List of Swiss submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Switzerland has submitted 45 films for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film since their first entry in 1961. 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]
As of 2018, five Swiss films have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and two of these have won the award, most recently for the Turkish refugee drama Journey of Hope at the 1991 Academy 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. 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 Switzerland for review by the Academy for the award by year and the respective Academy Awards ceremony.
The Swiss submission is decided annually by the Federal Office for Culture.[2]
Since they began submitting regularly in 1972, they have only failed to enter a film on three occasions: 1977, 1978 and 2003. In 1994, the Swiss entered but were disqualified in a controversial ruling in which AMPAS determined that one of the favorites, Krzysztof Kieslowski's Red, was not a majority Swiss production.[3]
Director Alain Tanner had had his films selected five times, but none have been nominated. Xavier Koller and Swiss-based French director Jean-Luc Godard have each been selected to represent Switzerland three times.
Switzerland has four official languages- Twenty-two of the Swiss submissions have been French-language films, while thirteen were in some variety of German, and only one in Italian, but none have been in Romansh. In addition, two Swiss submissions were in Turkish.
See also
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.
- ↑ http://www.swissfilms.ch/detail_n.asp?id=2137729389%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
- 1 2 "This year's foreign Oscar race reflects a growingly global medium". Hitfix. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ Blaney, Martin (21 September 2012). "Ursula Meier's Sister entered for Oscar race". Screen International. EMAP. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
- ↑ "9 Foreign Language Films Vie For Oscar". Oscars. Retrieved 2012-12-21.
- ↑ "Le film "More than Honey" représentera la Suisse aux Oscars 2014". RTS Info. Retrieved 2013-09-19.
- ↑ "Oscars: Switzerland Selects 'The Circle' for Foreign-Language Oscar". Hollywood Report. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
- ↑ "'Iraqi Odyssey' to represent Switzerland at Oscars". Swiss Info. 28 August 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
- ↑ Keslassy, Elsa (5 August 2016). "Switzerland Sends Claude Barras's 'My Life as a Courgette' to Foreign-Language Oscar Race". Variety. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
- ↑ "Oscars: Nine Films Advance in Foreign-Language Race". Variety. 15 December 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
- ↑ Roxborough, Scott (4 August 2017). "Oscars: Switzerland Selects 'The Divine Order' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
- ↑ Anderson, Ariston (3 August 2018). "Oscars: Switzerland Selects 'Eldorado' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
