List of countries by number of Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

National origin of Academy Award winners and nominees for Best Foreign Language Film.

  Won the award or one of its Special/Honorary predecessors

  Nominated for the award

  United States (ineligible for competition)

This is a list of countries by number of Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. This table shows the total number of nominations and awards received by each country. It follows Academy convention by not grouping the tally of extinct countries with that of their successor state(s).

Awards tally by country

Country	Number of winning films	Number of nominated films	Reference
Italy	&&&&&&&&+13	&&&&&&&&+27
France	&&&&&&&&+12	&&&&&&&&+36
Spain	&&&&&&&&&+4	&&&&&&&&+19
Japan	&&&&&&&&&+4	&&&&&&&&+12
Sweden	&&&&&&&&&+3	&&&&&&&&+14
Soviet Union	&&&&&&&&&+3	&&&&&&&&&+9
Denmark	&&&&&&&&&+3	&&&&&&&&&+8
Netherlands	&&&&&&&&&+3	&&&&&&&&&+7
Germany	&&&&&&&&&+2	&&&&&&&&&+9
Czechoslovakia	&&&&&&&&&+2	&&&&&&&&&+6
Argentina	&&&&&&&&&+2	&&&&&&&&&+6
Switzerland	&&&&&&&&&+2	&&&&&&&&&+5
Germany (West)	&&&&&&&&&+1	&&&&&&&&&+8
Hungary	&&&&&&&&&+1	&&&&&&&&&+8
Canada	&&&&&&&&&+1	&&&&&&&&&+6
Russia	&&&&&&&&&+1	&&&&&&&&&+5
Algeria	&&&&&&&&&+1	&&&&&&&&&+5
Czech Republic	&&&&&&&&&+1	&&&&&&&&&+3
Taiwan	&&&&&&&&&+1	&&&&&&&&&+3
Austria	&&&&&&&&&+1	&&&&&&&&&+3
South Africa	&&&&&&&&&+1	&&&&&&&&&+2
Iran	&&&&&&&&&+1	&&&&&&&&&+2
Bosnia & Herzegovina	&&&&&&&&&+1	&&&&&&&&&+1
Ivory Coast	&&&&&&&&&+1	&&&&&&&&&+1
Israel	&&&&&&&&&+0	&&&&&&&&+10
Poland	&&&&&&&&&+0	&&&&&&&&&+9
Mexico	&&&&&&&&&+0	&&&&&&&&&+8
Yugoslavia	&&&&&&&&&+0	&&&&&&&&&+6
Belgium	&&&&&&&&&+0	&&&&&&&&&+6
Greece	&&&&&&&&&+0	&&&&&&&&&+5
Brazil	&&&&&&&&&+0	&&&&&&&&&+4
Norway	&&&&&&&&&+0	&&&&&&&&&+4
India	&&&&&&&&&+0	&&&&&&&&&+3
China	&&&&&&&&&+0	&&&&&&&&&+2
Hong Kong	&&&&&&&&&+0	&&&&&&&&&+2
United Kingdom	&&&&&&&&&+0	&&&&&&&&&+2
Cuba	&&&&&&&&&+0	&&&&&&&&&+1
Finland	&&&&&&&&&+0	&&&&&&&&&+1
Georgia	&&&&&&&&&+0	&&&&&&&&&+1
Germany (East)	&&&&&&&&&+0	&&&&&&&&&+1
Iceland	&&&&&&&&&+0	&&&&&&&&&+1
Kazakhstan	&&&&&&&&&+0	&&&&&&&&&+1
Macedonia	&&&&&&&&&+0	&&&&&&&&&+1
Nepal	&&&&&&&&&+0	&&&&&&&&&+1
Nicaragua	&&&&&&&&&+0	&&&&&&&&&+1
Palestine	&&&&&&&&&+0	&&&&&&&&&+1
Peru	&&&&&&&&&+0	&&&&&&&&&+1
Puerto Rico	&&&&&&&&&+0	&&&&&&&&&+1
Vietnam	&&&&&&&&&+0	&&&&&&&&&+1
Uruguay	&&&&&&&&&+0	&&&&&&&&&+0 (1)

Notes

a^ : Italy's tally includes two Special Awards for Shoe-Shine (1946) and The Bicycle Thief (1948), as well as an Honorary Award shared with France for The Walls of Malapaga (1949).

b^ : France's tally includes a Special Award for Monsieur Vincent (1947) as well as two Honorary Awards: one for Forbidden Games (1952) and one shared with Italy for The Walls of Malapaga (1949).

c^ : Japan's four-award tally includes three Honorary Awards.

d^{1 2 3 4} : The Soviet Union, which received all of its nominations for Russian-language films, was nominated for the last time in 1984 and was formally dissolved on December 26, 1991. Russia, Georgia and Kazakhstan are the only post-Soviet states to have been nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Award.

e^{1 2 3} : East Germany received its only nomination in 1976, and West Germany was nominated for the last time in 1985. The two countries formally reunited on October 3, 1990. Reunified Germany has received seven nominations since then, two of which have resulted in a successful win.

f^{1 2} : Czechoslovakia was nominated for the first time in 1965 for a Slovak-language film. Its five other nominations, the last of which occurred in 1991, were received for Czech-language films. The formerly Communist country formally split into the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic on January 1, 1993. Since then, only the Czech Republic has been able to get nominated in the Foreign Language Film category.

g^{1 2 3} : Yugoslavia was nominated for the first time in 1958 for an Italian-language film. Its five other nominations, the last of which occurred in 1985, were received for Serbo-Croatian-language films. The formerly Communist country gradually disintegrated at the beginning of the 1990s. Macedonia and Bosnia & Herzegovina are the only post-Yugoslav states to have been nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Award.

h^ : The United Kingdom has a very small tally even though it has a prolific film industry. This is due to the fact that the overwhelming majority of British films are in English and are thus ineligible for competition in the Foreign Language Film category. The only British films nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Award have been Welsh-language films.

i^ : Paradise Now (2005) was initially nominated as a submission from "Palestine" and presented as such on the official Academy website. However, following protests from pro-Israeli groups in the United States, the Academy decided to designate it as a submission from the Palestinian Authority, a move that was decried by the film's director Hany Abu-Assad. During the awards ceremony, the film was eventually announced by presenter Will Smith as a submission from the Palestinian Territories.

j^ : Although films produced inside the United States are not eligible for consideration for the Best Foreign Language Film Award, those produced in U.S. overseas possessions are. Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States, was thus able to receive a nomination for What Happened to Santiago (1989). However, this rule was changed in 2011 barring Puerto Rican submissions.

k^ : This is not an official nomination. After nominations were announced, information came to light that showed that A Place in the World (1992) was wholly produced in Argentina, and had insufficient Uruguayan artistic control. The film was declared ineligible and removed from the final ballot.

j^ :Indians have been awarded Oscars on separate occasions: an Honorary Oscar to veteran filmmaker Satyajit Ray for lifetime achievement in 1991, A.R. Rahman was awarded two Academy Awards for Slumdog Millionaire (2008), Gulzar won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Jai Ho" in the film "Slumdog Millionaire" (2008) and Resul Pookutty won the Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing for the film "Slumdog Millionaire" (2008). No Indian film has yet claimed the achievement.

See also

• 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 (in categories other than the Foreign Language Film category itself)

References

General

• "Foreign Language Film Facts". Academy Awards Database. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Last updated in March 2010. http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/help/statistics/forlangfacts.html. Retrieved 2010-08-02. 

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