List of Mexican submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Mexico has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film since 1957. 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 award 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]
Mexico has submitted fifty-one films for Oscar consideration over the years, and eight Mexican films have been nominated by the Academy for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Arturo Ripstein has represented Mexico five times—more than any other Mexican director—although he has never received an Oscar nomination.
The Mexican nominee is selected annually by the Academia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas. The selection committee holds separate votes to decide which film goes to the Oscars and, in a separate vote, which film goes to the Spanish Goya Awards.
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 Mexico for review by the Academy for the award by year and the respective Academy Awards ceremony.
All Mexican submissions were exclusively in Spanish with two exceptions: their 2007 submission, Silent Light, which was exclusively in the Plautdietsch dialect of Low German; as well as their 2018 submission, Roma, which is partially in Spanish as well as partially in Mixtec.
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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 6 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-19.
- ↑ Also shortlisted: Bajo la sal, Five Days Without Nora, The Desert Within, Los bastardos, Los herederos, Rudo y Cursi and I'm Gonna Explode. Source: http://www.informador.com.mx/entretenimiento/2009/139543/6/mexico-arma-su-equipo-para-el-oscar.htm
- ↑ "Biutiful Just Announced as Mexico's Oscar Entry". AwardsDaily. Retrieved 2010-10-05.
- ↑ "Nominees for the 83rd Academy Awards". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-01-25.
- ↑ "63 Countries Vie for 2011 Foreign Language Film Oscar". oscars.org. Archived from the original on 21 May 2012. Retrieved 2011-10-14.
- ↑ Young, James (20 September 2012). "'Mexico picks 'Lucia' for Oscar". Variety. Reed Business Information. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
- ↑ "Oscars: Mexico Nominates 'Heli' for Foreign Language Category". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 18 September 2013.
- ↑ "Oscars: Mexico Selects 'Cantinflas' for Foreign-Language Category". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
- ↑ Hecht, John (17 September 2015). "Oscars: Mexico Selects '600 Miles' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ↑ Hecht, John (14 September 2016). "Oscars: Mexico Selects 'Desierto' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ↑ Hecht, John (13 September 2017). "Oscars: Mexico Selects 'Tempestad' For Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
- ↑ Hecht, John (14 September 2018). "Oscars: Mexico Selects 'Roma' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
