Slovenia has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film[nb 1] since 1993, but has not yet won an award. Slovenia's 2008 submission, Rooster's Breakfast, became the highest-grossing Slovenian film of all time.[3] Before 1993, Slovenia was a republic within Yugoslavia. In 1961, a film shot in Serbo-Croatian and representing Yugoslavia (The Ninth Circle) became the first and only film directed by a Slovenian to be nominated for an Oscar.

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.[4] 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 Slovenia 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 Director Result
1993
(66th) 		When I Close My Eyes Ko zaprem oči Franci Slak Not nominated
1994
(67th) 		Morana Aleš Verbič Not nominated
1996
(69th) 		Felix Božo Šprajc Not nominated
1997
(70th) 		Outsider Avtsajder Andrej Košak Not nominated
2001
(74th) 		Bread and Milk Kruh in mleko Jan Cvitkovič Not nominated
2002
(75th) 		Headnoise Zvenenje v glavi Andrej Košak Not nominated
2003
(76th) 		Spare Parts Rezervni deli Damjan Kozole Not nominated
2004
(77th) 		Beneath Her Window Pod njenim oknom Metod Pevec Not nominated
2005
(78th) 		Ruins Ruševine Janez Burger Not nominated
2006
(79th) 		Gravehopping Odgrobadogroba Jan Cvitkovič Not nominated
2007
(80th) 		Short Circuits Kratki stiki Janez Lapajne Not nominated
2008
(81st) 		Rooster's Breakfast Petelinji zajtrk Marko Naberšnik Not nominated
2009
(82nd) 		Landscape No. 2 Pokrajina Št. 2 Vinko Möderndorfer Not nominated
2010
(83rd) 		9:06 Igor Šterk Not nominated[6]
2011
(84th) 		Silent Sonata Circus Fantasticus Janez Burger Disqualified[7]
2012
(85th) 		A Trip[8] Izlet Nejc Gazvoda Not nominated
2013
(86th) 		Class Enemy[9] Razredni sovražnik Rok Biček Not nominated
2014
(87th) 		Seduce Me[10] Zapelji me Marko Šantić Not nominated
2015
(88th) 		The Tree[11] Drevo Sonja Prosenc Not nominated
2016
(89th) 		Houston, We Have a Problem![12] Houston, imamo problem! Žiga Virc Not nominated
2017
(90th) 		The Miner[13] Rudar Hanna Antonina Wojcik Slak Not nominated
2018
(91st) 		Ivan[14] Janez Burger Not nominated
2019
(92nd) 		History of Love[15] Zgodovina ljubezni Sonja Prosenc Not nominated
2020
(93rd) 		Stories from the Chestnut Woods[16] Zgodbe iz kostanjevih gozdov Gregor Božič Not nominated
2021
(94th) 		Sanremo[17] Miroslav Mandič Not nominated
2022
(95th) 		Orchestra[18] Orkester Matevž Luzar Not nominated
2023
(96th) 		Riders Jezdeca Dominik Mencej 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. ^ "Rooster's Breakfast Receives Great Golden Roll Award". Government of Slovenia. 15 January 2008. Archived from the original on 6 September 2008. Retrieved 3 December 2008.
  4. ^ "History of the Academy Awards - Page 2". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 22 June 2008. Retrieved 18 July 2008.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "9 Foreign Language Films Continue to Oscar Race". oscars.org. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
  7. ^ "Slovenija iz boja za oskarja izpadla, ker smo film pozabili prijaviti" [Slovenia out of the Oscar race because we forgot to submit the film] (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. 14 October 2011. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
  8. ^ "Slovenski kandidat za tujejezičnega oskarja bo Izlet" [Izlet will be the Slovene candidate for the foreign-language Oscar]. Times.si (in Slovenian). 14 September 2012. Archived from the original on 13 January 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
  9. ^ "Razredni sovražnik je letošnji slovenski kandidat za oskarja" [Class Enemy is this year's Slovene Oscar candidate]. Slovenian Film Centre (in Slovenian). Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
  10. ^ "Na Ameriško filmsko akademijo pošiljamo Šantićev Zapelji me" [We're sending Šantić's Seduce Me to the American Film Academy]. RTVslo (in Slovenian). Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  11. ^ ""The Tree" Slovenian Candidate for Foreign Language Oscar Nomination". STA. 10 September 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  12. ^ Holdsworth, Nick (21 September 2016). "Oscars: Slovenia Selects 'Houston, We Have a Problem!' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  13. ^ Kozlov, Vladimir (19 September 2017). "Oscars: Slovenia Selects 'Miner' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  14. ^ Kozlov, Vladimir (18 September 2018). "Oscars: Slovenia Selects 'Ivan' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  15. ^ "History of Love Slovenia's candidate for Oscar nominee". STA. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  16. ^ "Slovenia Nominates "Stories from the Chestnut Woods" for Oscars, Whole Film Currently Online". Total Slovenia News. 29 October 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  17. ^ "Slovenia submits Sanremo for nomination in Oscars race". Slovenia Times. 21 September 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  18. ^ "Orchestra Slovenia's candidate for Oscar". Slovenian Press Agency. 8 September 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022.

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