Senegal submitted a film for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film[nb 1] for the first time in 2017.[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 Senegal 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
2017
(90th) 		Félicité[4] French Alain Gomis Made shortlist[7]
2019
(92nd) 		Atlantics[8] Atlantique French, Wolof Mati Diop Made shortlist[9]
2020
(93rd) 		Nafi's Father[10] Baamum Nafi Fulah Mamadou Dia Not nominated
2022
(95th) 		Xalé Wolof Moussa Sene Absa Not nominated
2023
(96th) 		Banel & Adama[11] Banel et Adama Pulaar, French Ramata-Toulaye Sy 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the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film in April 2019, after the Academy deemed the word "Foreign" to be outdated.[1][2]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. ^ Kilday, Gregg (5 October 2017). "Oscars: 92 Films Submitted in Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  4. ^ a b "92 Countries in Competition in for 2017 Foreign Language Film Oscar". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 5 October 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  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. ^ Pond, Steve (14 December 2017). "Oscars Foreign Language Shortlist Includes 'The Square,' 'A Fantastic Woman'". The Wrap. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  8. ^ Roxborough, Scott (2 October 2019). "Oscars: Senegal Picks 'Atlantics' for International Feature Film Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  9. ^ "Academy Unveils 2020 Oscar Shortlists". The Hollywood Reporter. 16 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  10. ^ "Oscars: Senegal Submits 'Nafi's Father' for International Feature Race". The Hollywood Reporter. 7 January 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  11. ^ "European titles submitted for the Oscars race". Cineuropa. 17 October 2023. Retrieved 21 October 2023.

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