List of South African submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

South Africa has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film since 1989. 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.[1] 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.[2]

Two South African films have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film: Darrell Roodt's Yesterday and Gavin Hood's Tsotsi.[3][4] Hood's Tsotsi won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 78th Academy Awards, the only South African film to do so.[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.[2] 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.[1] Below is a list of the films that have been submitted by South Africa for review by the Academy for the award by year and the respective Academy Awards ceremony.

Year
(Ceremony) 		Film title Language(s) Director Result
1989
(62nd)		 Mapantsula [5][6] Zulu, Afrikaans, Sesotho, English Schmitz, OliverOliver Schmitz Not Nominated
1997
(70th)		 Paljas Afrikaans Heyns, KatinkaKatinka Heyns Not Nominated
2004
(77th)		 Yesterday Zulu Roodt, DarrellDarrell Roodt Nominated
2005
(78th)		 Tsotsi Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, English Hood, GavinGavin Hood Won Academy Award
2008
(81st)		 Jerusalema Afrikaans, English, Tsotsitaal Ziman, RalphRalph Ziman Not Nominated
2009
(82nd)		 White Wedding Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, English Turner, JannJann Turner Not Nominated
2010
(83rd)		 Life, Above All Northern Sotho Schmitz, OliverOliver Schmitz Made January Shortlist[7]
2011
(84th)		 Beauty[8] Afrikaans Hermanus, OliverOliver Hermanus Not Nominated
2012
(85th)		 Little One[9] Zulu Roodt, DarrellDarrell Roodt Not Nominated
2013
(86th)		 Four Corners[10] Afrikaans Gabriel, IanIan Gabriel Not Nominated
2014
(87th)		 Elelwani[11] Venda wa Luruli, NtshavheniNtshavheni wa Luruli Not Nominated
2015
(88th)		 The Two of Us[12] Zulu Nkosi, ErnestErnest Nkosi Not Nominated
2016
(89th)		 Call Me Thief[13] Afrikaans Joshua, DaryneDaryne Joshua
TBD

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Rule Thirteen: Special Rules for the Foreign Language Film Award". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2013-08-26.
  2. 1 2 "History of the Academy Awards - Page 2". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 2008-06-22. Retrieved 2008-08-21.
  3. ↑ "Oscars 2005: The Nominees". BBC. 2005-01-25. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
  4. 1 2 Zomorodi, Manoush (2006-03-06). "Tsotsi takes foreign film Oscar". BBC. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
  5. ↑ Mapantsula appeared on the official Oscar press release in 1989, but Paljas was listed as South Africa's first-ever submission in 1997. It appears likely that Mapantsula was not screened. http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/chronology/special-chrono/society/film.htm
  6. ↑ http://www.indiewire.com/article/forty-four_countries_vie_for_oscar_nomination/
  7. ↑ "9 Foreign Language Films Continue to Oscar Race". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-01-19.
  8. ↑ "63 Countries Vie for 2011 Foreign Language Film Oscar". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-10-14.
  9. ↑ Vourlias, Christopher (28 September 2012). "S. Africa picks 'Little One' for Oscar nom". Variety. Reed Business Information. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
  10. ↑ "South Africa Picks 'Four Corners' for Oscar". Variety. Retrieved 2013-09-20.
  11. ↑ "Elelwani, the first Tshivenda film selected as South Africa's Oscars entry". National Film and Video Foundation. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  12. ↑ Vourlias, Christopher (22 September 2015). "South Africa Sets Drama for Foreign-language Oscar Race". Variety. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  13. ↑ "'Call Me Thief' Is South Africa's 2017 Foreign Language Film Academy Award Submission". Shadow and Act. 27 September 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.

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