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This is a list of submissions to the 55th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film was created in 1956 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honour non- English-speaking films produced outside the United States. [ 1 ]
Bosnia and Herzegovina has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film [nb 1] since 1994. 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. [3]
The deadline for submissions was 1 October 2018, [3] with the Academy announcing a list of eligible films on 8 October. [4] A total of 89 countries submitted a film, with 87 of those being accepted. [4] Two countries submitted a film for the first time. [5] Malawi sent The Road to Sunrise and Niger sent The Wedding Ring. [5]
[3] [4] A total of 81 countries submitted a film before the deadline, [5] [6] [7] with Paraguay submitting a film for the first time with the documentary Cloudy Times, directed by Arami Ullon. [8] The Academy announced a list of eligible submissions in October 2015. Nine finalists from among the dozens of entries were shortlisted on 17 December.
This is a list of submissions to the 66th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film was created in 1956 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honour non- English-speaking films produced outside the United States. [ 1 ]
Afghanistan's submission Parting was not included on the list of eligible contenders announced by the Academy. [4] Armenia's submission Earthquake was disqualified for not meeting the submission requirements. [14] Austria's submission Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe was reportedly rejected by the Academy for not being an Austrian film. [100]
Submission of a film does not automatically qualify it for the competition; AMPAS has the final word on eligibility, and has disqualified submissions in the past. One film was accepted from each country, with a deadline of 1 October 2014; the Academy published a list of eligible films eight days later. [3]
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