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Which of these films was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars?

Which of these films was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars?

Best Picture

Year Film title used in nomination Language(s)
2006 (79th) Babel English, Arabic, Spanish, Japanese, Japanese Sign language, Berber languages
2012 (85th) Amour French
2018 (91st) Roma Spanish, Mixtec
2019 (92nd) Parasite Korean

Which foreign language film has the most nominations and wins?

The most awarded foreign country is Italy, with 14 awards won (including three Special Awards) and 28 nominations, while France is the foreign country with the most nominations (37 for 12 wins, including three Special Awards).

Which was the first Indian movie nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film?

Mother India
At the 30th Academy Awards, Mehboob Khan’s 1957 Hindi-language film Mother India was India’s first submission for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film category. It was nominated alongside four other films and lost to the Italian film Nights of Cabiria (1957) by one vote.

Has any foreign language film ever won Best Picture?

Parasite is the only foreign film to win Best Picture so far although The Artist was the first silent film in French production to win Best Picture, but it was not submitted for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film due to it being ineligible.

How many foreign films have been nominated for Best Picture?

Only twelve non-English language films have been nominated in the category: La Grande Illusion (French, 1938); Z (French, 1969); The Emigrants (Swedish, 1972); Cries and Whispers (Swedish, 1973); The Postman (Il Postino) (Italian/Spanish, 1995); Life Is Beautiful (Italian, 1998); Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon ( …

Who was the first solo female to host the Oscars?

After several days of speculation, Cates announced that he hired Oscar-winning actress and comedian Whoopi Goldberg to host the festivities for the first time. By virtue of her selection, Goldberg became both the first African American to host as well as the first woman to host the telecast solo.

What won Best Foreign Film?

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Academy Award for Best International Feature Film/Winners

Are there any awards for foreign language films?

This page lists all the foreign language films which have been nominated for or won Academy Awards in categories other than the International Feature Film category (known before the 2019 awards as Best Foreign Language Film) itself. The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are among the world’s oldest and most prestigious film prizes.

Who was the first foreign language actress to win an Academy Award?

Sophia Loren was the first ever actress to win an Academy Award for a foreign language performance. Foreign films are not to be confused with foreign language films. A foreign film is a motion picture produced outside the United States, regardless of the language used in its dialogue track.

Can a film be nominated for an Academy Award in Italy?

Italy has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film since the conception of the award. 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.

How many Argentine films have been nominated for Academy Award?

As of 2019, seven Argentine films have been nominated by the Academy for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Two of these, Luis Puenzo’s The Official Story and Juan José Campanella’s The Secret In Their Eyes, won the award. Nine Argentine directors have had multiple films submitted to the Academy for review.