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]

Three 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 and Gotz Spielmann's Revanche at the 81st Academy Awards.[3][4] Ruzowitzky's The Counterfeiters won the award, the only Austrian film ever to do so.[5]

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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 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 their 2009 submission was mostly in Persian and Turkish.

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)
Drifters Die Letzte Runde Patzak, PeterPeter Patzak Not Nominated
1984
(57th)
Just Behind the Door Dicht hinter der Tür Mahdavi, MansurMansur Mahdavi 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 Nominee
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)
India 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 Nominee
2009
(82nd)
For a Moment, Freedom Ein Augenblick Freiheit T. Riahi, ArashArash T. Riahi Not Nominated
2010
(83rd)
La Pivellina[9] La Pivellina Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel Not Nominated[10]
2011
(84th)
Breathing[11] Atmen Karl Markovics Pending

See also

References

  1. ^ 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 2008-08-22. 
  2. ^ a b "History of the Academy Awards - Page 2". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 2008-06-22. http://web.archive.org/web/20080622191328/http://www.oscars.org/aboutacademyawards/history02.html. Retrieved 2008-08-22. 
  3. ^ "Wolfgang Gluck - Awards". The New York Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/person/91784/Wolfgang-Gluck/awards. Retrieved 2008-08-22. 
  4. ^ "Oscars 2008: The Nominees". BBC. 2008-01-22. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7202652.stm. Retrieved 2008-08-22. 
  5. ^ Pearson, Ryan (2008-02-25). "Austria's 'Counterfeiters' Wins Oscar". Fox News. http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2008Feb25/0,4670,OscarsForeign,00.html. Retrieved 2008-08-22. 
  6. ^ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11645439/
  7. ^ Disqualified. Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/17/movies/redcarpet/17fore.html
  8. ^ "Revanche: Austrian Oscar entry for Best Foreign Language Film". Austrian Film Commission. http://www.austrianfilm.com/jart/prj3/afc/main.jart?rel=de&reserve-mode=active&content-id=1148999736995&artikel_id=1219235419976&lang=en. Retrieved 2008-09-16. 
  9. ^ "La Pivellina Austrian film for the Oscars". filmsdistribution.com. http://www.filmsdistribution.com/fd_news.php?annee=2010&id_news=240. Retrieved 2010-09-28. 
  10. ^ "9 Foreign Language Films Continue to Oscar® Race". oscars.org. http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2011/20110119.html. Retrieved 2011-01-19. 
  11. ^ "Markovics-Film Oscar-Kandidat für Österreich". orf.at. http://wien.orf.at/stories/534961/. Retrieved -08-22-30. 

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