List of Romanian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
Romania began submitting for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film[nb 1] in 1966. As of 2022, Romania has submitted thirty-eight films for Oscar consideration, scoring its first nomination for Collective at the 93rd Academy Awards.
The Best Foreign Film 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]
The Romanian nominee is selected each year by a jury selected by the National Center for Cinematography (Centrul Național al Cinematografiei – CNC).[4]
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 Romania for review by the Academy for the award since 1966, by year and the respective Academy Awards ceremony. Romania did not enter the competition every year, including a six-year absence from 1977 to 1982.
Sergiu Nicolaescu's films have been chosen to represent Romania five times since 1969, including once after the Romanian Revolution of 1989. All films were primarily in Romanian.
Year (Ceremony) | Film title used in nomination | Original title | Director(s) | Result |
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1966 (39th) | The Uprising | Răscoala | Mircea Mureșan | Not nominated |
1968 (41st) | The Column | Columna | Mircea Drăgan | Not nominated |
1969 (42nd) | A Woman for a Season | Răutăciosul adolescent | Gheorghe Vitanidis | Not nominated |
1971 (44th) | The Last Crusade | Mihai Viteazul | Sergiu Nicolaescu | Not nominated |
1973 (46th) | Veronica | Elisabeta Bostan | Not nominated | |
1976 (49th) | The Doom | Osânda | Sergiu Nicolaescu | Not nominated |
1983 (56th) | Return from Hell | Întoarcerea din iad | Nicolae Mărgineanu | Not nominated |
1984 (57th) | Glissando | Mircea Daneliuc | Not nominated | |
1985 (58th) | Ciuleandra | Sergiu Nicolaescu | Not nominated | |
1986 (59th) | The Last Assault | Noi, cei din linia întîi | Not nominated | |
1989 (62nd) | Those Who Pay With Their Lives | Cei care plătesc cu viața | Șerban Marinescu | Not nominated |
1990 (63rd) | Carnival Scenes[5] | De ce trag clopotele, Mitică? | Lucian Pintilie | Not nominated |
1992 (65th) | Luxury Hotel | Hotel de lux | Dan Pița | Not nominated |
1993 (66th) | The Conjugal Bed | Patul conjugal | Mircea Daneliuc | Not nominated |
1994 (67th) | Pepe & Fifi | Pepe și Fifi | Dan Pița | Not nominated |
1996 (69th) | State of Things | Stare de fapt | Stere Gulea | Not nominated |
1998 (71st) | Terminus Paradis | Terminus Paradis | Lucian Pintilie | Not nominated |
1999 (72nd) | The Famous Paparazzo | Faimosul paparazzo | Nicolae Mărgineanu | Not nominated |
2002 (75th) | Philanthropy | Filantropica | Nae Caranfil | Not nominated |
2004 (77th) | Orient Express | Orient Express | Sergiu Nicolaescu | Not nominated |
2005 (78th) | The Death of Mr. Lazarescu | Moartea domnului Lăzărescu | Cristi Puiu | Not nominated |
2006 (79th) | The Way I Spent the End of the World | Cum mi-am petrecut sfârșitul lumii | Cătălin Mitulescu | Not nominated |
2007 (80th) | 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days | 4 luni, 3 săptămâni și 2 zile | Cristian Mungiu | Not nominated |
2008 (81st) | The Rest is Silence | Restul e tăcere | Nae Caranfil | Not nominated |
2009 (82nd) | Police, Adjective | Polițist, adj. | Corneliu Porumboiu | Not nominated |
2010 (83rd) | If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle[6] | Eu când vreau să fluier, fluier | Florin Șerban | Not nominated[7] |
2011 (84th) | Morgen[8][9] | Marian Crișan | Not nominated | |
2012 (85th) | Beyond the Hills[10] | După dealuri | Cristian Mungiu | Made shortlist[11] |
2013 (86th) | Child's Pose[12] | Poziția Copilului | Călin Peter Netzer | Not nominated |
2014 (87th) | The Japanese Dog[13] | Câinele japonez | Tudor Cristian Jurgiu | Not nominated |
2015 (88th) | Aferim![14] | Radu Jude | Not nominated | |
2016 (89th) | Sieranevada[15] | Cristi Puiu | Not nominated | |
2017 (90th) | Fixeur[16] | Adrian Sitaru | Not nominated | |
2018 (91st) | I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians[17] | Îmi este indiferent dacă în istorie vom intra ca barbari | Radu Jude | Not nominated |
2019 (92nd) | The Whistlers[18] | La Gomera | Corneliu Porumboiu | Not nominated |
2020 (93rd) | Collective[19] | Colectiv | Alexander Nanau | Nominated[20] |
2021 (94th) | Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn[21] | Babardeală cu bucluc sau porno balamuc | Radu Jude | Not nominated |
2022 (95th) | Immaculate[22] | Imaculat | Monica Stan, George Chiper | Not nominated |
2023 (96th) | Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World[23] | Nu aștepta prea mult de la sfârșitul lumii | Radu Jude | Not nominated |
Among Romania's more notable nominees include:
- Carnival Scenes, which was produced in 1981 and probably banned by Romania's Communist regime, and eventually released in 1989 after the Romanian Revolution.
- The Rest is Silence, the most expensive film in Romanian history[24]
- 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, the first Romanian winner of the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, was not shortlisted, creating controversy among critics and online film fans [25] The controversy caused an Academy member to pledge nomination reform, though the category had often sparked criticism.[26]
See also
- List of Academy Award winners and nominees for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Academy Award-winning foreign language films
- List of Romanian films
- Cinema of Romania
Notes
- ^ 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
- ^ "Academy announces rules for 92nd Oscars". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 23 April 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
- ^ "Academy Announces Rule Changes For 92nd Oscars". Forbes. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
- ^ 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.
- ^ ""Restul e tăcere" de Nae Caranfil – propunerea României la Oscar". Mediafax. Archived from the original on 26 July 2008.
- ^ The film was on AMPAS' list of accepted submissions in 1990, but was not on an updated list in 2007. It thus seems possible the film was not screened.
- ^ ""Eu cand vreau sa fluier, fluier" – Romania's entry for Oscars". Nine O'Clock. Retrieved 17 August 2010.
- ^ "9 Foreign Language Films Continue to Oscar Race". oscars.org. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
- ^ "Morgen by Marian Crisan is Romania's proposal to the Oscar in 2012". romania-insider.com. Archived from the original on 15 November 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
- ^ "63 Countries Vie for 2011 Foreign Language Film Oscar". oscars.org. Archived from the original on 18 May 2012. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
- ^ "Romania picks 'Beyond the Hills' for Oscar race". Variety. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
- ^ "9 Foreign Language Films Vie For Oscar". Oscars. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
- ^ "Best Foreign Language Oscar: Romania Nominates 'Child's Pose'". The Hollywood Reporter. 30 July 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
- ^ "Tudor Jurgiu's The Japanese Dog is Romania's proposal to the Oscar in 2015". Romania Insider. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
- ^ "And Romania's nomination for next year's Oscars is..." Romania Insider. 4 August 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
- ^ Kozlov, Vladimir (19 August 2016). "Oscars: Romania Selects 'Sieranevada' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
- ^ Holdsworth, Nick (7 September 2017). "Oscars: Romania Selects 'The Fixer' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
- ^ Barraclough, Leo (3 August 2018). "Oscars: Romania Selects 'Barbarians' as Academy Awards Entry". Variety. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
- ^ Barraclough, Leo (26 August 2019). "Oscars: Corneliu Porumboiu's 'The Whistlers' Entered in International Feature Film Race". Variety. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
- ^ Wiseman, Andreas (15 October 2020). "Romania Chooses Corruption Doc 'Collective' As Oscar Entry For Best International Feature". Deadline. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
- ^ "The full list of 2021 Oscars nominations". The Guardian. London. 15 March 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
- ^ "Berlinale winner "Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn" is Romania's proposal for the 2022 Oscars". Romania Insider. 21 October 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
- ^ "Filmul "Imaculat" este propunerea României pentru categoria "Cel mai bun film internațional" la Premiile Oscar 2023". Gandul. 19 September 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
- ^ "Mubi Acquires 'Do Not Expect Too Much From The End of the World' For Key Territories, Film Selected As Romania's Oscar Entry – Toronto". Deadline. 8 September 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
- ^ "The Rest is Silence set to make history at home". 13 March 2008.
- ^ Libby McCarthy; Steven Gaydos (15 January 2008). "Oscar's foreign film race heats up". Variety. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
- ^ Ann Hornaday (19 January 2008). "Oscar Omissions Provoke Outcry, In Any Language". The Washington Post. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
External links
- The Official Academy Awards Database
- The Motion Picture Credits Database
- IMDb Academy Awards Page
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