Venezuela has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film[nb 1] since 1978. 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]

Venezuela has had thirty-one films accepted by AMPAS for Oscar consideration, but none have yet been nominated for an Academy Award. However, in 2014 the official submission The Liberator was included in the January shortlist along with nine other foreign submissions. In 2005, their official submission, 1888: El Extraordinario Viaje de Santa Isabel, did not arrive in time due to a dispute with a rival film, Secuestro Express.[4]

Venezuelan submissions are selected annually by the Centro Nacional Autónomo de Cinematografía.[5]

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 Venezuela for review by the Academy for the award by year and the respective Academy Awards ceremony.

Three Venezuelan directors have been selected multiple times. All Venezuelan submissions have been made in Spanish, apart from the 2015 entry, Gone with the River, which was spoken in Warao.[citation needed]

Year
(Ceremony)		 Film title used in nomination Original Title Director Result
1978
(50th) 		El Pez que Fuma Román Chalbaud Not nominated
1984
(57th) 		The House of Water La casa de Agua Jacobo Penzo Not nominated
1985
(58th) 		Oriana Fina Torres Not nominated
1991
(64th) 		Jericho Luis Alberto Lamata Not nominated
1994
(67th) 		Knocks at My Door Golpes a mi Puerta Alejandro Saderman Not nominated
1995
(68th) 		Sicario José Ramón Novoa Not nominated
1997
(70th) 		One Life and Two Trails Una vida y dos mandados Alberto Arvelo Not nominated
1998
(71st) 		Loop Rizo Julio Sosa Not nominated
1999
(72nd) 		Glue Sniffer Huelepega: Ley de la Calle Elia Schneider Not nominated
2000
(73rd) 		Oro Diablo José Ramón Novoa Not nominated
2001
(74th) 		A House with a View of the Sea Una casa con vista al mar Alberto Aruelo Not nominated
2002
(75th) 		The Archangel's Feather La pluma del arcángel Luis Manzo Not nominated
2003
(76th) 		Sangrador Leonardo Henriquez Not nominated
2004
(77th) 		Punto y Raya Elia Schneider Not nominated
2005
(78th) 		1888: The Extraordinary Voyage of the Santa Isabel[4][6] Alfredo Anzola Disqualified
2006
(79th) 		Maroa Maroa: Una Niña de la Calle Solveig Hoogesteijn Not nominated
2007
(80th) 		Postcards from Leningrad Postales de Leningrado Mariana Rondon Not nominated
2008
(81st) 		El tinte de la fama The Color of Fame Alberto Bellame Not nominated
2009
(82nd) 		Libertador Morales, el Justiciero Efterpi Charalambidis Not nominated
2010
(83rd) 		Hermano

[7][8]

Marcel Rasquin Not nominated
2011
(84th) 		The Rumble of the Stones[9][10] El rumor de las piedras Alejandro Bellame Not nominated
2012
(85th) 		Rock, Paper, Scissors[11] Piedra, papel o tijera Hernán Jabes Not nominated
2013
(86th) 		Breach in the Silence[12] Brecha en el silencio Luis Rodríguez, Andrés Rodríguez Not nominated
2014
(87th) 		The Liberator[13][14] Libertador Alberto Arvelo Made shortlist
2015
(88th) 		Gone with the River[15] Dauna. Lo que lleva el río Mario Crespo Not nominated
2016
(89th) 		From Afar[16] Desde allá Lorenzo Vigas Not nominated
2017
(90th) 		El Inca[17] Ignacio Castillo Cottin Not nominated
2018
(91st) 		The Family[18] La familia Gustavo Rondón Córdova Not nominated
2019
(92nd) 		Being Impossible[19] Yo, imposible Patricia Ortega Not nominated
2020
(93rd) 		Once Upon a Time in Venezuela[20] Érase Una Vez en Venezuela, Congo Mirador Anabel Rodríguez Ríos Not nominated
2021
(94th) 		The Inner Glow[21] Un destello interior Andrés Eduardo Rodríguez Not nominated
2022
(95th) 		The Box[22] La caja Lorenzo Vigas Not nominated
2023
(96th) 		The Shadow of the Sun[23] La Sombra del Sol Miguel Ángel Ferrer Not nominated

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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  2. ^ "Academy Announces Rule Changes For 92nd Oscars". Forbes. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  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. ^ a b "Secuestro Express director sued in Venezuela | Venezuela News". Archived from the original on 9 September 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
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  6. ^ "Storm brews over Venezualan Oscar choice". Archived from the original on 1 December 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  7. ^ "9 Foreign Language Films Continue to Oscar Race". oscars.org. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
  8. ^ "Venezuela Submits "Hermano" to the Academy Awards". Venezuelan Embassy to the U.S. Archived from the original on 26 September 2010. Retrieved 28 September 2010.
  9. ^ ""El rumor de las piedras" buscará un lugar en los Oscar". eluniversal.com. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
  10. ^ "63 Countries Vie for 2011 Foreign Language Film Oscar". oscars.org. Archived from the original on 18 May 2012. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  11. ^ "Venezuela ya tiene candidata al Óscar: "Piedra, papel o tijera". El Universal. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
  12. ^ "Venezuela Submits Rodriguez Brothers' 'Breach in the Silence' to Academy Awards Foreign Language Film Competition". Latinos Post. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
  13. ^ "9 Foreign Language Films Advance in Oscar Race". AMPAS. 19 December 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  14. ^ "Oscars: Venezuela Picks 'The Liberator' for Foreign Language Candidate". Hollywood Reporter. 3 September 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  15. ^ "Oscars 2016 Predictions: Venezuela Submits 'Gone with the River'". Latin Post. 6 September 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  16. ^ Mango, Agustin (11 August 2016). "Venezuela Selects 'From Afar' as Oscar Entry". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  17. ^ ""El Inca" es la candidata al Oscar de Venezuela". 29 August 2017. Archived from the original on 30 August 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  18. ^ "This Gritty Drama Is Venezuela's Entry for Best Foreign Language Film Oscar". Remezcla. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  19. ^ Mango, Agustin (21 September 2019). "Oscars: Venezuela Selects 'Being Impossible' for International Feature Film Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  20. ^ "Oscars 2021: Documentary Once Upon a Time in Venezuela Is Venezuela's Candidate". Cinema Tropical. 30 October 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  21. ^ "Un destello al interior: la película venezolana nominada a los Oscar". En El Nacional. 31 October 2021.
  22. ^ Moya, Maria (17 September 2022). "La película "La Caja" de Lorenzo Vigas representará a Venezuela en el Oscar". El Periodiquito.
  23. ^ ""La Sombra del Sol" representará a Venezuela en la carrera por el Oscar Internacional" [Shadow of the Sun" will represent Venezuela in the race for the International Oscar]. Noticine. 27 September 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
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