List of Bolivian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Bolivia has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film since 1995. The award is handed out annually by the United States Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non-English dialogue.[1] It was not created until the 1956 Academy Awards, in which a competitive Academy Award of Merit, known as the Best Foreign Language Film Award, was created for non-English speaking films, and has been given annually since.[2] Ten Bolivian films have been designated to compete for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Five have been accepted by AMPAS, three of which were directed by Juan Carlos Valdivia. So far, no Bolivian film has yet been nominated for an Oscar.
The Bolivian submission is designated by the Asociación de Cineastas Bolivianos (Asocine).[3]
Submissions
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited the film industries of various countries to submit their best film for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film since 1956.[2] The Foreign Language Film Award Committee oversees the process and reviews all the submitted films. Following this, they vote via secret ballot to determine the five nominees for the award.[1] Below is a list of the films that have been submitted by Bolivia for review by the Academy for the award by year and the respective Academy Awards ceremony.
All films were made primarily in Spanish.
| Year (Ceremony) | Film title used in nomination | Original title | Language(s) | Director | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 (68th) |
Jonah and the Pink Whale | Jonás y la ballena rosada | Spanish | Juan Carlos Valdivia | Not Nominated |
| 2003 (76th) |
Sexual Dependency | Dependencia sexual | Spanish, English | Rodrigo Bellott | Not Nominated |
| 2005 (78th) |
Say Good Morning to Dad[A] | Di buen día a papá | Spanish | Fernando Vargas | Disqualified |
| 2006 (79th) |
American Visa | American Visa | Spanish, English | Juan Carlos Valdivia | Not Nominated |
| 2007 (80th) |
Los Andes no creen en Dios[B] | Los Andes no creen en Dios | Spanish | Antonio Eguino | Disqualified |
| 2009 (82nd) |
Zona Sur | Zona Sur | Spanish, Aymara | Juan Carlos Valdivia | Not Nominated |
| 2014 (87th) |
Forgotten[4] | Olvidados | Spanish | Carlos Bolado | Not Nominated |
| 2016 (89th) |
Sealed Cargo[5] | Carga Sellada | Spanish | Julia Vargas-Weise | Not Nominated |
| 2017 (90th) |
Dark Skull[6] | Viejo Calavera | Spanish | Kiro Russo | Not Nominated |
| 2018 (91st) |
Muralla[7] | Muralla | Spanish | Rodrigo Patiño | TBD |
Three of Bolivia's submissions were directed by Juan Carlos Valdivia and two were co-productions with Mexico. Bolivia's first submission, Jonah and the Pink Whale, is an erotic drama set in the 1980s amidst an upper-class Bolivian family, against a backdrop of military politics and drug trafficking. Eleven years later, Valdivia was again in the competition with American Visa, a comedy-thriller about a Bolivian professor trying to get a visa to join his son and work illegally in the United States. Bolivia's most recent submission, Zona Sur, was also directed by Valdivia, but had no Mexican input. Zona Sur centers on a wealthy, white Bolivian divorcee who is living beyond her means in contemporary Bolivia, and her relationship with her three spoiled children and her two Aymara servants.
Sexual Dependency, a co-production with the United States, was Bolivia's second Oscar submission. Set in Santa Cruz, Bolivia and Ithaca, New York, it tells five barely connected stories of teenagers and their early sexual experiences.
See also
Notes
- A Bolivia's submission to the 78th Academy Awards, Say Good Morning to Dad, was disqualified because it did not arrive at the Academy on time.[8]
- B Bolivia submitted Los Andes no creen en Dios for review by the Academy at the 80th Academy Awards, but it did not appear on the list of official submissions.[9][10]
References
- 1 2 "Rule Thirteen: Special Rules for the Foreign Language Film Award". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 22 August 2013. Retrieved 2013-08-26.
- 1 2 "History of the Academy Awards - Page 2". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 22 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
- ↑ http://septiembre2007.lapatriaenlinea.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3022&Itemid=49%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
- ↑ "OLVIDADOS E YVY MARAEY BUSCAN NOMINACIÓN AL OSCAR Y LOS GOYA". La Prensa. Archived from the original on 17 September 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
- ↑ Salazar, Francisco (23 September 2016). "Oscar 2017 Predictions: Will Bolivia get its First Oscar Nomination with 'Sealed Cargo?'". Latin Post. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ↑ "Bolivia será representada por "Viejo Calavera" en los Óscar y los Goya". eldiario. 20 September 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ↑ Mango, Agustin (19 September 2018). "Oscars: Bolivia Selects 'Muralla' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
- ↑ "Foreign film barred from Oscars". BBC. 2005-12-23. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
- ↑ Orellana, Ruddy (2007-12-13). "110 mil personas vieron el último filme de Eguino" (in Spanish). Los Tiempos. Archived from the original on 15 December 2007. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
- ↑ "63 Countries Seeking Foreign Language Film Oscar". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 2007-10-17. Archived from the original on 12 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
