Claudia Llosa directed The Milk of Sorrow (2009), Peru's first film to be nominated for the award.

Peru has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film[nb 1] since 1967, when it became the fourth Western Hemisphere country to enter the Oscar Foreign Film race, after Mexico, Brazil and Argentina. 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]

Prior to 2009, Peru had entered the competition 15 times, but had never yet been nominated for an Academy Award. For the 2009 ceremony, Golden Bear winner The Milk of Sorrow (La Teta Asustada) was chosen to represent Peru and the nation received its first Academy Award nomination for the film. Six of Peru's submissions were directed by Francisco J. Lombardi while three others were directed by Armando Robles Godoy.

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. 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. Below is a list of the films that have been submitted by Peru 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) 		No Stars in the Jungle En la selva no hay estrellas Spanish Armando Robles Godoy Not nominated
1969
(42nd) 		The Green Wall La muralla verde Not nominated
1972
(45th) 		Mirage Espejismo Not nominated
1983
(56th) 		Maruja in Hell Maruja en el infierno Francisco José Lombardi Not nominated
1985
(58th) 		The City and the Dogs La ciudad y los perros Not nominated
1988
(61st) 		The Mouth of the Wolf La boca del lobo Spanish, Quechua Not nominated
1990
(63rd) 		Fallen from Heaven Caídos del cielo Spanish Not nominated
1991
(64th) 		Alias 'La Gringa' Alberto Durant Not nominated
1993
(66th) 		Report on Death Reportaje a la muerte Danny Gavidia Not nominated
1994
(67th) 		Without Compassion Sin compasión Francisco José Lombardi Not nominated
1999
(72nd) 		Captain Pantoja and the Special Services Pantaleón y las visitadoras Not nominated
2003
(76th) 		Paper Dove Paloma de papel Fabrizio Aguilar Not nominated
2005
(78th) 		Days of Santiago Días de Santiago Josué Méndez Not nominated
2006
(79th) 		Madeinusa Spanish, Quechua Claudia Llosa Not nominated
2007
(80th) 		Crossing a Shadow Una sombra al frente Spanish Augusto Tamayo Not nominated
2009
(82nd) 		The Milk of Sorrow La teta asustada Spanish, Quechua Claudia Llosa Nominated
2010
(83rd) 		Undertow[4] Contracorriente Spanish Javier Fuentes-León Not nominated[5]
2011
(84th) 		October[6] Octubre Daniel Vega Vidal, Diego Vega Vidal Not nominated
2012
(85th) 		The Bad Intentions[7] Las malas intenciones Rosario Garcia-Montero Not nominated
2013
(86th) 		The Cleaner[8] El limpiador Adrián Saba Not nominated
2014
(87th) 		The Gospel of the Flesh[9] El evangelio de la carne Eduardo Mendoza de Echave Not nominated
2015
(88th) 		NN[10] NN: Sin identidad Héctor Gálvez Not nominated
2016
(89th) 		Videophilia (and Other Viral Syndromes)[11] Videofilia: y otros síndromes virales Juan Daniel Fernández Not nominated
2017
(90th) 		Rosa Chumbe[12] Jonatan Relayze Not nominated
2018
(91st) 		Eternity[13] Wiñaypacha Aymara Oscar Catacora Not nominated
2019
(92nd) 		Retablo[14] Quechua Alvaro Delgado-Aparicio Not nominated
2020
(93rd) 		Song Without a Name[15] Canción sin nombre Spanish, Quechua Melina León Not nominated
2021
(94th) 		Powerful Chief[16] Manco Cápac Spanish, Quechua Henry Vallejo Not nominated
2022
(95th) 		Moon Heart[17] El corazón de la luna No dialogue Aldo Salvini Not nominated
2023
(96th) 		The Erection of Toribio Bardelli[18] La erección de Toribio Bardelli Spanish Adrián Saba Not nominated

Statistics

Number of

submissions

Name Films
6 Francisco José Lombardi Maruja in Hell, The City and the Dogs, The Mouth of the Wolf, Fallen from Heaven, Without Compassion, Captain Pantoja and the Special Services
3 Armando Robles Godoy No Stars in the Jungle, The Green Wall, Mirage
2 Claudia Llosa Madeinusa, The Milk of Sorrow
Adrián Saba The Cleaner, The Erection of Toribio Bardelli

Shortlisted Films

Since 2011, Peru has occasionally announced a list of finalists that varies in number over the years (from 3 to 6 films) before announcing its official Oscar nominee. The following films have been preselected by the Ministry of Culture:

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]

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