Global InformationList of Canadian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film information
Canada has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film[nb 1] since 1971. 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] 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.[4]
The process of choosing the submission is administered by Telefilm Canada.
As of 2021[update], seven Canadian films have been nominated, including one winner, for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Of these films, three have been directed by Denys Arcand: Jesus of Montreal, nominated at the 62nd Academy Awards; The Decline of the American Empire, nominated at the 59th Academy Awards; and its sequel, The Barbarian Invasions, which was the winner at the 76th Academy Awards.[5] Arcand's Days of Darkness was shortlisted for the Oscar, but was not nominated. The other four Canadian directors to have their films nominated are Deepa Mehta for Water at the 79th Academy Awards,[6] Denis Villeneuve for Incendies at the 83rd Academy Awards,[7] Philippe Falardeau for Monsieur Lazhar at the 84th Academy Awards,[8] and Kim Nguyen for War Witch at the 85th Academy Awards.[9]
Of the 47 films selected to date as Canada's submission to the Academy Awards, 18 of them have also won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Motion Picture.
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- ^ "Deepa Mehta – Awards". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2012. Archived from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2009.
- ^ "Nominees for the 83rd Academy Awards". oscars.org. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
- ^ Holden, Stephen (12 April 2012). "When the Best Teacher Doesn't Have a Degree". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 1 November 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
- ^ "Canadian director Kim Nguyen on his Oscar nomination for War Witch (Rebelle): 'We're clearly the underdog'". National Post. Archived from the original on 16 February 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
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