New Zealand submitted a film for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film[nb 1] for the first time in 2011.[3][4] 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.[5] 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.[6]

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.[6] 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.[5] Below is a list of the films that have been submitted by New Zealand 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
2011
(84th) 		The Orator[7] O Le Tulafale Samoan Tusi Tamasese Not nominated
2013
(86th) 		White Lies[8] Tuakiri Huna Māori Dana Rotberg Not nominated
2014
(87th) 		The Dead Lands[9] Toa Fraser Not nominated
2016
(89th) 		A Flickering Truth[10] Dari Pietra Brettkelly Not nominated
2017
(90th) 		One Thousand Ropes[11] Samoan Tusi Tamasese Not nominated
2018
(91st) 		Yellow Is Forbidden[12] Chinese Pietra Brettkelly Not nominated
2022
(95th) 		Muru[13] Māori, English Tearepa Kahi 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the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film in April 2019, after the Academy deemed the word "Foreign" to be outdated.[1][2]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. ^ Bulbeck, Pip (29 September 2011). "'The Orator' Named New Zealand's First Foreign-Language Oscar Entry". Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 17 October 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
  4. ^ "New Zealand submits Samoan film to Oscars". BBC News. 14 October 2011. Archived from the original on 30 September 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "63 Countries Vie for 2011 Foreign Language Film Oscar". oscars.org. Archived from the original on 18 May 2012. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  8. ^ "Oscars: New Zealand picks 'White Lies' for Foreign-Language Race". Variety. 7 September 2013. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
  9. ^ "Oscars: New Zealand Selects 'The Dead Lands' as Foreign-Language Candidate". Hollywood Reporter. 26 September 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  10. ^ Bulbeck, Pip (21 September 2016). "Oscars: New Zealand Selects 'A Flickering Truth' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  11. ^ "Oscars 2018: One Thousand Ropes named as NZ's foreign language contender". Stuff. 29 September 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  12. ^ "Yellow is Forbidden Submitted to Oscars". Scoop. 9 October 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  13. ^ "MURU New Zealand's Submission to the Oscars". New Zealand Film Commission. 20 September 2022.

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