List of Swiss submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

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Xavier Koller won the award for Journey of Hope.

Switzerland has submitted 46 films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film[nb 1] 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.[3]

As of 2020, 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.[3] 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.[4]

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.[5]

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 fourteen 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.

Year
(Ceremony)		 Film title used in nomination Original title Language(s) Director Result
1961
(34th) 		The Shadows Grow Longer Die Schatten werden länger German Ladislao Vajda Not Nominated
1970
(43rd) 		First Love Erste Liebe German Maximilian Schell Nominated[6]
1972
(45th) 		La Salamandre La Salamandre French Alain Tanner Not Nominated
1973
(46th) 		L'Invitation L'Invitation French Claude Goretta Nominated[7]
1974
(47th) 		The Middle of the World Le Milieu du monde French Alain Tanner Not Nominated
1975
(48th) 		Confrontation Konfrontation Swiss German Rolf Lyssy Not Nominated
1976
(49th) 		Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 Jonas qui aura 25 ans en l'an 2000 French Alain Tanner Not Nominated
1979
(52nd) 		Les petites fugues Les petites fugues French Yves Yersin Not Nominated
1980
(53rd) 		Every Man for Himself Sauve qui peut (la vie) French Jean-Luc Godard Not Nominated
1981
(54th) 		The Boat Is Full Das Boot ist Voll German Markus Imhoof Nominated[8]
1982
(55th) 		Yol Yol Turkish Şerif Gören Not Nominated
1983
(56th) 		In the White City Dans la ville blanche French Alain Tanner Not Nominated
1984
(57th) 		Dangerous Moves La Diagonale du fou French Richard Dembo Won Academy Award[9]
1985
(58th) 		Alpine Fire Höhenfeuer Swiss German Fredi Murer Not Nominated
1986
(59th) 		Tanner Der Schwarze Tanner Swiss German Xavier Koller Not Nominated
1987
(60th) 		If the Sun Never Returns Si le soleil ne revenait pas French Claude Goretta Not Nominated
1988
(61st) 		La Méridienne La Méridienne French Jean-François Amiguet Not Nominated
1989
(62nd) 		My Dear Subject Mon cher sujet French Anne-Marie Miéville Not Nominated
1990
(63rd) 		Journey of Hope Reise der Hoffnung Turkish, Swiss German, Italian Xavier Koller Won Academy Award[10]
1991
(64th) 		Der Berg Der Berg German Markus Imhoof Not Nominated
1992
(65th) 		Off Season Hors Saison French Daniel Schmid Not Nominated
1993
(66th) 		The Diary of Lady M Le Journal de Lady M French Alain Tanner Not Nominated
1994
(67th) 		Three Colors: Red Trois Couleurs: Rouge French Krzysztof Kieślowski Disqualified[5]
1995
(68th) 		Adultery: A User's Guide Adultère, mode d'emploi French Christine Pascal Not Nominated
1996
(69th) 		Les Agneaux Les Agneaux French Not Nominated
1997
(70th) 		For Ever Mozart For Ever Mozart French Jean-Luc Godard Not Nominated
1998
(71st) 		War in the Highlands La Guerre Dans le Haut Pays French Francis Reusser Not Nominated
1999
(72nd) 		Beresina, or The Last Days of Switzerland Beresina oder Die letzten Tage der Schweiz Swiss German Daniel Schmid Not Nominated
2000
(73rd) 		Gripsholm Gripsholm German Xavier Koller Not Nominated
2001
(74th) 		In Praise of Love Éloge de l'amour French Jean-Luc Godard Not Nominated
2002
(75th) 		Aime ton père Aime ton père French Jacob Berger Not Nominated
2004
(77th) 		Mein Name Ist Bach Mein Name Ist Bach German Not Nominated
2005
(78th) 		Tout un Hiver sans Feu French Not Nominated
2006
(79th) 		Vitus Vitus Swiss German Fredi Murer Made Shortlist[11]
2007
(80th) 		Late Bloomers Die Herbstzeitlosen Swiss German Not Nominated
2008
(81st) 		Der Freund Swiss German Not Nominated
2009
(82nd) 		Home Home French Ursula Meier Not Nominated
2010
(83rd) 		La petite chambre La petite chambre French and Not Nominated[12]
2011
(84th) 		Summer Games[13] Giochi d'estate Italian Not Nominated
2012
(85th) 		Sister[14] L'Enfant d'en haut French Ursula Meier Made Shortlist[15]
2013
(86th) 		More than Honey[16] More than Honey German Markus Imhoof Not Nominated
2014
(87th) 		The Circle[17] Der Kreis German Not Nominated
2015
(88th) 		Iraqi Odyssey[18] Iraqi Odyssey Arabic Samir Not Nominated
2016
(89th) 		My Life as a Courgette[19] Ma vie de Courgette French Claude Barras Made Shortlist[20]
2017
(90th) 		The Divine Order[21] Die göttliche Ordnung German Petra Biondina Volpe Not Nominated
2018
(91st) 		Eldorado[22] Eldorado German Markus Imhoof Not Nominated
2019
(92nd) 		The Awakening of Motti Wolkenbruch[23] Wolkenbruchs wunderliche Reise in die Arme einer Schickse German, Yiddish Not Nominated
2020
(93nd) 		My Little Sister[24] Schwesterlein German, French, English , Not Nominated

See also[]

  • List of Academy Award winners and nominees for Best Foreign Language Film
  • List of Academy Award-winning foreign language films
  • Cinema of Switzerland

Notes[]

  1. ^ The category was previously named the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but this was changed to the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film in April 2019, after the Academy deemed the word "Foreign" to be outdated.[1][2]

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