List of Czechoslovak submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Czechoslovakia submitted films for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film between 1964 and 1991 before splitting into the independent Czech and Slovakia republics in 1993. 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]
Czechoslovak films received six Oscar nominations for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, two of which won the Oscar, namely the Slovak language The Shop on Main Street and the Czech language Closely Watched Trains, both of which are black comedies set during World War II. Director Miloš Forman had two of his films selected to represent Czechoslovakia in the 1960s, and both were nominated. Forman eventually won two Oscars for Best Director after emigrating to the United States.
After the breakup of Czechoslovakia, the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic both began submitting films to the competition regularly. Since then, the Czech Republic has gotten three more Oscar nominations, including one win.
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.[1] Below is a list of the films that have been submitted by Czechoslovakia for review by the Academy for the award by the year of the submission and the respective Academy Award ceremony.
Almost all submissions were primarily in Czech, although their 1965, 1982 and 1984 submissions were mostly in Slovak.
Year (Ceremony) | Film title used in nomination | Original title | Director | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
1964 (37th) |
Lemonade Joe | Limonádový Joe | Lipský, OldřichOldřich Lipský | Not Nominated |
1965 (38th) |
The Shop on Main Street | Obchod na korze | Kadár, JánJán Kadár & Elmar Klos | Won Academy Award |
1966 (39th) |
Loves of a Blonde | Lásky jedné plavovlásky | Forman, MilošMiloš Forman | Nominated |
1967 (40th) |
Closely Watched Trains | Ostře sledované vlaky | Menzel, JiříJiří Menzel | Won Academy Award |
1968 (41st) |
The Firemen's Ball | Hoří, má panenko | Forman, MilošMiloš Forman | Nominated |
1969 (42nd) |
The Cremator | Spalovač mrtvol | Herz, JurajJuraj Herz | Not Nominated |
1973 (46th) |
Days of Betrayal | Dny zrady I | Vávra, OtakarOtakar Vávra | Not Nominated |
1974 (47th) |
Lovers in the Year One | Milenci v roce jedna | Balík, JaroslavJaroslav Balík | Not Nominated |
1975 (48th) |
Circus in the Circus | Cirkus v cirkuse | Lipský, OldřichOldřich Lipský | Not Nominated |
1976 (49th) |
One Silver Piece | Jeden stříbrný | Balík, JaroslavJaroslav Balík | Not Nominated |
1978 (51st) |
Nick Carter in Prague | Adéla ještě nevečeřela | Lipský, OldřichOldřich Lipský | Not Nominated |
1979 (52nd) |
Those Wonderful Men with a Crank | Báječní muži s klikou | Menzel, JiříJiří Menzel | Not Nominated |
1980 (53rd) |
Love Between the Raindrops | Lásky mezi kapkami deště | Kachyňa, KarelKarel Kachyňa | Not Nominated |
1981 (54th) |
The Divine Emma | Božská Ema | Krejčík, JiříJiří Krejčík | Not Nominated |
1982 (55th) |
The Assistant | Pomocník | Záhon, ZoroZoro Záhon | Not Nominated |
1983 (56th) |
Incomplete Eclipse | Neúplné zatmění | Jireš, JaromilJaromil Jireš | Not Nominated |
1984 (57th) |
The Millennial Bee | Tisícročná včela | Jakubisko, JurajJuraj Jakubisko | Not Nominated |
1985 (58th) |
Scalpel, Please | Skalpel, prosím | Svoboda, JiříJiří Svoboda | Not Nominated |
1986 (59th) |
My Sweet Little Village | Vesničko má středisková | Menzel, JiříJiří Menzel | Nominated |
1987 (60th) |
Forbidden Dreams | Smrt krásných srnců | Kachyňa, KarelKarel Kachyňa | Not Nominated |
1989 (62nd) |
Tainted Horseplay | Kopytem sem, kopytem tam | Chytilová, VěraVěra Chytilová | Not Nominated |
1990 (63rd) |
Vojtech, Called the Orphan | Vojtěch, řečený sirotek | Tyc, ZdeněkZdeněk Tyc | Not Nominated |
1991 (64th) |
The Elementary School | Obecná škola | Svěrák, JanJan Svěrák | Nominated |
See also
- List of Academy Award winners and nominees for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Academy Award-winning foreign language films
- Cinema of the Czech Republic
- Cinema of Slovakia
- Cinema of the Czechoslovakia
References
- General
- Specific
- 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. Archived from the original on 22 August 2013. Retrieved 2013-08-26.