Romania began submitting for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film[nb 1] in 1966. As of 2022 , Romania has submitted thirty-eight films for Oscar consideration, scoring its first nomination for Collective at the 93rd Academy Awards.

The Best Foreign Film 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]

The Romanian nominee is selected each year by a jury selected by the National Center for Cinematography (Centrul Național al Cinematografiei - CNC).[4]

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.[3] Below is a list of the films that have been submitted by Romania for review by the Academy for the award since 1966, by year and the respective Academy Awards ceremony. Romania did not enter the competition every year, including a six-year absence from 1977 to 1982.

Sergiu Nicolaescu's films have been chosen to represent Romania five times since 1969, including once after the Romanian Revolution of 1989. All films were primarily in Romanian.

Year
(Ceremony)		 Film title used in nomination Original title Director(s) Result
1966
(39th) 		The Uprising Răscoala Mircea Mureșan Not nominated
1968
(41st) 		The Column Columna Mircea Drăgan Not nominated
1969
(42nd) 		A Woman for a Season Răutăciosul adolescent Gheorghe Vitanidis Not nominated
1971
(44th) 		The Last Crusade Mihai Viteazul Sergiu Nicolaescu Not nominated
1973
(46th) 		Veronica Elisabeta Bostan Not nominated
1976
(49th) 		The Doom Osânda Sergiu Nicolaescu Not nominated
1983
(56th) 		Return from Hell Întoarcerea din iad Nicolae Mărgineanu Not nominated
1984
(57th) 		Glissando Mircea Daneliuc Not nominated
1985
(58th) 		Ciuleandra Sergiu Nicolaescu Not nominated
1986
(59th) 		The Last Assault Noi, cei din linia întîi Not nominated
1989
(62nd) 		Those Who Pay With Their Lives Cei care plătesc cu viața Șerban Marinescu Not nominated
1990
(63rd) 		Carnival Scenes [5] De ce trag clopotele, Mitică? Lucian Pintilie Not nominated
1992
(65th) 		Luxury Hotel Hotel de lux Dan Pița Not nominated
1993
(66th) 		The Conjugal Bed Patul conjugal Mircea Daneliuc Not nominated
1994
(67th) 		Pepe & Fifi Pepe și Fifi Dan Pița Not nominated
1996
(69th) 		State of Things Stare de fapt Stere Gulea Not nominated
1998
(71st) 		Terminus Paradis Terminus Paradis Lucian Pintilie Not nominated
1999
(72nd) 		The Famous Paparazzo Faimosul paparazzo Nicolae Mărgineanu Not nominated
2002
(75th) 		Philanthropy Filantropica Nae Caranfil Not nominated
2004
(77th) 		Orient Express Orient Express Sergiu Nicolaescu Not nominated
2005
(78th) 		The Death of Mr. Lazarescu Moartea domnului Lăzărescu Cristi Puiu Not nominated
2006
(79th) 		The Way I Spent the End of the World Cum mi-am petrecut sfârșitul lumii Cătălin Mitulescu Not nominated
2007
(80th) 		4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days 4 luni, 3 săptămâni și 2 zile Cristian Mungiu Not nominated
2008
(81st) 		The Rest is Silence Restul e tăcere Nae Caranfil Not nominated
2009
(82nd) 		Police, Adjective Polițist, adj. Corneliu Porumboiu Not nominated
2010
(83rd) 		If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle[6] Eu când vreau să fluier, fluier Florin Șerban Not nominated[7]
2011
(84th) 		Morgen[8][9] Marian Crișan Not nominated
2012
(85th) 		Beyond the Hills[10] După dealuri Cristian Mungiu Made shortlist[11]
2013
(86th) 		Child's Pose[12] Poziția Copilului Călin Peter Netzer Not nominated
2014
(87th) 		The Japanese Dog[13] Câinele japonez Tudor Cristian Jurgiu Not nominated
2015
(88th) 		Aferim![14] Radu Jude Not nominated
2016
(89th) 		Sieranevada[15] Cristi Puiu Not nominated
2017
(90th) 		Fixeur[16] Adrian Sitaru Not nominated
2018
(91st) 		I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians[17] Îmi este indiferent dacă în istorie vom intra ca barbari Radu Jude Not nominated
2019
(92nd) 		The Whistlers[18] La Gomera Corneliu Porumboiu Not nominated
2020
(93rd) 		Collective[19] Colectiv Alexander Nanau Nominated[20]
2021
(94th) 		Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn[21] Babardeală cu bucluc sau porno balamuc Radu Jude Not nominated
2022
(95th) 		Immaculate[22] Imaculat Monica Stan, George Chiper Not nominated
2023
(96th) 		Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World[23] Nu aștepta prea mult de la sfârșitul lumii Radu Jude Not nominated

Among Romania's more notable nominees include:

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

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  3. ^ a b "Rule Thirteen: Special Rules for the Foreign Language Film Award". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 22 August 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
  4. ^ ""Restul e tăcere" de Nae Caranfil - propunerea României la Oscar". Mediafax. Archived from the original on 26 July 2008.
  5. ^ The film was on AMPAS' list of accepted submissions in 1990, but was not on an updated list in 2007. It thus seems possible the film was not screened.
  6. ^ ""Eu cand vreau sa fluier, fluier" – Romania's entry for Oscars". Nine O'Clock. Retrieved 17 August 2010.
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  9. ^ "63 Countries Vie for 2011 Foreign Language Film Oscar". oscars.org. Archived from the original on 18 May 2012. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
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  11. ^ "9 Foreign Language Films Vie For Oscar". Oscars. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
  12. ^ "Best Foreign Language Oscar: Romania Nominates 'Child's Pose'". Hollywood Reporter. 30 July 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
  13. ^ "Tudor Jurgiu's The Japanese Dog is Romania's proposal to the Oscar in 2015". Romania Insider. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  14. ^ "And Romania's nomination for next year's Oscars is..." Romania Insider. 4 August 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  15. ^ Kozlov, Vladimir (19 August 2016). "Oscars: Romania Selects 'Sieranevada' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  16. ^ Holdsworth, Nick (7 September 2017). "Oscars: Romania Selects 'The Fixer' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  17. ^ Barraclough, Leo (3 August 2018). "Oscars: Romania Selects 'Barbarians' as Academy Awards Entry". Variety. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  18. ^ Barraclough, Leo (26 August 2019). "Oscars: Corneliu Porumboiu's 'The Whistlers' Entered in International Feature Film Race". Variety. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  19. ^ Wiseman, Andreas (15 October 2020). "Romania Chooses Corruption Doc 'Collective' As Oscar Entry For Best International Feature". Deadline. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  20. ^ "The full list of 2021 Oscars nominations". The Guardian. 15 March 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  21. ^ "Berlinale winner "Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn" is Romania's proposal for the 2022 Oscars". Romania Insider. 21 October 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  22. ^ "Filmul "Imaculat" este propunerea României pentru categoria "Cel mai bun film internațional" la Premiile Oscar 2023". Gandul. 19 September 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  23. ^ "Mubi Acquires 'Do Not Expect Too Much From The End Of The World' For Key Territories, Film Selected As Romania's Oscar Entry — Toronto". Deadline. 8 September 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  24. ^ "The Rest is Silence set to make history at home". 13 March 2008.
  25. ^ Libby McCarthy; Steven Gaydos (15 January 2008). "Oscar's foreign film race heats up". Variety. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  26. ^ Ann Hornaday (19 January 2008). "Oscar Omissions Provoke Outcry, In Any Language". The Washington Post. Retrieved 18 June 2017.

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