South Africa has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film since 1989. 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.[1] 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.[2]
Two South African films have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film: Darrell Roodt's Yesterday and Gavin Hood's Tsotsi.[3][4] Hood's Tsotsi won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 78th Academy Awards, the only South African film to do so.[4]
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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.[2] 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.[1] Below is a list of the films that have been submitted by South Africa for review by the Academy for the award by year and the respective Academy Awards ceremony.
| Year (Ceremony) |
Film title | Language(s) | Director | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 (62nd) |
Mapantsula [5] [6] | Zulu, Afrikaans, Sesotho, English | Oliver Schmitz | Not Nominated | |
| 1997 (70th) |
Paljas | Afrikaans | Katinka Heyns | Not Nominated | |
| 2004 (77th) |
Yesterday | Zulu | Darrell Roodt | Nominee | |
| 2005 (78th) |
Tsotsi | Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, English | Gavin Hood | Won Academy Award | |
| 2008 (81st) |
Jerusalema | Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, English | Ralph Ziman | Not Nominated | |
| 2009 (82nd) |
White Wedding | Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, English | Jann Turner | TBA |
As of 2009, all six South African submissions were directed by white South African directors, two of whom were women.
See also
- List of Academy Award winners and nominees for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Academy Award-winning foreign language films
- Cinema of South Africa
References
- ^ a b "Special Rules for the Best Foreign Language Film Award". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. http://www.oscars.org/80academyawards/rules/rule14.html. Retrieved 2008-08-21.
- ^ a b "History of the Academy Awards - Page 2". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. http://www.oscars.org/aboutacademyawards/history02.html. Retrieved 2008-08-21.
- ^ "Oscars 2005: The Nominees". BBC. 2005-01-25. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4205759.stm. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
- ^ a b Zomorodi, Manoush (2006-03-06). "Tsotsi takes foreign film Oscar". BBC. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4754790.stm. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
- ^ Mapantsula appeared on the official Oscar press release in 1989, but Paljas was listed as South Africa's first-ever submission in 1997. It appears likely that Mapantsula was not screened. http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/chronology/special-chrono/society/film.htm
- ^ http://www.indiewire.com/article/forty-four_countries_vie_for_oscar_nomination/
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