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The Academy Award for Best International Feature Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences(AMPAS). It is given to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States of America with a predominantly non-English dialogue track.

When the first Academy Awards ceremony was held on May 16, 1929 to honor films released in 1927/28, there was no separate category for foreign language films. Between 1947 and 1955, the Academy presented Special/Honorary Awards to the best foreign language films released in the United States. These Awards, however, were not handed out on a regular basis (no Award was given in 1953), and were not competitive since there were no nominees but simply one winning film per year. For the 1956 (29th) 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 then. Unlike other Academy Awards, the Best Foreign Language Film Award is not presented to a specific individual. It is accepted by the winning film's director, but is considered an award for the submitting country as a whole.

Over the years, the Best International Feature Film Award and its predecessors have been given almost exclusively to European films: out of the 64 Awards handed out by the Academy since 1947 to foreign language films, fifty one have gone to European films, five to Asian films, three to African films and three to films from the Americas. Italian filmmaker Federico Fellini directed four Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award–winning motion pictures during his lifetime, a record that remains unmatched as of 2012 (if Special Awards are taken into account, then Fellini's record is tied by his fellow countryman Vittorio De Sica). The most awarded foreign country is Italy, with 10 awards won, 3 Special Awards and 27 nominations, while Israel is the foreign country to have the most nominations, 10, without winning an award.

The original name of the award was "Best Foreign Language Film". It was changed to it's current name in 2019 as it's original name was considered outdated.

Special/Honorary Awards (1947–1955)[]

20th Academy Awards (1947)

Winner
Shoe-Shine from ItalyVittorio De Sica
"The high quality of this motion picture, brought to eloquent life in a country scarred by war, is proof to the world that the creative spirit can triumph over adversity."


21st Academy Awards (1948)

Winner
Monsieur Vincent from FranceMaurice Cloche
"Voted by the Academy Board of Governors as the most outstanding foreign language film released in the United States during 1948."


22nd Academy Awards (1949)

Winner
The Bicycle Thief from ItalyVittorio De Sica
"Voted by the Academy Board of Governors as the most outstanding foreign language film released in the United States during 1949."


23rd Academy Awards (1950)

Winner
The Walls of Malapaga from France and ItalyRené Clément
"Voted by the Board of Governors as the most outstanding foreign language film released in the United States in 1950."


24th Academy Awards (1951)

Winner
Rashomon from JapanAkira Kurosawa
"Voted by the Board of Governors as the most outstanding foreign language film released in the United States during 1951."


25th Academy Awards (1952)

Winner
Forbidden Games from FranceRené Clément
"Best Foreign Language Film first released in the United States during 1952."


27th Academy Awards (1954)

Winner
Gate of Hell from JapanTeinosuke Kinugasa
"Best Foreign Language Film first released in the United States during 1954."


28th Academy Awards (1955)

Winner
Samurai, The Legend of Musashi from JapanHiroshi Inagaki
"Best Foreign Language Film first released in the United States during 1955."


Nominations & winners (1956–present)[]

Best International Feature Film By Decade

1950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s

29th Academy Awards (1956)

Winner
La Strada from ItalyFederico Fellini (Dino De Laurentiis and Carlo Ponti, Producers)[1]
Nominees
The Captain of Kopenick from West GermanyHelmut Käutner (Gyula Trebitsch and Walter Koppel, Producers)[1]
Gervaise from FranceRené Clément (Annie Dorfmann, Producer)[1]
Harp of Burma from JapanKon Ichikawa (Masayuki Takagi, Producer)[1]
Qivitoq from DenmarkErik Balling (O. Dalsgaard-Olsen, Producer)[1]

30th Academy Awards (1957)

Winner
The Nights of Cabiria from ItalyFederico Fellini
Nominees
The Devil Came at Night from West GermanyRobert Siodmak
Gates of Paris from FranceRené Clair
Mother India from IndiaMehboob Khan
Nine Lives from NorwayArne Skouen

31st Academy Awards (1958)

Winner
My Uncle from FranceJacques Tati
Nominees
Arms and the Man from West GermanyFranz Peter Wirth
La Venganza from SpainJuan Antonio Bardem
The Road a Year Long from YugoslaviaGiuseppe De Santis
The Usual Unidentified Thieves from ItalyMario Monicelli

32nd Academy Awards (1959)

Winner
Black Orpheus from FranceMarcel Camus
Nominees
The Bridge from West GermanyBernhard Wicki
The Great War from ItalyMario Monicelli
Paw from DenmarkAstrid Henning-Jensen
The Village on the River from The NetherlandsFons Rademakers

1960s

33rd Academy Awards (1960)

Winner
The Virgin Spring from SwedenIngmar Bergman
Nominees
Kapo from ItalyGillo Pontecorvo
La Vérité from France — [[[Henri-Georges Clouzot]]
Macario from MexicoRoberto Galvaldón
The Ninth Circle from YugoslaviaFrance Štiglic

34th Academy Awards (1961)

Winner
Through a Glass Darkly from SwedenIngmar Bergman
Nominees
Harry and the Butler from DenmarkBent Christensen
Immortal Love from JapanKeisuke Kinoshita
The Important Man from MexicoIsmael Rodríguez
Placido from SpainLuis García Berlanga

35th Academy Awards (1962)

Winner
Sundays and Cybele from FranceSerge Bourguignon
Nominees
Electra from GreeceMichael Cacoyannis
The Four Days of Naples from ItalyNanni Loy
Keeper of Promises (The Given Word) from BrazilAnselmo Duarte
Tlayucan from MexicoLuis Alcoriza

36th Academy Awards (1963)

Winner
from ItalyFederico Fellini
Nominees
Knife in the Water from PolandRoman Polanski
Los Tarantos from SpainFrancisco Rovira Beleta
The Red Lanterns from GreeceVasilis Georgiadis
Twin Sisters of Kyoto from JapanNoboru Nakamura

37th Academy Awards (1964)

Winner
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow from ItalyVittorio De Sica
Nominees
Raven's End from SwedenBo Widerberg
Sallah from IsraelEphraim Kishon
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg from FranceJacques Demy
Woman in the Dunes from JapanNoboru Nakamura

38th Academy Awards (1965)

Winner
The Shop on Main Street from CzechoslovakiaJán Kadár and Elmar Klos
Nominees
Blood on the Land from GreeceVasilis Georgiadis
Dear John from SwedenLars-Magnus Lindgren
Kwaidan from JapanMasaki Kobayashi
Marriage Italian Style from ItalyVittorio De Sica

39th Academy Awards (1966)

Winner
A Man and a Woman from FranceClaude Lelouch
Nominees
The Battle of Algiers from ItalyGillo Pontecorvo
Loves of a Blonde from CzechoslovakiaMiloš Forman
Pharaoh from PolandJerzy Kawalerowicz
Three from YugoslaviaAleksandar Patrović

40th Academy Awards (1967)

Winner
Closely Watched Trains from CzechoslovakiaJiří Menzel
Nominees
El Amor Brujo from SpainFrancisco Rovira Beleta
I Even Met Happy Gypsies from YugoslaviaAleksandar Patrović
Live for Life from FranceClaude Lelouch
Portrait of Chieko from JapanNoboru Nakamura

41st Academy Awards (1968)

Winner
War and Peace from Union of Soviet Socialist RepublicsSergei Bondarchuk
Nominees
The Boys of Paul Street from HungaryZoltán Fábri
The Firemen's Ball from CzechoslovakiaMiloš Forman
The Girl with the Pistol from ItalyMario Monicelli
Stolen Kisses from FranceFrançois Truffaut

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1970s

43rd Academy Awards (1970)

Winner
Investigation of a Citizen above Suspicion from ItalyElio Petri
Nominees
First Love from SwitzerlandMaximilian Schell
Hoa-Binh from FranceRaoul Coutard
Paix Sur Les Champs from BelgiumJacques Boigelot
Tristana from SpainLuis Buñuel

44th Academy Awards (1971)

Winner
The Garden of the Finzi Continis from ItalyVittorio De Sica
Nominees
Dodes'ka-Den from JapanAkira Kurosawa
The Emigrants from SwedenJan Troell
The Policeman from IsraelEphraim Kishon
Tchaikovsky from Union of Soviet Socialist RepublicsIgor Talankin

45th Academy Awards (1972)

Winner
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie from FranceLuis Buñuel
Nominees
The Dawns Here Are Quiet from Union of Soviet Socialist RepublicsStanislav Rostotsky
I Love You Rosa from IsraelMoshé Mizrahi
My Dearest Señorita from SpainJaime de Armiñán
The New Land from SwedenJan Troell

46th Academy Awards (1973)

Winner
Day for Night from FranceFrançois Truffaut
Nominees
The House on Chelouche Street from IsraelMoshé Mizrahi
L'Invitation from SwitzerlandClaude Goretta
The Pedestrian from West GermanyMaximillian Schell
Turkish Delight from The NetherlandsPaul Verhoeven

47th Academy Awards (1974)

Winner
Amarcord from ItalyFederico Fellini
Nominees
Cats' Play from HungaryKároly Makk
The Deluge from PolandJerzy Hoffman
Lacombe, Lucien from FranceLouis Malle
The Truce from ArgentinaSergio Renán

48th Academy Awards (1975)

Winner
Dersu Uzala from Union of Soviet Socialist RepublicsAkira Kurosawa
Nominees
Letters from Marusia from MexicoMiguel Littín
The Promised Land from PolandAndrzej Wajda
Sandakan No. 8 from JapanKei Kumai
Scent of a Woman from ItalyDino Risi

49th Academy Awards (1976)

Winner
Black and White in Color from Ivory CoastJean-Jacques Annaud
Nominees
Cousin, Cousine from FranceJean-Charles Tacchella
Jacob, the Liar from East GermanyFrank Beyer
Nights and Days from PolandJerzy Antczak
Seven Beauties from ItalyLina Wertmüller

50th Academy Awards (1977)

Winner
Madame Rosa from FranceMoshé Mizrahi
Nominees
Iphigenia from GreeceMichael Cacoyannis
Operation Thunderbolt from IsraelMenahem Golan
A Special Day from ItalyEttore Scola
That Obscure Object of Desire from SpainLuis Buñuel

51st Academy Awards (1978)

Winner
Get Out Your Handkerchiefs from FranceBertrand Blier
Nominees
The Glass Cell from West GermanyHans W. Geißendörfer
Hungarians from HungaryZoltán Fábri
Viva Italia! from ItalyMario Monicelli, Dino Risi, and Ettore Scola
White Bim Black Ear from Union of Soviet Socialist RepublicsStanislav Rostotsky

52nd Academy Awards (1979)

Winner
The Tin Drum from West GermanyVolker Sclöndorff
Nominees
The Maids of Wilko from PolandAndrzej Wajda
Mama Turns a Hundred from SpainCarlos Saura
A Simple Story from FranceClaude Sautet
To Forget Venice from ItalyFranco Brusati

1980s

53rd Academy Awards (1980)

Winner
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears from Union of Soviet Socialist RepublicsVladimir Menshov
Nominees
Confidence from HungaryIstván Szabó
Kagemusha (The Shadow Warrior) from JapanAkira Kurosawa
The Last Metro from FranceFrançois Truffaut
The Nest from SpainJaime de Armiñán

54th Academy Awards (1981)

Winner
Mephisto from HungaryIstván Szabó
Nominees
The Boat Is Full from SwitzerlandMarkus Imhoof
Man of Iron from PolandAndrzej Wajda
Muddy River from JapanKôhei Oguri
Three Brothers from ItalyFrancesco Rosi

55th Academy Awards (1982)

Winner
Volver a Empezar ('To Begin Again') from SpainJosé Luis Garci
Nominees
Alsino and the Condor from NicaraguaMiguel Littin
Coup de Torchon ('Clean Slate') from FranceBertrand Tavernier
The Flight of the Eagle from SwedenJan Troell
Private Life from Union of Soviet Socialist RepublicsYuli Raizman

56th Academy Awards (1983)

Winner
Fanny & Alexander from SwedenIngmar Bergman
Nominees
Carmen from SpainCarlos Saura
Entre Nous from FranceDiane Kurys
Job's Revolt from HungaryImre Gyöngyössy and Barna Kabay
Le Bal from AlgeriaEttore Scola

57th Academy Awards (1984)

Winner
Dangerous Moves from SwitzerlandRichard Dembo
Nominees
Beyond the Walls from IsraelUri Barbash
Camila from ArgentinaMaría Luisa Bemberg
Double Feature from SpainJosé Luis Garci
Wartime Romance from Union of Soviet Socialist RepublicsPyotr Todorovsky

58th Academy Awards (1985)

Winner
The Official Story from ArgentinaLuis Puenzo
Nominees
Angry Harvest from West GermanyAgnieszka Holland
Colonel Redl from HungaryIstván Szabó
Three Men and a Cradle from FranceColine Serreau
When Father Was Away on Business from YugoslaviaEmir Kusturica

59th Academy Awards (1986)

Winner
The Assault from The NetherlandsFons Rademakers
Nominees
Betty Blue from FranceJean-Jacques Beineix
The Decline of the American Empire from CanadaDenys Arcand
My Sweet Little Village from CzechoslovakiaJiří Menzel
'38' from AustriaWolfgang Glück

60th Academy Awards (1987)

Winner
Babette's Feast from DenmarkGabriel Axel
Nominees
Au Revoir Les Enfants (Goodbye, Children) from FranceLouis Malle
Course Completed from SpainJosé Luis Garci
The Family from ItalyEttore Scola
Pathfinder from NorwayNils Gaup

61st Academy Awards (1988)

Winner
Pelle the Conqueror from DenmarkBille August
Nominees
Hanussen from HungaryIstván Szabó
The Music Teacher from BelgiumGérard Corbiau
Salaam Bombay! from IndiaMira Nair
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown from SpainPedro Almodóvar

62nd Academy Awards (1989)

Winner
Cinema Paradiso from ItalyGiuseppe Tornatore
Nominees
Camille Claudel from FranceBruno Nuytten
Jesus of Montreal from CanadaDenys Arcand
Waltzing Regitze from DenmarkKaspar Rostrup
What Happened to Santiago from Puerto RicoJacobo Morales

1990s

63rd Academy Awards (1990)

Winner
Journey of Hope from SwitzerlandXavier Koller
Nominees
Cyrano de Bergerac from FranceJean-Paul Rappeneau
Ju Dou from People's Republic of ChinaZhang Yimou and Yang Fengliang
The Nasty Girl from GermanyMichael Verhoeven
Open Doors from ItalyGianni Amelio

64th Academy Awards (1991)

Winner
Mediterraneo from ItalyGabriele Salvatores
Nominees
Children of Nature from IcelandFriðrik Þór Friðriksson
The Elementary School from CzechoslovakiaJan Svěrák
The Ox from SwedenSven Nykvist
Raise the Red Lantern from Hong KongZhang Yimou

65th Academy Awards (1992)

Winner
Indochine from FranceRégis Wargnier
Nominees
Close to Eden from RussiaNikita Mikhalkov
Daens from BelgiumStijn Coninx
A Place in the World from UruguayAdolfo Aristarain[3]
Schtonk! from GermanyHelmut Dietl

66th Academy Awards (1993)

Winner
Belle Epoque from SpainFernando Trueba
Nominees
Farewell My Concubine from Hong KongChen Kaige
Hedd Wyn from United KingdomPaul Turner
The Scent of Green Papaya from VietnamTrần Anh Hùng
The Wedding Banquet from TaiwanAng Lee

67th Academy Awards (1994)

Winner
Burnt by the Sun from RussiaNikita Mikhalkov
Nominees
Before the Rain from MacedoniaMilčo Mančevski
Eat Drink Man Woman from TaiwanAng Lee
Farinelli: Il Castrato from BelgiumGérard Corbiau
Strawberry and Chocolate from CubaTomás Gutiérrez Alea and Juan Carlos Tabío

68th Academy Awards (1995)

Winner
Antonia's Line from The NetherlandsMarleen Gorris
Nominees
All Things Fair from SwedenBo Winderberg
Dust of Life from AlgeriaRachid Bouchareb
O Quatrilho from BrazilFábio Barreto
The Star Maker from ItalyGiuseppe Tornatore

69th Academy Awards (1996)

Winner
Kolya from Czech RepublicJan Svěrák
Nominees
A Chef in Love from GeorgiaNana Dzhordzhadze
The Other Side of Sunday from NorwayBerit Nesheim
Prisoner of the Mountains from RussiaSergei Bodrov
Ridicule from FrancePatrice Leconte

70th Academy Awards (1997)

Winner
Character from The NetherlandsMike van Diem
Nominees
Beyond Silence from GermanyCaroline Link
Four Days in September from BrazilBruno Barreto
Secrets of the Heart from SpainMontxo Armendáriz
The Thief from RussiaPavel Chukhraj

71st Academy Awards (1998)

Winner
Life is Beautiful from ItalyRoberto Benigni
Nominees
Central Station from BrazilWalter Salles
Children of Heaven from IranMajid Majidi
The Grandfather from SpainJosé Luis Garci
Tango from ArgentinaCarlos Saura

72nd Academy Awards (1999)

Winner
All about My Mother from SpainPedro Almodóvar
Nominees
Caravan from NepalEric Valli
East-West from FranceRégis Wargnier
Solomon and Gaenor from United KingdomPaul Morrison
Under the Sun from SwedenColin Nutley

2000s

73rd Academy Awards (2000)

Winner
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon from TaiwanAng Lee
Nominees
Amores Perros from MexicoAlejandro González Iñárritu
Divided We Fall from Czech RepublicJan Hřebejk
Everybody Famous! from BelgiumDominique Deruddere
The Taste of Others from FranceAgnès Jaoui

74th Academy Awards (2001)

Winner
No Man's Land from Bosnia & HerzegovinaDanis Tanović
Nominees
Amélie from FranceJean-Pierre Jeunet
Elling from NorwayPetter Næss
Lagaan from IndiaAshutosh Gowariker
Son of the Bride from ArgentinaJuan J. Campanella

75th Academy Awards (2002)

Winner
Nowhere in Africa from GermanyCaroline Link
Nominees
El Crimen del Padre Amaro from MexicoCarlos Carrera
Hero from People's Republic of ChinaZhang Yimou
The Man without a Past from FinlandAki Kaurismäki
Zus & Zo from The NetherlandsPaula van der Oest

76th Academy Awards (2003)

Winner
The Barbarian Invasions from CanadaDenys Arcand
Nominees
Evil from SwedenMikael Håfström
The Twilight Samurai from JapanYoji Yamada
Twin Sisters from The NetherlandsBen Sombogaart
Želary from Czech RepublicOndřej Trojan

77th Academy Awards (2004)

Winner
The Sea Inside from SpainAlejandro Amenábar
Nominees
As It Is in Heaven from SwedenKay Pollak
Veer-Zaara from IndiaYash Chopra
Downfall from GermanyOliver Hirschbiegel
Yesterday from South AfricaDarrell Roodt

78th Academy Awards (2005)

Winner
Tsotsi from South AfricaGavin Hood
Nominees
Don't Tell from ItalyChristina Comencini
Joyeux Noël from FranceChristian Carion
Paradise Now from The Palestinian TerritoriesHany Abu-Assad
Sophie Scholl - The Final Days from GermanyMarc Rothemund

79th Academy Awards (2006)

Winner
The Lives of Others from GermanyFlorian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Nominees
After the Wedding from DenmarkSusanne Bier
Days of Glory (Indigènes) from AlgeriaRachid Bouchareb
Pan's Labyrinth from MexicoGuillermo del Toro
Water from CanadaDeepa Mehta

80th Academy Awards (2007)

Winner
The Counterfeiters from AustriaStefan Ruzowitzky
Nominees
12 from RussiaNikita Mikhalkov
Beaufort from IsraelJoseph Cedar
Katyn from PolandAndrzej Wajda
Mongol from KazakhstanSergei Bodrov

81st Academy Awards (2008)

Winner
Departures from JapanYojiro Takita
Nominees
The Baader Meinhof Complex from GermanyUri Edel
The Class from FranceLaurent Cantet
Revanche from AustriaGötz Spielmann
Waltz With Bashir from IsraelAri Folman

82nd Academy Awards (2009)

Winner
The Secret in Their Eyes from ArgentinaJuan José Campanella
Nominees
Ajami from IsraelScandar Copti and Yaron Shani
The Milk of Sorrow from PeruClaudia Llosa
A Prophet from FranceJacques Audiard
The White Ribbon from GermanyMichael Haneke

2010s

83rd Academy Awards (2010)

Winner
In a Better World from DenmarkSusanne Bier
Nominees
Biutiful from MexicoAlejandro González Iñárritu
Dogtooth from GreeceYorgos Lanthimos
Incendies from CanadaDenis Villeneuve
Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi) from AlgeriaRachid Bouchareb

84th Academy Awards (2011)

Winner
A Separation from IranAsghar Farhadi
Nominees
Bullhead from BelgiumMichael R. Roskam
Footnote from IsraelJoseph Cedar
In Darkness from PolandAgnieszka Holland
Monsieur Lazhar from CanadaPhilippe Falardeau

85th Academy Awards (2012)

Winner
Amour from AustriaMichael Haneke
Nominees
Kon-Tiki from NorwayJoachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg
No from ChilePablo Larraín
A Royal Affair from DenmarkNikolaj Arcel
War Witch from CanadaKim Nguyen

86th Academy Awards (2013)

Winner
The Great Beauty from ItalyPaolo Sorrentino
Nominees
The Broken Circle Breakdown from BelgiumFelix Van Groeningen
The Hunt from DenmarkThomas Vinterberg
The Missing Picture from CambodiaRithy Panh
Omar from PalestineHany Abu-Assad

87th Academy Awards (2014)

Winner
Ida from PolandPawel Pawlikowski
Nominees
Leviathan from RussiaAndrey Zvyagintsev
Tangerines from EstoniaZaza Urushadze
Timbuktu from MauritaniaAbderrahmane Sissako
Wild Tales from ArgentinaDamián Szifrón

88th Academy Awards (2015)

Winner
Son of Saul from HungaryLászló Nemes
Nominees
Embrace of the Serpent from ColombiaCiro Guerra
Mustang from FranceDeniz Gamze Ergüven
Theeb from JordanNaji Abu Nowar
A War from DenmarkTobias Lindholm

89th Academy Awards (2016)

Winner
The Salesman from IranAsghar Farhadi
Nominees
Land of Mine from DenmarkMartin Zandvliet
A Man Called Ove from SwedenHannes Holm
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Tanna from AustraliaBentley Dean, Martin Butler
Toni Erdmann from GermanyMaren Ade

90th Academy Awards (2017)

Winner
A Fantastic Woman from ChileSebastián Lelio
Nominees
The Insult from LebanonZiad Doueiri
Loveless from RussiaAndrey Zvyagintsev
On Body and Soul from HungaryIldiko Enyedi
The Square (2017) from SwedenRuben Ostlund

91st Academy Awards (2018)

Winner
Roma from MexicoAlfonso Cuarón
Nominees
Capernaum from LebanonNadine Labaki
Cold War from PolandPawel Pawlikowski
Never Look Away from GermanyFlorian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Shoplifters from JapanHirokazu Koreeda

92nd Academy Awards (2019)

Winner
Parasite from South Korea — directed by Bong Joon-ho
Nominees
Corpus Christi from Poland — directed by Jan Komasa
Honeyland from North Macedonia — directed by Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov
Les Misérables (2019) from France — directed by Ladj Ly
Pain and Glory from Spain — directed by Pedro Almodóvar

2020s

93rd Academy Awards (2020)

Winner
Another Round from Denmark — directed by Thomas Vinterberg
Nominees
Better Days from Hong Kong — directed by Derek Tsang
Collective from Romania — directed by Alexander Nanau
The Man Who Sold His Skin from Tunisia — directed by Kaouther Ben Hania
Quo Vadis, Aida? from Bosnia and Herzegovina — directed by Jasmila Žabnić

94th Academy Awards (2021)

Winner
Drive My Car from Japan — directed by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Nominees
Flee from Denmark — directed by Jonas Poher Rasmussen
The Hand of God from Italy — directed by Paolo Sorrentino
Lunanna: A Yak in the Classroom from Bhutan — directed by Pawo Choyning Dorji
The Worst Person in the World from Norway — directed by Joachim Trier

Notes[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 For the 29th Academy Awards, the name(s) of the producer(s) were included in the nomination for the Foreign Language Film category.
  2. This film received its 1969 nomination under the title My Night with Maud. It had no US distributor at the time.
  3. THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. After nominations were announced, information came to light that showed that this film was wholly produced in Argentina, and had insufficient Uruguayan artistic control. The film was declared ineligible and removed from the final ballot.
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