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List of Czech submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
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The Czech Republic has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film[nb 1] since 1994 (after the split of Czechoslovakia in January 1993). However, there were also Czech films submitted by Czechoslovakia before it ceased to exist in 1992.
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] It 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.[4]
As of 2020, three Czech films have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, one of which, Jan Svěrák's Kolya, has won the award.[5][6] Another of Svěrák's films, Dark Blue World, was submitted to the Academy for the 74th Academy Awards, but not accepted as a nominee.[7] The two other Czech directors to have films accepted as nominees are Jan Hřebejk and Ondřej Trojan. Hřebejk's Divided We Fall was accepted as a nominee for the 73rd Academy Awards, but his submission for the 77th Academy Awards, Up and Down, was not.[8] Trojan's Želary was a nominee for the 76th Academy Awards.[9]
Prior to becoming a separate state in 1993, the Czech Republic was part of Czechoslovakia, which submitted twenty-three films for Oscar consideration between 1964 and 1991. All films chosen during this era had significant input from actors, directors and crew from the Czech Republic and several of them won the Academy Award like Closely Watched Trains in 1967 and The Shop on Main Street, a Slovak-language production from 1965.[10]
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.[4] 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.[3] Below is a list of the films that have been submitted by the Czech Republic for review by the Academy for the award by the year of the submission and the respective Academy Award ceremony.
Year (Ceremony) |
Film title used in nomination | Original title | Director | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
1994 (67th) |
Faust | Lekce Faust | Jan Švankmajer | Not Nominated |
1995 (68th) |
Thanks for Every New Morning | Díky za každé nové ráno | Milan Šteindler | Not Nominated |
1996 (69th) |
Kolya | Kolja | Jan Svěrák | Won Academy Award |
1997 (70th) |
Forgotten Light | Zapomenuté světlo | Vladimír Michálek | Not Nominated |
1998 (71st) |
Sekal Has to Die | Je třeba zabít Sekala | Vladimír Michálek | Not Nominated |
1999 (72nd) |
The Idiot Returns | Návrat idiota | Saša Gedeon | Not Nominated |
2000 (73rd) |
Divided We Fall | Musíme si pomáhat | Jan Hřebejk | Nominated |
2001 (74th) |
Dark Blue World | Tmavomodrý svět | Jan Svěrák | Not Nominated |
2002 (75th) |
Wild Bees | Divoké včely | Bohdan Sláma | Not Nominated |
2003 (76th) |
Želary | Želary | Ondřej Trojan | Nominated |
2004 (77th) |
Up and Down | Horem pádem | Jan Hřebejk | Not Nominated |
2005: (78th) |
Something Like Happiness | Štěstí | Bohdan Sláma | Not Nominated |
2006 (79th) |
Lunacy | Šílení | Jan Švankmajer | Not Nominated |
2007 (80th) |
I Served the King of England | Obsluhoval jsem anglického krále | Jiří Menzel | Not Nominated |
2008 (81st) |
The Karamazovs | Karamazovi | Petr Zelenka | Not Nominated |
2009 (82nd) |
Protector | Protektor | Not Nominated | |
2010 (83rd) |
Kawasaki's Rose[11] | Kawasakiho růže | Jan Hřebejk | Not Nominated[12] |
2011 (84th) |
Alois Nebel | Alois Nebel | Not Nominated | |
2012 (85th) |
In the Shadow[13] | Ve stínu | David Ondříček | Not Nominated |
2013 (86th) |
The Don Juans[14] | Donšajni | Jiří Menzel | Not Nominated |
2014 (87th) |
Fair Play[15] | Fair Play | Andrea Sedláčková | Not Nominated |
2015 (88th) |
Home Care[16] | Domácí péče | Slávek Horák | Not Nominated |
2016 (89th) |
Lost in Munich[17] | Ztraceni v Mnichově | Petr Zelenka | Not Nominated |
2017 (90th) |
Ice Mother[18] | Bába z ledu | Bohdan Sláma | Not Nominated |
2018 (91st) |
Winter Flies[19] | Všechno bude | Not Nominated | |
2019 (92nd) |
The Painted Bird[20] | Nabarvené ptáče | Václav Marhoul | Made Shortlist[21] |
2020 (93rd) |
Charlatan[22] | Šarlatán | Agnieszka Holland | Made Shortlist[23] |
See also[]
- List of Czechoslovak submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Academy Award winners and nominees for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Academy Award-winning foreign language films
- Cinema of the Czech Republic
Notes[]
References[]
- General
- "List of Czech submissions for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film". Czech Film and Television Academy. Retrieved 29 June 2008.
- Specific
- ^ "Academy announces rules for 92nd Oscars". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
- ^ "Academy Announces Rule Changes For 92nd Oscars". Forbes. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Special Rules for the Best Foreign Language Film Award". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 12 January 2008. Retrieved 29 June 2008.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "History of the Academy Awards – Page 2". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 22 June 2008. Retrieved 29 June 2008.
- ^ "Foreign Language Film Facts". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 8 March 2008. Archived from the original on 13 June 2007. Retrieved 29 June 2008.
- ^ Tatara, Paul (4 April 1997). "Child actor shines in Oscar-winning 'Kolya'". CNN. Retrieved 29 June 2008.
- ^ "74th Academy Awards – Foreign Language Film Symposium". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 22 June 2008. Retrieved 29 June 2008.
- ^ Seiler, Andy (22 March 2001). "Your guide to 'other' Oscar nominees". USA Today. Retrieved 29 June 2008.
- ^ "Oscar nominees list". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 28 January 2004. Retrieved 29 June 2008.
- ^ "Pátrali sme: Kde skončil jediný slovenský Oscar?" (in Slovak). Pluska.sk. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
- ^ "Czech film Kawasaki's Rose to compete for Oscar". ceskenoviny. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
- ^ "9 Foreign Language Films Continue to Oscar Race". oscars.org. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
- ^ "Oscar by mohl zůstat Ve stínu". Česká televize. 17 September 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
- ^ "A Few Controversies Amid a Record Number of Foreign-Language Oscar Entries". New York Times. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
- ^ "Oscars: Czechs Nominate Andrea Sedlackova's 'Fair Play' in Foreign-Language Category". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
- ^ "'Home Care' is Czech submission to the Oscars". Prague Post. 17 September 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ^ Holdsworth, Nick (16 September 2016). "Oscars: Czech Republic Selects 'Lost in Munich' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- ^ Kozlov, Vladimir (13 September 2017). "Oscars: Czech Republic Selects 'Ice Mother' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
- ^ Kozlov, Vladmir (13 September 2018). "Oscars: Czech Republic Selects 'Winter Flies' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
- ^ "Česko vyšle na Oscary Nabarvené ptáče. Filmová akademie vybírala z deseti snímků". iROZHLAS (in Czech). 16 September 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
- ^ "Academy Unveils 2020 Oscar Shortlists". The Hollywood Reporter. 16 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ^ ""Charlatan" Selected for Oscars' Best International Feature Film". Prague Morning. 13 October 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
- ^ Davis, Clayton (9 February 2021). "Oscars Shortlists Announced in Nine Categories". Variety. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
External links[]
- Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award submissions by country
- Cinema of the Czech Republic
- Lists of mass media in the Czech Republic