List of French submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
France has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film since the conception of the award in 1956. France has been one of the most successful countries in the world in this category, and more than half of their Oscar submissions have achieved Oscar nominations. As of September 2018, France has submitted 63 films for consideration. Of these, 36 have achieved Oscar nominations and nine have won the award, not including Honorary Awards.
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]
The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film was not created until 1956; however, between 1947 and 1955, the Academy presented Honorary Awards to the best foreign language films released in the United States. These awards were not competitive, as there were no nominees but simply a winner every year that was voted on by the Board of Governors of the Academy.[2] Three French films received Honorary Awards during this period. For the 1956 Academy Awards, 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.[3]
The French submission is decided annually by the Centre national de la cinématographie, affiliated with the French Ministry of Culture.[4]
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.[3] 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] Before the award was created, the Board of Governors of the Academy voted on a film every year that was considered the best foreign-language film released in the United States, and there were no submissions.[2]
France is the only country that has submitted a film every year since the creation of the award in 1956 and also the only country which has been nominated at more than half of the occasions where the award was given.
Below is a list of the films that have been submitted by France for review by the Academy. All submissions were primarily in French, with the notable exceptions of the winning Portuguese-language Black Orpheus in 1959, which was a co-production with Brazil and Mustang in 2015, which was in Turkish.
References
- General
- "81ST Annual Academy Awards - Oscar Nominations Fact Sheet" (PDF). Oscars.org. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-02-06. Retrieved 2009-03-17.
- Specific
- 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 1". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 22 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
- 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.
- ↑ Kadivar, Darius (2007-09-19). "Persepolis to Represent France at Hollywood Oscars 2008!". Payvand.com. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
- ↑ "France names 'Of Gods and Men' in Oscar bid". hollywoodreporter. Archived from the original on 20 September 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-02.
- ↑ "9 Foreign Language Films Continue to Oscar Race". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-01-19.
- ↑ "63 Countries Vie for 2011 Foreign Language Film Oscar". oscars.org. Archived from the original on 21 May 2012. Retrieved 2011-10-14.
- ↑ "'Intouchables' selected for Oscar race". Variety. 18 September 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
- ↑ "9 Foreign Language Films Vie For Oscar". Oscars. Retrieved 2012-12-21.
- ↑ "Renoir représentera la France aux Oscars 2014". L'Express. Retrieved 2013-09-16.
- ↑ "Oscars: France Selects 'Saint Laurent' for Foreign-Language Category". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
- ↑ Richford, Rhonda (22 September 2015). "Oscars: France Selects 'Mustang' As Foreign-Language Submission". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
- ↑ Ford, Rebecca (14 January 2016). "Oscar Nominations: The Complete List". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
- ↑ Richford, Rhonda (26 September 2016). "Oscars: France Selects 'Elle' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
- ↑ Richford, 2017 by Rhonda (19 September 2017). "Oscars: France Selects '120 Beats Per Minute' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
- ↑ Richford, Rhonda (21 September 2018). "Oscars: France Selects 'Memoir of War' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
Notes
- A Russian title: Восток-Запад
