List of Belgian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Belgium has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film since 1967. 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]

Seven Belgian films have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Of these films, two have been directed by Gérard Corbiau: The Music Teacher and Farinelli.[3] The five other Belgian directors to have films accepted as nominees are Jacques Boigelot, Stijn Coninx, Dominique Deruddere, Michaël R. Roskam and Felix Van Groeningen. Boigelot's Peace in the Fields was accepted as a nominee at the 43rd Academy Awards,[4] Stijn Coninx's Daens was a nominee in 1993,[5] Deruddere's Everybody's Famous! was a nominee at the 73rd Academy Awards,[6] Roskam's Bullhead for the 84th and Van Groeningen's The Broken Circle Breakdown for the 86th.

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

Year
(Ceremony) 		Film title used in nomination Original title Language(s) Director Result
1967
(40th)		 Le Départ Le Départ French Skolimowski, JerzyJerzy Skolimowski Not Nominated
1969
(42nd)		 Palaver Palaver Dutch Degelin, EmileEmile Degelin Not Nominated
1970
(43rd)		 Peace in the Fields Paix sur les champs French Boigelot, JacquesJacques Boigelot Nominated
1972
(45th)		 The Lonely Killers Les Tueurs Fous French Szulzinger, BorisBoris Szulzinger Not Nominated
1974
(47th)		 The Conscript De loteling Dutch Verhavert, RolandRoland Verhavert Not Nominated
1976
(49th)		 High Street Rue Haute French Ernotte, AndréAndré Ernotte Not Nominated
1977
(50th)		 Rubens Rubens, schilder en diplomaat Dutch Verhavert, RolandRoland Verhavert Not Nominated
1979
(52nd)		 Woman in a Twilight Garden Een vrouw tussen hond en wolf Dutch Delvaux, AndréAndré Delvaux Not Nominated
1981
(54th)		 Le Grand Paysage d'Alexis Droeven Le Grand paysage d'Alexis Droeven French Andrien, Jean-JacquesJean-Jacques Andrien Not Nominated
1982
(55th)		 Minuet Menuet Dutch Rademakers, LiliLili Rademakers Not Nominated
1985
(58th)		 Dust Dust English Hänsel, MarionMarion Hänsel Not Nominated
1986
(59th)		 Jumping Springen Dutch De Decker, Jean-PierreJean-Pierre De Decker Not Nominated
1987
(60th)		 The Cruel Embrace Les noces barbares French Hänsel, MarionMarion Hänsel Not Nominated
1988
(61st)		 The Music Teacher Le maître de musique French Corbiau, GérardGérard Corbiau Nominated
1989
(62nd)		 The Sacrament Het Sacrament Dutch Claus, HugoHugo Claus Not Nominated
1991
(64th)		 Toto the Hero Toto le héros French Van Dormael, JacoJaco Van Dormael Not Nominated
1992
(65th)		 Daens Daens Dutch, French Coninx, StijnStijn Coninx Nominated
1993
(66th)		 Just Friends Just Friends Dutch, French Wajnberg, Marc-HenriMarc-Henri Wajnberg Not Nominated
1994
(67th)		 Farinelli Farinelli Il Castrato French, Italian Corbiau, GérardGérard Corbiau Nominated
1995
(68th)		 Manneken Pis Manneken Pis Dutch Van Passel, FrankFrank Van Passel Not Nominated
1996
(69th)		 The Eighth Day Le huitième jour French Van Dormael, JacoJaco Van Dormael Not Nominated
1997
(70th)		 My Life in Pink Ma vie en rose French Berliner, AlainAlain Berliner Not Nominated
1998
(71st)		 Rosie Rosie Dutch Toye, PatricePatrice Toye Not Nominated
1999
(72nd)		 Rosetta Rosetta French Dardenne, Jean-PierreJean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne Not Nominated
2000
(73rd)		 Everybody's Famous! Iedereen beroemd! Dutch, English Deruddere, DominiqueDominique Deruddere Nominated
2001
(74th)		 Pauline & Paulette Pauline & Paulette Dutch Debrauwer, LievenLieven Debrauwer Not Nominated
2002
(75th)		 The Son Le fils French Dardenne, Jean-PierreJean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne Not Nominated
2003
(76th)		 Sea of Silence Verder dan de maan Dutch Coninx, StijnStijn Coninx Not Nominated
2004
(77th)		 The Alzheimer Case De zaak alzheimer Dutch Van Looy, ErikErik Van Looy Not Nominated
2005
(78th)		 The Child L'enfant French Dardenne, Jean-PierreJean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne Not Nominated
2006
(79th)		 Someone Else's Happiness Een ander zijn geluk Dutch Troch, FienFien Troch Not Nominated
2007
(80th)		 Ben X Ben X Dutch Balthazar, NicNic Balthazar Not Nominated
2008
(81st)		 Eldorado Eldorado French Lanners, BouliBouli Lanners Not Nominated
2009
(82nd)		 The Misfortunates De Helaasheid der Dingen Dutch Van Groeningen, FelixFelix Van Groeningen Not Nominated
2010
(83rd)		 Illegal[7] Illégal French Masset-Depasse, OlivierOlivier Masset-Depasse Not Nominated
2011
(84th)		 Bullhead[8] Rundskop Dutch Roskam, Michael R.Michael R. Roskam Nominated
2012
(85th)		 Our Children[9] À perdre la raison French Lafosse, JoachimJoachim Lafosse Not Nominated
2013
(86th)		 The Broken Circle Breakdown[10] The Broken Circle Breakdown Dutch Felix Van Groeningen Nominated[11]
2014
(87th)		 Two Days, One Night[12] Deux jours, une nuit French Dardenne, Jean-PierreJean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne Not Nominated
2015
(88th)		 The Brand New Testament[13] Le Tout Nouveau Testament French Van Dormael, JacoJaco Van Dormael Made December Shortlist[14]
2016
(89th)		 The Ardennes[15] D'Ardennen Dutch Pront, RobinRobin Pront
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. ↑ "Gerard Corbiau - Awards". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
  4. ↑ "James Boigelot - Awards". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
  5. ↑ Daens, Academy Award nominee in 1993
  6. ↑ Meek, Tom (2001-07-19). "Short Reviews - Everybody's Famous". The Phoenix. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
  7. ↑ Mundell, Ian (2010-09-17). "Belgium selects 'Illegal' for Oscars". Variety. Retrieved 2010-09-28.
  8. ↑ "Oscars 2012: Nominees in full". BBC News. 2012-01-24. Retrieved 2012-01-24.
  9. ↑ "" A perdre la raison " représentera la Belgique pour l'Oscar du " Meilleur film en langue étrangère "". Radio Télévision Belge Francophone. 14 September 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
  10. ↑ "The Broken Circle Breakdown represents Belgium at Foreign Language Oscars". Flanders Image. Retrieved 2013-09-23.
  11. ↑ "Oscars: Main nominations 2014". BBC News. Retrieved 2014-01-16.
  12. ↑ "Belgium enters Dardennes to Oscar race". Screendaily. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
  13. ↑ Keslassy, Elsa (22 September 2015). "Belgium Sends 'The Brand New Testament' To Foreign-Language Oscar Race". Variety. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  14. ↑ "9 Foreign Language Films Advance In Oscar Race". Oscars. 17 December 2015. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
  15. ↑ Cavassuto, Maria (30 August 2016). "'The Ardennes' to Represent Belgium in Academy Awards Race". Variety. Retrieved 30 August 2016.

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