List of Venezuelan submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
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 twenty-nine 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.[6]
Year (Ceremony) | Original title | Film title used in nomination | Director | Result | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1978 (50th) |
El Pez que Fuma | 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 | Oriana | Fina Torres | Not Nominated | |
1991 (64th) |
Jericho | Jericho | Luis Alberto Lamata | Not Nominated | |
1994 (67th) |
Golpes a mi Puerta | Knocks at My Door | Alejandro Saderman | Not Nominated | |
1995 (68th) |
Sicario | Sicario | José Ramón Novoa | Not Nominated | |
1997 (70th) |
One Life and Two Trails | Una vida y dos mandados | Alberto Arvelo | Not Nominated | |
1998 (71st) |
Rizo | Loop | Julio Sosa | Not Nominated | |
1999 (72nd) |
Huelepega: Ley de la Calle | Huelepega | Elia Schneider | Not Nominated | |
2000 (73rd) |
Oro Diablo | Oro Diablo | José Ramón Novoa | Not Nominated | |
2001 (74th) |
Una casa con vista al mar | A House with a View of the Sea | Alberto Aruelo | Not Nominated | |
2002 (75th) |
La pluma del arcángel | The Archangel's Feather | Luis Manzo | Not Nominated | |
2003 (76th) |
Sangrador | Sangrador | Leonardo Henriquez | Not Nominated | |
2004 (77th) |
Punto y Raya | Punto y Raya | Elia Schneider | Not Nominated | |
2005 (78th) |
1888: El Extraordinario Viaje de Santa Isabel | 1888: The Extraordinary Voyage of the Santa Isabel | Alfredo Anzola | Disqualified | [4][7] |
2006 (79th) |
Maroa: Una Niña de la Calle | Maroa | Solveig Hoogesteijn | Not Nominated | |
2007 (80th) |
Postales de Leningrado | Postcards from Leningrad | 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 | Libertador Morales, El Justiciero | Efterpi Charalambidis | Not Nominated | |
2010 (83rd) |
Hermano | Hermano | Marcel Rasquin | Not Nominated | [8][9] |
2011 (84th) |
The Rumble of the Stones | El rumor de las piedras | Alejandro Bellame | Not Nominated | [10][11] |
2012 (85th) |
Rock, Paper, Scissors | Piedra, papel o tijera | Hernán Jabes | Not Nominated | [12] |
2013 (86th) |
Breach in the Silence | Brecha en el silencio | Luis Rodríguez, Andrés Rodríguez | Not Nominated | [13] |
2014 (87th) |
The Liberator | Libertador | Alberto Arvelo | Made January Shortlist | [14][15] |
2015 (88th) |
Gone with the River | Dauna. Lo que lleva el río | Mario Crespo | Not Nominated | [16] |
2016 (89th) |
From Afar | Desde allá | Lorenzo Vigas | Not Nominated | [17] |
2017 (90th) |
El Inca | El Inca | Ignacio Castillo Cottin | Not Nominated | [18] |
2018 (91st) |
The Family | La familia | Gustavo Rondón Córdova | Not Nominated | [19] |
2019 (92nd) |
Being Impossible | Yo, imposible | Patricia Ortega | Not Nominated | [20] |
Notes
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