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Gérard Corbiau directed two Belgian films nominated for the award,
The Music Teacher and
Farinelli .
Belgium has submitted films for the
Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
[nb 1] since 1967.[
citation needed ] 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.
[3] The "Best Foreign Language Film" category 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.
[4] Between 1947 and 1955, the Academy presented a non-competitive
Honorary Award for the best foreign language films released in the United States.
[5]
As of 2023
[update] , eight Belgian films have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Of these films, two have been directed by
Gérard Corbiau :
The Music Teacher and
Farinelli .
[6] The six other Belgian directors to have films accepted as nominees are
Jacques Boigelot ,
Stijn Coninx ,
Dominique Deruddere ,
Michaël R. Roskam ,
Felix Van Groeningen and
Lukas Dhont . Boigelot's
Peace in the Fields was accepted as a nominee at the
43rd Academy Awards ,
[7] Stijn Coninx's
Daens was a nominee in 1993,
[8] Deruddere's
Everybody's Famous! was a nominee at the
73rd Academy Awards ,
[9] Roskam's
Bullhead for the
84th , Van Groeningen's
The Broken Circle Breakdown for the
86th , and Dhont's
Close for the
95th .
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.
[4] 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 Belgium for review by the Academy for the award by year and the respective Academy Awards ceremony.
Year(Ceremony)
Film title used in nomination
Original title
Language(s)
Director
Result
1967
(40th)
Le Départ
French
Jerzy Skolimowski
Not nominated
1969
(42nd)
Palaver
Swahili ,
Dutch , French,
English ,
German ,
Latin
Emile Degelin
Not nominated
1970
(43rd)
Peace in the Fields
Paix sur les champs
French
Jacques Boigelot
Nominated
[10]
1972
(45th)
The Lonely Killers
Les tueurs fous
Boris Szulzinger
Not nominated
1974
(47th)
The Conscript
De loteling
Dutch
Roland Verhavert
Not nominated
1976
(49th)
High Street
Rue Haute
French
André Ernotte
Not nominated
1977
(50th)
Rubens
Rubens, schilder en diplomaat
Dutch
Roland Verhavert
Not nominated
1979
(52nd)
Woman in a Twilight Garden
Een vrouw tussen hond en wolf
André Delvaux
Not nominated
1981
(54th)
Le Grand Paysage d'Alexis Droeven
French
Jean-Jacques Andrien
Not nominated
1982
(55th)
Minuet
Menuet
Dutch
Lili Rademakers
Not nominated
1985
(58th)
Dust
French, English
Marion Hänsel
Not nominated
1986
(59th)
Jumping
Springen
Dutch
Jean-Pierre De Decker
Not nominated
1987
(60th)
The Cruel Embrace
Les noces barbares
French
Marion Hänsel
Not nominated
1988
(61st)
The Music Teacher
Le maître de musique
Gérard Corbiau
Nominated
[11]
1989
(62nd)
The Sacrament
Het Sacrament
Dutch
Hugo Claus
Not nominated
1991
(64th)
Toto the Hero
Toto le héros
French
Jaco Van Dormael
Not nominated
1992
(65th)
Daens
Flemish , Dutch, French, Latin,
Spanish
Stijn Coninx
Nominated
[12]
1993
(66th)
Just Friends
Dutch, French
Marc-Henri Wajnberg
Not nominated
1994
(67th)
Farinelli
Farinelli, Il Castrato
Italian , French
Gérard Corbiau
Nominated
[13]
1995
(68th)
Manneken Pis
Manneken Pis
Dutch
Frank Van Passel
Not nominated
1996
(69th)
The Eighth Day
Le huitième jour
French
Jaco Van Dormael
Not nominated
1997
(70th)
My Life in Pink
Ma vie en rose
Alain Berliner
Not nominated
1998
(71st)
Rosie
Dutch
Patrice Toye
Not nominated
1999
(72nd)
Rosetta
French
Jean-Pierre Dardenne ,
Luc Dardenne
Not nominated
2000
(73rd)
Everybody's Famous!
Iedereen beroemd!
Flemish, English, Spanish
Dominique Deruddere
Nominated
[14]
2001
(74th)
Pauline & Paulette
Dutch, French
Lieven Debrauwer
Not nominated
2002
(75th)
The Son
Le fils
French
Jean-Pierre Dardenne ,
Luc Dardenne
Not nominated
2003
(76th)
Sea of Silence
Verder dan de maan
Dutch
Stijn Coninx
Not nominated
2004
(77th)
The Alzheimer Case
De zaak Alzheimer
Dutch, French, Flemish
Erik Van Looy
Not nominated
2005
(78th)
The Child
L'Enfant
French
Jean-Pierre Dardenne ,
Luc Dardenne
Not nominated
2006
(79th)
Someone Else's Happiness
Een ander zijn geluk
Dutch
Fien Troch
Not nominated
2007
(80th)
Ben X
Flemish, Dutch
Nic Balthazar
Not nominated
2008
(81st)
Eldorado
French
Bouli Lanners
Not nominated
2009
(82nd)
The Misfortunates
De helaasheid der dingen
Dutch, Flemish
Felix Van Groeningen
Not nominated
2010
(83rd)
Illegal
[15]
Illègal
French,
Russian , English
Olivier Masset-Depasse
Not nominated
2011
(84th)
Bullhead
Rundskop
Dutch, French,
Limburgish ,
West Flemish
Michaël R. Roskam
Nominated
[16]
2012
(85th)
Our Children
[17]
À perdre la raison
French,
Arabic
Joachim Lafosse
Not nominated
2013
(86th)
The Broken Circle Breakdown
[18]
Alabama Monroe
Flemish, English, Dutch
Felix Van Groeningen
Nominated
[19]
2014
(87th)
Two Days, One Night
[20]
Deux jours, une nuit
French
Jean-Pierre Dardenne ,
Luc Dardenne
Not nominated
2015
(88th)
The Brand New Testament
[21]
Le Tout Nouveau Testament
Jaco Van Dormael
Made shortlist
[22]
2016
(89th)
The Ardennes
[23]
D'Ardennen
Flemish, French, Dutch
Robin Pront
Not nominated
2017
(90th)
Racer and the Jailbird
[24]
Le Fidèle
Michaël R. Roskam
Not nominated
2018
(91st)
Girl
[25]
Flemish, Dutch, French, English
Lukas Dhont
Not nominated
2019
(92nd)
Our Mothers
[26]
Nuestras madres
Spanish
César Díaz
Not nominated
2020
(93rd)
Working Girls
[27]
Filles de joie
French
Frédéric Fonteyne , Anne Paulicevich
Not nominated
2021
(94th)
Playground
[28]
Un monde
Laura Wandel
Made shortlist
[29]
2022
(95th)
Close
[30]
Lukas Dhont
Nominated
[31]
2023
(96th)
Omen
[32]
Augure
Baloji
Not nominated
See also
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]
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