List of Romanian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
Romania began submitting for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film[nb 1] in 1966. As of 2020[update], Romania has submitted thirty-six films for Oscar consideration. Despite its long history of submitting films, Romania has yet to be nominated for an Academy Award in this category.
The Best Foreign Film 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]
The Romanian nominee is selected each year by a jury selected by the National Center for Cinematography (Centrul Naţional al Cinematografiei (CNC)) [4]
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 Romania for review by the Academy for the award since 1966, by year and the respective Academy Awards ceremony. Romania did not enter the competition every year, including a six-year absence from 1977-1982.
Sergiu Nicolaescu's films have been chosen to represent Romania five times since 1969, including once after the Revolution. All films were primarily in Romanian.
Among Romania's more notable nominees include:
- Carnival Scenes, which was produced in 1981 and probably banned by Romania's Communist regime, and eventually released in 1989 after the Romanian Revolution.
- The Rest is Silence, the most expensive film in Romanian history [20]
- 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, the first Romanian winner of the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, was not shortlisted, creating controversy among critics and online film fans [21] The controversy caused an Academy member to pledge nomination reform, though the category had often sparked criticism.[22]
See also
- List of Academy Award winners and nominees for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Academy Award-winning foreign language films
- List of Romanian films
- Cinema of Romania
Notes
References
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- ^ "Academy Announces Rule Changes For 92nd Oscars". Forbes. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
- ^ a b "Rule Thirteen: Special Rules for the Foreign Language Film Award". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 22 August 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
- ^ http://www.mediafax.ro/cultura-media/restul-e-tacere-de-nae-caranfil-propunerea-romaniei-la-oscar-video.html?1706;2810280
- ^ The film was on AMPAS' list of accepted submissions in 1990, but was not on an updated list in 2007. It thus seems possible the film was not screened.
- ^ ""Eu cand vreau sa fluier, fluier" – Romania's entry for Oscars". Nine O'Clock. Retrieved 17 August 2010.
- ^ "9 Foreign Language Films Continue to Oscar Race". oscars.org. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
- ^ "Morgen by Marian Crisan is Romania's proposal to the Oscar in 2012". romania-insider.com. Archived from the original on 15 November 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
- ^ "63 Countries Vie for 2011 Foreign Language Film Oscar". oscars.org. Archived from the original on 21 May 2012. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
- ^ "Romania picks 'Beyond the Hills' for Oscar race". Variety. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
- ^ "9 Foreign Language Films Vie For Oscar". Oscars. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
- ^ "Best Foreign Language Oscar: Romania Nominates 'Child's Pose'". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
- ^ "Tudor Jurgiu's The Japanese Dog is Romania's proposal to the Oscar in 2015". Romania Insider. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
- ^ "And Romania's nomination for next year's Oscars is..." Romania Insider. 4 August 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
- ^ Kozlov, Vladimir (19 August 2016). "Oscars: Romania Selects 'Sieranevada' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
- ^ Holdsworth, Nick (7 September 2017). "Oscars: Romania Selects 'The Fixer' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
- ^ Barraclough, Leo (3 August 2018). "Oscars: Romania Selects 'Barbarians' as Academy Awards Entry". Variety. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
- ^ Barraclough, Leo. "Oscars: Corneliu Porumboiu's 'The Whistlers' Entered in International Feature Film Race". Variety. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
- ^ Wiseman, Andreas (15 October 2020). "Romania Chooses Corruption Doc 'Collective' As Oscar Entry For Best International Feature". Deadline. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
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- ^ Libby McCarthy; Steven Gaydos (15 January 2008). "Oscar's foreign film race heats up". Variety. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
- ^ Ann Hornaday (19 January 2008). "Oscar Omissions Provoke Outcry, In Any Language". The Washington Post. Retrieved 18 June 2017.