The Republic of North Macedonia (known as the Republic of Macedonia from 1991–2019) has submitted 18 films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film [nb 1] since 1994. The Macedonians also attempted unsuccessfully to submit a film in 1991, while they were in the process of trying to achieve international recognition as an independent state. [3] Prior to independence, Macedonian filmmakers were active participants in the Yugoslavian film industry, and several films made by Macedonian filmmakers were submitted for Oscar consideration as part of Yugoslavia. The last instance of this was Stole Popov's Happy New Year '49 in 1987.
The International Feature 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. [4] 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. [5]
As of 2021 [update], two Macedonian films, Milcho Manchevski's Before the Rain and Tamara Kotevska's and Ljubomir Stefanov's Honeyland, have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and no Macedonian film has won the award. [6] Another of Mančevski's films, Shadows, was submitted to the Academy for the 80th Academy Awards, but it failed to get an Oscar nomination. [7] [8] Films by Ivo Trajkov have also been selected to represent North Macedonia three times.
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. [5] 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. [4] Below is a list of the films that have been submitted by North Macedonia 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(s) | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1994 (67th) |
Before the Rain [6] | Пред дождот |
Macedonian,
Albanian, English |
Milcho Manchevski | Nominated |
1997 (70th) |
Gypsy Magic [9] | Џипси Меџик | Macedonian, Romani | Stole Popov | Not nominated |
1998 (71st) |
Goodbye, 20th Century! [10] | Збогум на Дваесетиот Век! | Macedonian | Darko Mitrevski, Aleksandar Popovski | Not nominated |
2004 (77th) |
The Great Water [11] | Γолемата Вода | Ivo Trajkov | Not nominated | |
2006 (79th) |
Kontakt [12] | Контакт | Macedonian, German | Sergej Stanojkovski | Not nominated |
2007 (80th) |
Shadows [7] | Сенки | Macedonian | Milcho Manchevski | Not nominated |
2008 (81st) |
I'm From Titov Veles | Јас сум од Титов Велес | Teona Strugar Mitevska | Not nominated | |
2009 (82nd) |
Wingless | Ocas ještěrky | Czech | Ivo Trajkov | Not nominated |
2010 (83rd) |
Mothers [13] | Мајки | Macedonian | Milcho Manchevski | Not nominated [14] |
2011 (84th) |
Punk's Not Dead [15] | Панкот не е мртов | Vladimir Blazevski | Not nominated | |
2012 (85th) |
The Third Half [16] | Трето Полувреме | Darko Mitrevski | Not nominated | |
2014 (87th) |
To the Hilt [17] | До балчак | Stole Popov | Not nominated | |
2015 (88th) |
Honey Night [18] | Медена ноќ | Ivo Trajkov | Not nominated | |
2016 (89th) |
The Liberation of Skopje [19] | Ослободување на Скопје | Rade Šerbedžija, Danilo Šerbedžija | Not nominated | |
2018 (91st) |
Secret Ingredient [20] | Исцелител | Gjorce Stavreski | Not nominated | |
2019 (92nd) |
Honeyland [21] | Медена земја | Macedonian, Turkish, Bosnian | Tamara Kotevska, Ljubomir Stefanov | Nominated [22] |
2020 (93rd) |
Willow [23] | Врба | Macedonian | Milcho Manchevski | Not nominated |
2021 (94th) |
Sisterhood [24] | Сестри | Dina Duma | Not nominated | |
2022 (95th) |
The Happiest Man in the World [25] | Најсреќниот човек на светот | Bosnian | Teona Strugar Mitevska | Not nominated |
2023 (96th) |
Housekeeping for Beginners [26] | Домаќинство за почетници | Albanian, Macedonian, Romani | Goran Stolevski | Not nominated |
The Republic of North Macedonia (known as the Republic of Macedonia from 1991–2019) has submitted 18 films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film [nb 1] since 1994. The Macedonians also attempted unsuccessfully to submit a film in 1991, while they were in the process of trying to achieve international recognition as an independent state. [3] Prior to independence, Macedonian filmmakers were active participants in the Yugoslavian film industry, and several films made by Macedonian filmmakers were submitted for Oscar consideration as part of Yugoslavia. The last instance of this was Stole Popov's Happy New Year '49 in 1987.
The International Feature 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. [4] 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. [5]
As of 2021 [update], two Macedonian films, Milcho Manchevski's Before the Rain and Tamara Kotevska's and Ljubomir Stefanov's Honeyland, have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and no Macedonian film has won the award. [6] Another of Mančevski's films, Shadows, was submitted to the Academy for the 80th Academy Awards, but it failed to get an Oscar nomination. [7] [8] Films by Ivo Trajkov have also been selected to represent North Macedonia three times.
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. [5] 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. [4] Below is a list of the films that have been submitted by North Macedonia 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(s) | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1994 (67th) |
Before the Rain [6] | Пред дождот |
Macedonian,
Albanian, English |
Milcho Manchevski | Nominated |
1997 (70th) |
Gypsy Magic [9] | Џипси Меџик | Macedonian, Romani | Stole Popov | Not nominated |
1998 (71st) |
Goodbye, 20th Century! [10] | Збогум на Дваесетиот Век! | Macedonian | Darko Mitrevski, Aleksandar Popovski | Not nominated |
2004 (77th) |
The Great Water [11] | Γолемата Вода | Ivo Trajkov | Not nominated | |
2006 (79th) |
Kontakt [12] | Контакт | Macedonian, German | Sergej Stanojkovski | Not nominated |
2007 (80th) |
Shadows [7] | Сенки | Macedonian | Milcho Manchevski | Not nominated |
2008 (81st) |
I'm From Titov Veles | Јас сум од Титов Велес | Teona Strugar Mitevska | Not nominated | |
2009 (82nd) |
Wingless | Ocas ještěrky | Czech | Ivo Trajkov | Not nominated |
2010 (83rd) |
Mothers [13] | Мајки | Macedonian | Milcho Manchevski | Not nominated [14] |
2011 (84th) |
Punk's Not Dead [15] | Панкот не е мртов | Vladimir Blazevski | Not nominated | |
2012 (85th) |
The Third Half [16] | Трето Полувреме | Darko Mitrevski | Not nominated | |
2014 (87th) |
To the Hilt [17] | До балчак | Stole Popov | Not nominated | |
2015 (88th) |
Honey Night [18] | Медена ноќ | Ivo Trajkov | Not nominated | |
2016 (89th) |
The Liberation of Skopje [19] | Ослободување на Скопје | Rade Šerbedžija, Danilo Šerbedžija | Not nominated | |
2018 (91st) |
Secret Ingredient [20] | Исцелител | Gjorce Stavreski | Not nominated | |
2019 (92nd) |
Honeyland [21] | Медена земја | Macedonian, Turkish, Bosnian | Tamara Kotevska, Ljubomir Stefanov | Nominated [22] |
2020 (93rd) |
Willow [23] | Врба | Macedonian | Milcho Manchevski | Not nominated |
2021 (94th) |
Sisterhood [24] | Сестри | Dina Duma | Not nominated | |
2022 (95th) |
The Happiest Man in the World [25] | Најсреќниот човек на светот | Bosnian | Teona Strugar Mitevska | Not nominated |
2023 (96th) |
Housekeeping for Beginners [26] | Домаќинство за почетници | Albanian, Macedonian, Romani | Goran Stolevski | Not nominated |