List of Austrian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Austria has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film since 1961. 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]
Four Austrian films have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film: Wolfgang Glück's '38 - Vienna Before the Fall at the 59th Academy Awards, Stefan Ruzowitzky's The Counterfeiters at the 80th Academy Awards, Gotz Spielmann's Revanche at the 81st Academy Awards, and Michael Haneke's Amour at the 85th Academy Awards.[3][4] Ruzowitzky's The Counterfeiters and Haneke's Amour won the award.[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.[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 Austria for review by the Academy for the award by year and the respective Academy Awards ceremony.
Most Austrian submissions were primarily in German. Austria's 2001 and 2005 submissions were filmed in French, and dubbed into German when they were submitted for consideration to the Academy,[6] while a subsequent rule change allowed them to send a third film in French in 2012. Austria's 2009 submission was mostly in Persian and Turkish and their 2010 submission was in Italian.
Year (Ceremony) | Film title used in nomination | Original title | Director(s) | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
1961 (34th) |
Jedermann | Jedermann | Reinhardt, GottfriedGottfried Reinhardt | Not Nominated |
1969 (42nd) |
Moss on the Stones | Moos auf den Steinen | Lhotsky, GeorgGeorg Lhotsky | Not Nominated |
1977 (50th) |
I Want to Live | Ich will leben | Eggers, Jörg A.Jörg A. Eggers | Not Nominated |
1979 (52nd) |
Tales from the Vienna Woods | Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald | Schell, MaximilianMaximilian Schell | Not Nominated |
1980 (53rd) |
Egon Schiele | Egon Schiele - Exzesse | Vesely, HerbertHerbert Vesely | Not Nominated |
1981 (54th) |
Der Bockerer | Der Bockerer | Antel, FranzFranz Antel | Not Nominated |
1983 (56th) |
Tramps | Die Letzte Runde | Patzak, PeterPeter Patzak | Not Nominated |
1984 (57th) |
Just Behind the Door | Dicht hinter der Tür | Madavi, MansurMansur Madavi | Not Nominated |
1985 (58th) |
Malambo | Malambo | Dor, MilanMilan Dor | Not Nominated |
1986 (59th) |
'38 – Vienna Before the Fall | 38 – Auch das war Wien | Glück, WolfgangWolfgang Glück | Nominated |
1987 (60th) |
Welcome in Vienna | Wohin und zurück - Welcome in Vienna | Corti, AxelAxel Corti | Not Nominated |
1988 (61st) |
Undiscovered Country | Das Weite Land | Bondy, LucLuc Bondy | Not Nominated |
1989 (62nd) |
The Seventh Continent | Der Siebente Kontinent | Haneke, MichaelMichael Haneke | Not Nominated |
1990 (63rd) |
Requiem for Dominic | Requiem für Dominik | Dornhelm, RobertRobert Dornhelm | Not Nominated |
1991 (64th) |
I Love Vienna | I Love Vienna | Allahyari, HouchangHouchang Allahyari | Not Nominated |
1992 (65th) |
Benny's Video | Benny's Video | Haneke, MichaelMichael Haneke | Not Nominated |
1993 (66th) |
Indien | Indien | Harather, PaulPaul Harather | Not Nominated |
1994 (67th) |
I Promise | Ich Gelobe | Murnberger, WolfgangWolfgang Murnberger | Not Nominated |
1995 (68th) |
Ant Street | Die Ameisenstraße | Glawogger, MichaelMichael Glawogger | Not Nominated |
1996 (69th) |
Hannah | Hannah | Schwabenitzky, ReinhardReinhard Schwabenitzky | Not Nominated |
1997 (70th) |
The Unfish | Der Unfisch | Dornhelm, RobertRobert Dornhelm | Not Nominated |
1998 (71st) |
The Inheritors | Die Siebtelbauern | Ruzowitzky, StefanStefan Ruzowitzky | Not Nominated |
1999 (72nd) |
Northern Skirts | Nordrand | Albert, BarbaraBarbara Albert | Not Nominated |
2000 (73rd) |
The Stranger | Die Fremde | Spielmann, GötzGötz Spielmann | Not Nominated |
2001 (74th) |
The Piano Teacher | La Pianiste | Haneke, MichaelMichael Haneke | Not Nominated |
2002 (75th) |
Gebürtig | Gebürtig | Schindel, RobertRobert Schindel, Lukas Stepanik | Not Nominated |
2003 (76th) |
Free Radicals | Böse Zellen | Albert, BarbaraBarbara Albert | Not Nominated |
2004 (77th) |
Antares | Antares | Spielmann, GötzGötz Spielmann | Not Nominated |
2005 (78th) |
Caché [7] | Caché | Haneke, MichaelMichael Haneke | Disqualified |
2006 (79th) |
You Bet Your Life | Spiele Leben | Svoboda, AntoninAntonin Svoboda | Not Nominated |
2007 (80th) |
The Counterfeiters | Die Fälscher | Ruzowitzky, StefanStefan Ruzowitzky | Won Academy Award |
2008 (81st) |
Revanche[8] | Revanche | Spielmann, GötzGötz Spielmann | Nominated |
2009 (82nd) |
For a Moment, Freedom | Ein Augenblick Freiheit | T. Riahi, ArashArash T. Riahi | Not Nominated |
2010 (83rd) |
La Pivellina[9] | La Pivellina | Covi, TizzaTizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel | Not Nominated |
2011 (84th) |
Breathing[10] | Atmen | Markovics, KarlKarl Markovics | Not Nominated |
2012 (85th) |
Amour[11] | Amour | Haneke, MichaelMichael Haneke | Won Academy Award |
2013 (86th) |
The Wall[12] | Die Wand | Pölsler, JulianJulian Pölsler | Not Nominated |
2014 (87th) |
The Dark Valley[13] | Das finstere Tal | Prochaska, AndreasAndreas Prochaska | Not Nominated |
2015 (88th) |
Goodnight Mommy[14] | Ich seh Ich seh | Franz, VeronikaVeronika Franz, Severin Fiala | Not Nominated |
2016 (89th) |
Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe[15] | Vor der Morgenröte | Schrader, MariaMaria Schrader | Disqualified[16] |
See also
- List of Academy Award winners and nominees for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Academy Award-winning foreign language films
- Cinema of Austria
References
- 1 2 "Rule Thirteen: Special Rules for the Foreign Language Film Award". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2013-08-26.
- 1 2 "History of the Academy Awards - Page 2". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 2008-06-22. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
- ↑ "Wolfgang Gluck - Awards". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
- ↑ "Oscars 2008: The Nominees". BBC. 2008-01-22. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
- ↑ Pearson, Ryan (2008-02-25). "Austria's 'Counterfeiters' Wins Oscar". Fox News. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
- ↑ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11645439/
- ↑ Disqualified. Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/17/movies/redcarpet/17fore.html
- ↑ "Revanche: Austrian Oscar entry for Best Foreign Language Film". Austrian Film Commission. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
- ↑ "La Pivellina Austrian film for the Oscars". filmsdistribution.com. Retrieved 2010-09-28.
- ↑ "Markovics-Film Oscar-Kandidat für Österreich". orf.at. Retrieved 08-22-30. Check date values in:
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(help) - ↑ "Hanke's Amour geht fuer Oesterreich ins Oscar Rennen". Der Standard. Retrieved 2012-09-04.
- ↑ "Oscars: Austria Goes to 'The Wall' for Foreign-Language Entry". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2013-09-04.
- ↑ "Österreich schickt "Das finstere Tal" ins Oscar-Rennen". kurier. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
- ↑ "Austria Selects Goodnight Mommy as Oscar Bid". Film New Europe. 8 September 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
- ↑ Roxborough, Scott (6 September 2016). "Oscars: Austria Selects 'Stefan Zweig' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
- ↑ "Nicht österreichisch genug: Academy lehnt "Vor der Morgenröte" als Oscar-Beitrag ab (Not Austrian enough Academy rejects "Before the Dawn" as Oscar-contribution from)". Filmstarts. 10 October 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2016.