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

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Uruguay has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film[nb 1] regularly since 2001. 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]

Uruguay, represented by Cinemateca Uruguaya, submitted drama A Place in the World to AMPAS in the fall of 1992. On 3 December 1992, AMPAS included the film on its list of official submissions [4] and it was screened alongside 32 other films for AMPAS' Foreign Language Film Committee. On 17 February 1993, it was announced that the film had been nominated for an Oscar, representing Uruguay. A controversy quickly began when stories began circulating that the film had minimal Uruguayan artistic input- the film was shot by an Argentine writer/director in Argentina, the plot was set in Argentina, and the cast and crew were primarily from Argentina. The film was in the running (and finished in second place) to represent Argentina in the Oscar race, it represented Argentina at the Golden Globe Awards and eventually went on to win Best Picture at the Argentinian National Film Awards (the Asociación de Críticos Cinematográficos de Argentina) [5] Ultimately, AMPAS disqualified the film and removed it from the Oscar ballot.[citation needed] Uruguay rejoined the Oscar competition in 2001.[citation needed]

Submissions

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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 Uruguay for review by the Academy for the award by year and the respective Academy Awards ceremony.

All films were produced in Spanish. Their 2005 submission was announced but was not on the official AMPAS list, and did not screen for the Academy. Although most Foreign Film submissions in this category have historically been dramas, Uruguay chose comedies four years in a row, from 2001–2004, and again in 2009-2010.

Year
(Ceremony)		 Film title used in nomination Spanish title Language(s) Director Result
1992
(65th) 		A Place in the World [6] Un lugar en el mundo Spanish Adolfo Aristarain Nominated But Disqualified
2001
(74th) 		In This Tricky Life En la puta vida Beatriz Flores Silva Not nominated
2002
(75th) 		The Last Train El Último tren Diego Arsuaga Not nominated
2003
(76th) 		Seawards Journey El Viaje hacia el mar Guillermo Casanova Not nominated
2004
(77th) 		Whisky Juan Pablo Rebella & Pablo Stoll Not nominated
2005
(78th) 		Alma Mater [7] Álvaro Buela Not On Official List[8]
2007
(80th) 		The Pope's Toilet El Baño del Papa Cesar Charlone & Enrique Fernandez Not nominated
2008
(81st) 		Kill Them All [es] Matar a Todos Esteban Schroeder Not nominated
2009
(82nd) 		Bad Day to Go Fishing Mal día para pescar Álvaro Brechner Not nominated
2010
(83rd) 		A Useful Life La vida útil Federico Veiroj Not nominated[9]
2011
(84th) 		The Silent House[10] La casa muda Gustavo Hernández Ibañez Not nominated
2012
(85th) 		The Delay[11] La demora Rodrigo Plá Not nominated
2013
(86th) 		Anina[12] Alfredo Soderguit Not nominated
2014
(87th) 		Mr. Kaplan[13] Álvaro Brechner Not nominated
2015
(88th) 		A Moonless Night[14] Una noche sin luna Germán Tejeira Not nominated
2016
(89th) 		Breadcrumbs[15] Migas de pan Manane Rodriguez Not nominated
2017
(90th) 		Another Story of the World[16] Otra historia del mundo Guillermo Casanova Not nominated
2018
(91st) 		A Twelve-Year Night[17] La noche de 12 años Álvaro Brechner Not nominated
2019
(92nd) 		The Moneychanger[18] Así habló el cambista Federico Veiroj Not nominated
2020
(93rd) 		Alelí[19] Leticia Jorge Not nominated
2021
(94th) 		The Broken Glass Theory[20] La teoría de los vidrios rotos Diego Fernández Not nominated
2022
(95th) 		The Employer and the Employee[21] El empleado y el patrón Spanish, Portuguese, French Manolo Nieto Not nominated
2023
(96th) 		Family Album[22] Temas propios Spanish Guillermo Rocamora Not nominated
2024
(97th) 		The Door Is There[23] Hay una puerta ahí Facundo Ponce de León and Juan Ponce de León Pending

Five of Uruguay's ten accepted submissions co-starred Uruguayan actor César Troncoso, included those selected from 2007-2009.

Because of the small size of Uruguay's domestic film industry, most of Uruguay's major recent films have been selected for the Oscars. Notable exceptions include 2001's 25 Watts, which lost to In This Tricky Life, Berlin Film Festival Grand Jury Prize winner Gigante, which lost to Bad Day to Go Fishing in 2009 and Berlinale 2013 Panorama competitor So Much Water, which lost to animated film Anina.

Shortlisted Films

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Every year since 2014, except in 2019, Uruguay has announced a list of finalists that varied in number over the years (from 2 to 5 films) before announcing its official Oscar nominee. The following films have been shortlisted by the Uruguayan National Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual:

Year Films
2014 23 Seconds · At 60 km/h · Kites on the Walls · Maracaná · The Militant · Solo · Zanahoria[24]
2015 Tan frágil como un segundo · Your Parents Will Come Back[25]
2016 Clever · Dolphins Go East · The Modern[26]
2017 Get the Weed · Home Team · The Lost Brother · Night Watch[27]
2018 Agridulce · La flor de la vida[28]
2020 Carmen Vidal Female Detective · Porn for Newbies · Window Boy Would Also Like to Have a Submarine[29]
2021 The Employer and the Employee · Hilda's Short Summer[30]
2022 9 · Bosco[31]
2023 Amores pendientes · Milonga · That Breath[32]
2024 Don't You Let Me Go · Pepe's Dreams - Movement 2052 · The Snow Between Us · Working Lights[33]

See also

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Notes

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  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]

References

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  1. ^ "Academy announces rules for 92nd Oscars". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 23 April 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Academy Announces Rule Changes For 92nd Oscars". Forbes. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Special Rules for the Best Foreign Language Film Award". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 20 August 2008. Retrieved 22 August 2008.
  4. ^ Marx, Andy (3 December 1992). "Foreign Oscar entries submitted". Variety.
  5. ^ Marx, Andy (23 February 1993). "AMPAS in hard 'Place'". Variety.
  6. ^ Disqualified after Oscar nominations were announced
  7. ^ "Diario EL PAIS - Uruguayos". Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
  8. ^ Did not appear on the AMPAS official list http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/58-foreign-language-oscar-submissions/
  9. ^ "9 Foreign Language Films Continue to Oscar Race". oscars.org. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
  10. ^ "63 Countries Vie for 2011 Foreign Language Film Oscar". oscars.org. Archived from the original on 18 May 2012. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  11. ^ "La demora, al Oscar por Uruguay". 180.com.uy. 180. 28 September 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
  12. ^ "Ten LatAm films in search of one statuette". Buenos Aires Herald. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  13. ^ "Seleccionada para los OSCAR". Instituto del Cine y Audiovisual del Uruguay. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  14. ^ "Uruguay Selects Germán Tejeira's 'A Moonless Night' as Oscar Entry". IndieWire. 26 September 2015. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
  15. ^ ""Breadcrumbs", Spanish-Uruguayan film produced by EWA members, preselected for the Oscars". European Women's Audiovisual Network. 9 September 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  16. ^ "Uruguay eligió a su candidata para los premios Oscar y Goya". El Observador. 22 September 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  17. ^ Mango, Agustin (27 September 2018). "Oscars: Uruguay Selects 'A Twelve-Year Night' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
  18. ^ Mango, Agustin (4 September 2019). "Oscars: Uruguay Picks 'The Moneychanger' for International Film Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  19. ^ ""Alelí", de Leticia Jorge, seleccionada para representar a Uruguay en los Óscar". Panttalazo. 26 November 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  20. ^ "La Teoría de los Vidrios Rotos, película uruguaya seleccionada para los Óscar". SWI swissinfo.ch (in Spanish). 22 October 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  21. ^ "Premios Oscar - El empleado y el patrón". INCAU. 19 August 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  22. ^ Gómez, Noelia (15 September 2023). "Temas propios, una comedia rockera uruguaya para los Oscar". Infobae (in European Spanish). Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  23. ^ "Fueron seleccionadas las películas para representar a Uruguay en los premios Óscar y Goya 2025". Agencia del Cine y el Audiovisual del Uruguay. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
  24. ^ "Mejor película extranjera". Sociedad Uruguaya de Actores. 26 April 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  25. ^ "Por Uruguay al Oscar". Agencia del Cine y el Audiovisual del Uruguay. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  26. ^ "Goya y Oscar". Agencia del Cine y el Audiovisual del Uruguay. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  27. ^ "Votación Premios Oscar y Premios Goya 2018". Agencia del Cine y el Audiovisual del Uruguay. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  28. ^ "Votación". Agencia del Cine y el Audiovisual del Uruguay. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  29. ^ "Preselección por Uruguay al Oscar". Agencia del Cine y el Audiovisual del Uruguay. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  30. ^ "Preselección por Uruguay al Oscar". Agencia del Cine y el Audiovisual del Uruguay. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  31. ^ "Premios Goya y Oscar | Inscriptos". Agencia del Cine y el Audiovisual del Uruguay. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  32. ^ "Selección premios Oscar y Goya". Agencia del Cine y el Audiovisual del Uruguay. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  33. ^ ""Hay una puerta ahí": la película de Juan y Facundo Ponce de León es la candidata uruguaya al Oscar 2025". EL PAIS (in Spanish). 21 August 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
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