Kosovo submitted a film for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film[nb 1] for the first time in 2014.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5]

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.[5] 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.[4] Below is a list of the films that have been submitted by Kosovo 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
2014
(87th) 		Three Windows and a Hanging[3] Tri Dritare dhe një Varje Albanian Isa Qosja Not nominated
2015
(88th) 		Babai[6] Visar Morina Not nominated
2016
(89th) 		Home Sweet Home[7] Home Sweet Home Faton Bajraktari Not nominated
2017
(90th) 		Unwanted[8] T'padashtun Albanian, Dutch Edon Rizvanolli Not nominated
2018
(91st) 		The Marriage[9] Martesa Albanian Blerta Zeqiri Not nominated
2019
(92nd) 		Zana[10] Antoneta Kastrati Not nominated
2020
(93rd) 		Exile[11] Exil German, Albanian Visar Morina Not nominated
2021
(94th) 		Hive[12] Zgjoi Albanian Blerta Basholli Made shortlist[13]
2022
(95th) 		Looking for Venera Në kërkim të Venerës Norika Sefa Not nominated

See also

Notes

  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the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film in April 2019, after the Academy deemed the word "Foreign" to be outdated.[1][2]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

  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 "Oscars: Kosovo Selects 'Three Windows and a Hanging' for Foreign-Language Category". Hollywood Reporter. 23 September 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  4. ^ a b "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.
  5. ^ a b "History of the Academy Awards - Page 2". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 22 June 2008. Retrieved 21 August 2008.
  6. ^ Holdsworth, Nick (9 September 2015). "Oscars: Kosovo Selects 'Babai' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  7. ^ Holdsworth, Nick (15 September 2016). "Oscars: Kosovo Selects 'Home Sweet Home' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  8. ^ Holdsworth, Nick (13 September 2017). "Oscars: Kosovo Selects 'Unwanted' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  9. ^ Holdsworth, Nick (4 September 2018). "Oscars: Kosovo Selects 'The Marriage' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  10. ^ Holdsworth, Nick (16 September 2019). "Oscars: Kosovo Selects 'Zana' for International Feature Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  11. ^ "'Exil' to Represent Kosovo in Oscars' International Feature Film Race". Tribune Contentagency. 9 October 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  12. ^ ""Hive" to be Kosovo's official submission for the Oscars 2022". EuroNews Albania. 8 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  13. ^ Davis, Clayton (21 December 2021). "Oscars Shortlists Include Beyoncé, 'Spider-Man' and Two Jonny Greenwood Scores as France's 'Titane' Is Snubbed". Variety. Retrieved 21 December 2021.

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