List of Nigerian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film information
Nigerian films
Nigeria submitted a film for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film[nb 1] for the first time in 2019.[3] However, on 4 November 2019, the Academy disqualified Nigeria's entry, as the majority of the film's dialogue is in English.[4] However, the following year, the Nigerian Oscar Selection Committee announced that AMPAS would allow films that are primarily in Pidgin English to be eligible for submission.[5]
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.[6] 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.[7]
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^Nwogu, Precious (17 October 2020). "NOSC confirms Oscars' approval of Pidgin English as foreign language". Pulse. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
^"Rule Thirteen: Special Rules for the Foreign Language Film Award" (PDF). Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 August 2014. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
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