
Iraq in Fragments | Iraq in Fragments | James Longley, John Sinno | ![]() |
Kurdish, Arabic | |
2007 (80th) |
War Dance | War Dance | Andrea Nix, Sean Fine | ![]() |
Acholi, English (some parts) | |
2008 (81st) |
The Betrayal - Nerakhoon | The Betrayal - Nerakhoon | Ellen Kuras, Thavisouk Phrasavath | ![]() |
Lao, English | |
2009 (82nd) |
Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country | Burma VJ: Reporter i et lukket land | Anders Østergaard, Lise Lense-Møller | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Burmese, English | |
Which Way Home | Which Way Home | Rebecca Cammisa | ![]() |
Spanish, English | ||
2010 (83rd) |
Waste Land | Waste Land | Rebecca Cammisa | ![]() ![]() |
Portuguese, English | |
2011 (84th) |
Pina Bausch | Pina | Wim Wenders, Gian-Piero Ringel | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
German, French, English, Spanish, Croatian, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Korean | |
2012 (85th) |
5 Broken Cameras | كاميرات محطمة | Emad Burnat (director, producer & cinematographer) Guy Davidi (director, producer, writer & editor) |
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Arabic Hebrew |
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The Gatekeepers | The Gatekeepers | Moreh, Estelle Fialon, Philippa Kowarsky | ![]() ![]() |
Hebrew English |
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2013 (86th) |
The Act of Killing | Jagal | Joshua Oppenheimer (director) Signe Byrge Sørensen (producer) |
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Indonesian |
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The Square | al midan | Jehane Noujaim (director & cinematographer) Karim Amer (producer) |
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Arabic (some parts in English) |
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2014 (87th) |
The Salt of the Earth | Le Salt de le Earth | Wim Wenders (director, producer & writer) Juliano Ribeiro Salgado (director, writer & cinematographer) David Rosier (producer & writer) |
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French Portuguese (some parts in English) |
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Virunga | Virunga | Orlando von Einsiedel, Joanna Natasegara | ![]() ![]() |
French Swahili (English) |
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2015 (88th) |
Cartel Land | Tierra de Carteles | Matthew Heineman (director & producer) Tom Yellin (producer) |
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Spanish (some parts in English) |
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The Look of Silence | Senyap | Joshua Oppenheimer (director) Signe Byrge Sørensen (producer) |
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Indonesian |
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Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom | Зима у вогні: Боротьба України за свободу | Evgeny Afineevsky (director & producer) Den Tolmor (producer) |
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Ukrainian Russian (some parts in English) |
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2016 (89th) |
Fire at Sea | Fuocoammare | Gianfranco Rosi (director & producer) Donatella Palermo (producer) |
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Italian | |
2017 (90th) |
Faces Places | Visages Villages | Agnès Varda (director) JR (director) Rosalie Varda (producer) |
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French | |
2018 (91st) |
Of Fathers and Sons | Kinder des Kalifats | Talal Derki (director) Ansgar Frerich (producer) Eva Kemme (producer) Tobias N. Siebert (producer) |
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Arabic | |
2019 (92nd) |
The Cave | غار | Feras Fayyad (director) Kirstine Barfod (producer) Sigrid Dyekjær (producer) |
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Arabic English |
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The Edge of Democracy | Democracia em Vertigem | Petra Costa (director) Joanna Natasegara (producer) Shane Boris (producer) Tiago Pavan (producer) |
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Portuguese English |
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For Sama | إلى سماء | Waad Al-Kateab (director and producer) Edward Watts (director) |
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Arabic | ||
Honeyland | Медена земја | Ljubomir Stefanov (director) Tamara Kotevska (director) Atanas Georgiev (producer) |
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Macedonian Turkish Bosnian |
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2020 (93rd) |
Collective | Colectiv | Alexander Nanau (director and producer) Bianca Oana (producer) |
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Romanian | |
The Mole Agent | El agente topo | Maite Alberdi (director) Marcela Santibañez (producer) |
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Spanish | ||
2021 (94th) |
Ascension | 登楼叹 | Jessica Kingdon (director and producer) Kira Simon-Kennedy (producer) Nathan Truesdell (producer) |
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Mandarin English |
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Flee | Flugt | Jonas Poher Rasmussen (director) Monica Hellström (producer) Signe Byrge Sørensen (producer) |
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Danish | ||
Writing with Fire | Writing with Fire | Sushmit Ghosh (director and producer) Rintu Thomas (director and producer) |
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Hindi | ||
2022 (95th) |
A House Made of Splinters | Будинок зі скалок | Simon Lereng Wilmont (director and producer) Monica Hellström (director and producer) |
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Russian Ukrainian |
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All That Breathes | All That Breathes | Shaunak Sen (director and producer) Aman Mann (producer) Teddy Leifer (producer) |
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Hindi | ||
2023 (96th) |
The Eternal Memory | La memoria infinita | Maite Alberdi (director and producer) Juan de Dios Larraín (producer) Pablo Larraín (producer) Rocio Jadue (producer) |
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Spanish | |
Four Daughters | بنات ألفة | Kaouther Ben Hania (director) Nadim Cheikhrouha (producer) |
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Arabic | ||
To Kill a Tiger | To Kill a Tiger | Nisha Pahuja (director and producer) Cornelia Principe (producer) David Oppenheim (producer) |
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Hindi | ||
20 Days in Mariupol | 20 днів у Маріуполі | Mstyslav Chernov (director and producer) Michelle Mizner (producer) Raney Aronson-Rath (producer) |
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Ukrainian English Russian |
Animated Feature Film
[edit]The Animated Feature Film category has existed since the 2001 Academy Awards. The intended recipient(s) of this award must be designated by those responsible for the production of the film. Agreement on the designated recipient(s) has to be settled prior to the film's submission to the Academy. Unlike other Academy Awards, the Best Animated Feature Film Award therefore does not always go to the same crew member. However, the person(s) to whom it is given must always be "the key creative individual most clearly responsible for the overall achievement or a two-person team with shared and equal directing credit".[12]
Year | Film title used in nomination | Original title | Award recipient(s) | Country of production | Language(s) | Notes |
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2002 (75th) |
Spirited Away | Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi 千と千尋の神隠し |
Hayao Miyazaki (director & writer) |
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Japanese (nominated for its English-dubbed version) |
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2003 (76th) |
The Triplets of Belleville | Les Triplettes de Belleville | Sylvain Chomet (director & writer) |
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French | |
2005 (78th) |
Howl's Moving Castle | Hauru no ugoku shiro ハウルの動く城 |
Hayao Miyazaki (director, writer & executive producer) |
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Japanese (nominated for its English-dubbed version) |
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2007 (80th) |
Persepolis | Persépolis | Marjane Satrapi Vincent Paronnaud (directors & writers) |
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French (some parts in English, Persian & German) |
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2010 (83rd) |
The Illusionist | L'Illusionniste | Sylvain Chomet (director & writer) |
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French (some parts in English and Gaelic) |
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2011 (84th) |
A Cat in Paris | Une vie de chat | Alain Gaignol (director & writer) Jean-Loup Felicioli (director) |
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French | |
Chico and Rita | Chico y Rita | Fernando Trueba (director & writer) Javier Mariscal (director) |
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Spanish (some parts in English) |
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2013 (86th) |
Ernest & Celestine | Ernest et Célestine | Benjamin Renner (director) Didier Brunner (producer) |
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French | |
The Wind Rises | Kaze tachinu 風立ちぬ |
Hayao Miyazaki (director & writer) Toshio Suzuki (producer) |
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Japanese | ||
2014 (87th) |
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya | Kaguya-hime no Monogatari かぐや姫の物語 |
Isao Takahata (director) Yoshiaki Nishimura (producer) |
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Japanese | |
2015 (88th) |
Boy and the World | O Menino e o Mundo | Alê Abreu (director) |
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Brazilian Portuguese | |
When Marnie Was There | Omoide no Mānī 思い出のマーニー |
Hiromasa Yonebayashi (director) Yoshiaki Nishimura (producer) |
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Japanese | ||
2016 (89th) |
My Life as a Courgette | Ma vie de Courgette | Claude Barras (director) Max Karli (producer) |
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French | |
The Red Turtle | La Tortue Rouge レッドタートル ある島の物語 |
Michaël Dudok de Wit (director) Toshio Suzuki (producer) |
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No dialogue | ||
2018 (91st) |
Mirai | Mirai no Mirai 未来のミライ |
Mamoru Hosoda (director) Yuichiro Saito (producer) |
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Japanese | |
2019 (92nd) |
I Lost My Body | J'ai perdu mon corps | Jérémy Clapin (director) Marc du Pontavice producer) |
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French | |
2021 (94th) |
Flee | Flugt | Jonas Poher Rasmussen (director) Monica Hellström (producer) Signe Byrge Sørensen (producer) |
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Danish | |
2023 (96th) |
The Boy and the Heron | Kimitachi wa Dō Ikiru ka 君たちはどう生きるか |
Hayao Miyazaki (director) Toshio Suzuki (producer) |
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Japanese |
Art Direction/Production Design
[edit]The Production Design category, formerly named Best Art Direction until 2012, has existed since the creation of the Academy Awards. Until 1939, only one award was given. From 1940 until 1966, two awards were given, one for black-and-white films, the other for color films. The two awards were briefly merged at the 1957 and 1958 Academy Awards, and were permanently combined once again in a single category starting 1967. All the foreign language films that were nominated for the Art Direction Award between 1940 and 1966 received their nomination in the Black-and-White category, with the exception of Juliet of the Spirits (1965), which was nominated in the Color category.
Cinematography
[edit]The Cinematography category has existed since the creation of the Academy Awards. Until 1938, only one award was given. From 1939 until 1966, two awards were given, one for black-and-white films, the other for color films. The two awards were briefly merged at the 1957 Academy Awards, and were permanently combined once again in a single category starting 1967. However, since foreign language films were not nominated for the Cinematography Award prior to the 1966 Academy Awards, they were unaffected by the splits and mergers that took place in this category.
Costume Design
[edit]The Costume Design category has existed since the 1948 Academy Awards. Until 1966, two awards were given, one for black-and-white films, the other for color films. The two awards were briefly merged at the 1957 and 1958 Academy Awards, and were permanently combined once again in a single category starting 1967. All the foreign language films that were nominated for the Costume Design Award between 1948 and 1966 received their nomination in the Black-and-White category, with the exception of Gate of Hell (1953) and Juliet of the Spirits (1965), which were nominated in the Color category.
Directing
[edit]The Directing category has existed since the creation of the Academy Awards. Lina Wertmüller's nomination for Seven Beauties (1976) made her the first-ever woman to be nominated for the Directing Award and the only one ever nominated for a foreign language film.
Film Editing
[edit]The Film Editing category has existed since the 1934 Academy Awards.
International Feature Film
[edit]Makeup
[edit]The Makeup category has existed since the 1981 Academy Awards. No award was handed out at the 1983 Academy Awards.
Music (Scoring)
[edit]The Music (Scoring) category.
Year | Film title used in nomination | Original title | Award recipient(s) | Country of production | Language(s) | Notes |
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1961 (34th) |
Khovanshchina | Khovanshchina Хованщина |
Dimitri Shostakovich (Scoring of a Musical Picture) |
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Russian | |
1963 (36th) |
Sundays and Cybele | Les Dimanches de Ville d'Avray | Maurice Jarre (Scoring of Music — adaptation or treatment) |
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French | |
1965 (38th) |
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg | Les Parapluies de Cherbourg | Michel Legrand Jacques Demy (Music Score — substantially original) |
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French | |
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg | Les Parapluies de Cherbourg | Michel Legrand (Scoring of Music — adaptation or treatment) |
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French | ||
1966 (39th) |
The Gospel According to St. Matthew | Il Vangelo secondo Matteo | Luis Bacalov (Scoring of Music — adaptation or treatment) |
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Italian | |
1968 (41st) |
The Young Girls of Rochefort | Les Demoiselles de Rochefort | Michel Legrand (Music and adaptation score) Jacques Demy (Lyrics)(Score of a Musical Picture-original or adaptation) |
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French (some parts in English) |
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1970 (43rd) |
Sunflower | I girasoli | Henry Mancini (Original Score) |
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Italian (some parts in English) |
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1971 (44th) |
Tchaikovsky | Chaykovskiy Чайковский |
Dimitri Tiomkin (Adaptation and Original Song Score) |
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Russian | |
1995 (68th) |
Il Postino: The Postman | Il postino | Luis Bacalov (Original Dramatic Score) |
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Italian (some parts in Spanish) |
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1998 (71st) |
Life Is Beautiful | La vita è bella | Nicola Piovani (Original Dramatic Score) |
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Italian (some parts in German & English) |
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1999 (72nd) |
The Red Violin | Le Violon rouge | John Corigliano (Original Score) |
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Multilingual (English, French, German, Italian & Mandarin) |
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2000 (73rd) |
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | Wòhǔ Cánglóng (pinyin) 臥虎藏龍 (traditional Chinese) 卧虎藏龙 (simplified Chinese) |
Tan Dun (Original Score) |
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Mandarin | [5] |
Malèna | Malena | Ennio Morricone (Original Score) |
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Italian (some parts in Sicilian, English & Latin) |
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2004 (77th) |
The Passion of the Christ | The Passion of the Christ | John Debney (Original Score) |
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Aramaic (some parts in Latin & Hebrew) |
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2006 (79th) |
Babel | Babel | Gustavo Santaolalla | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
English, Arabic, Spanish, Japanese, Japanese Sign language, Berber languages | [16] |
Pan's Labyrinth | El laberinto del fauno | Javier Navarrete (Original Score) |
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Spanish | [14] | |
2007 (80th) |
The Kite Runner | The Kite Runner | Alberto Iglesias (Original Score) |
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Dari (some parts in English, Pashtu, Urdu & Russian) |
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2020 (93rd) |
Minari | 미나리 | Emile Mosseri (Original Score) |
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Korean (some parts in English) |
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2021 (94th) |
Parallel Mothers | Madres paralelas | Alberto Iglesias (Original Score) |
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Spanish | |
2022 (95th) |
All Quiet on the Western Front | Im Westen nichts Neues(German) | Volker Bertelmann (Original Score) |
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German (some parts in French) |
Music (Best Original Song)
[edit]The Music (Best Original Song) category has existed since the 1934 Academy Awards. Its name was changed from Song to Original Song starting 1975 onwards. The designation Song — Original for the Picture had previously been used between 1968 and 1972. This list includes all nominated non-English language songs, regardless of their respective original film's primary language.
Sound Mixing
[edit]The Sound Mixing category existed from 1930 through 2019, after which it and the Sound Editing category were combined into a single award for Best Sound.[29]
Year | Film title used in nomination | Original title | Award recipient(s) | Country of production | Language(s) | Notes |
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1982 (55th) |
Das Boot | Das Boot | Milan Bor Trevor Pyke Mike Le Mare |
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German (some parts in French & English) |
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2001 (74th) |
Amélie | Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain | Vincent Arnardi Guillaume Leriche Jean Umansky |
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French | |
2006 (79th) |
Apocalypto | Apocalypto | Kevin O'Connell Greg P. Russell Fernando Cámara |
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Mayan | |
2018 (91st) |
Roma | Roma | Skip Lievsay Craig Henighan José Antonio García |
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Spanish, Mixtec | [5] |
2022 (95th) |
All Quiet on the Western Front | Im Westen nichts Neues(German) | Viktor Prasil Frank Kruse Markus Stemler Lars Ginzel Stefan Korte (Best Sound) |
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German (some parts in French) |
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2023 (96th) |
The Zone of Interest | The Zone of Interest | Johnnie Burn and Tarn Willers | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
German (some parts in Polish and Yiddish) |
Sound Editing
[edit]The Sound Editing category existed from 1963 through 2019, after which it and the Sound Mixing category were combined into a single award for Best Sound.[29]
Year | Film title used in nomination | Original title | Award recipient(s) | Country of production | Language(s) | Notes |
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1982 (55th) |
Das Boot | Das Boot | Mike Le Mare | ![]() |
German (some parts in French & English) |
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2006 (79th) |
Apocalypto | Apocalypto | Kami Asgar Sean McCormack |
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Mayan | |
Letters from Iwo Jima | Letters from Iwo Jima | Bub Asman Alan Robert Murray |
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Japanese (some parts in English) |
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2018 (91st) |
Roma | Roma | Skip Lievsay Sergio Diaz |
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Spanish, Mixtec | [5] |
Visual Effects
[edit]The Visual Effects category has existed since 1928.
Year | Film title used in nomination | Original title | Award recipient(s) | Country of production | Language(s) | Notes |
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1971 (44th) |
When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth | When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth | Jim Danforth Roger Dicken |
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Aboriginal (some parts in English) |
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2022 (95th) |
All Quiet on the Western Front | Im Westen nichts Neues | Frank Petzold Viktor Muller Markus Frank Kamil Jafar |
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German (some parts in French) |
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2023 (96th) |
Godzilla Minus One | Gojira Mainasu Wan ゴジラ-1.0 |
Takashi Yamazaki Kiyoko Shibuya Masaki Takahashi Tatsuji Nojima |
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Japanese |
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
[edit]The Adapted Screenplay category has existed since the creation of the awards.
Writing (Original Screenplay)
[edit]The Original Screenplay category has existed since 1940.
Notes
[edit]- A1 2 3 4 5 6 : The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (now International Feature Film) had not been created yet when this film received its nomination.
- B^ : Shoeshine (1946) won a Special Award the same year because "the high quality of this motion picture, brought to eloquent life in a country scarred by war, is proof to the world that the creative spirit can triumph over adversity".
- C^ : The Bicycle Thief (1948) won a Special Foreign Language Film Award the same year.
- D^ : Rashomon (1950) won an Honorary Foreign Language Film Award the previous year.
- E^ : Forbidden Games (1952) won an Honorary Foreign Language Film Award two years earlier.
- F^ : Gate of Hell (1953) won an Honorary Foreign Language Film Award the same year.
References
[edit]- ^ "Academy Awards History - Introduction". Filmsite.org. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
- ^ "History of the Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 2007-12-20. Retrieved 2008-02-12.
- ^ a b "Special Rules for the Best Foreign Language Film Award". 80th Academy Awards Rules for Distinguished Achievements in 2007. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 2007-10-13. Retrieved 2007-11-02.
- ^ "Record-Breaking 54 Countries in Competition for Oscar" (Press release). Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 2002-12-02. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb The film won the Best International Feature Film Award the same year.
- ^ a b c The film was nominated for the Best International Feature Film Award the previous year, but lost to The Garden of the Finzi-Continis.
- ^ The film was not submitted for consideration by Sweden, possibly due to late release date.[citation needed]
- ^ The Academy Award in the Promotion of Italian Films – International Circulation of Italian Cinema
- ^ The film was not submitted for consideration by Italy, possibly due to being directed by a British person[8]
- ^ a b c d Roberto Benigni is one of only three performers to have directed themselves to an Acting Award (the other two being Charlie Chaplin and Laurence Olivier).[citation needed]
- ^ a b c d e f As an American movie, the film was ineligible for competition in the International Feature Film category.[citation needed]
- ^ "Special Rules for the Best Animated Feature Film Award". 80th Academy Awards Rules for Distinguished Achievements in 2007. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 2008-01-13. Retrieved 2008-02-27.
- ^ Persepolis was France's submission
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o The film was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Award the same year.
- ^ a b c d "controversy over Ran's non-submission". Archived from the original on 2012-11-10. Retrieved 2017-09-03.
- ^ a b c d Ineligible, US film.
- ^ a b c Persepolis was selected instead
- ^ TV movie
- ^ Unsuccessfully submitted by China
- ^ a b Persepolis was chosen instead
- ^ Un prophète was chosen instead
- ^ La prima cosa bella was chosen instead
- ^ Nominated two years earlier.
- ^ Add explanation about change title in Fellini Satyricon
- ^ a b c d The film won the Best Foreign Language Film Award the previous year.
- ^ Won same year
- ^ Ineligible
- ^ a b "Ineligible"
- ^ a b Hammond, Pete (April 28, 2020). "Oscars Keeping Show Date But Make Big News As Academy Lightens Eligibility Rules, Combines Sound Categories, Ends DVD Screeners and More". Deadline Hollywood.
- General
- "Awards in Other Categories for Foreign Language Films". Academy Award Statistics. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. March 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-04-10. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
- "Persons Nominated for Foreign Language (Non-English) Performances". Academy Award Statistics. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. March 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-06-22. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
- Goldstein, Patrick (2006-01-16). "How do you say 'stinks' in French? — Strict rules exclude many top foreign films from Oscar nominations". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles. Retrieved 2008-02-18.
- Foreign Oscar Quandary: Academy Nixes Maria, Colombia Adds El Rey, and Other Stories from the Foreign-Lingo Category
- Oscar bids from overseas lost in translation Archived 2015-07-20 at the Wayback Machine
- AMPAS nixes Persepolis
- THE BIG PICTURE: Oscars' foreign policy problem
External links
[edit]- "The Official Academy Awards Database". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 2008-07-07. Retrieved 2008-02-18.
- "The Motion Picture Credits Database". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 2007-12-17. Retrieved 2008-02-18.
- "IMDb Academy Awards Page". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2008-02-18.