Mexico has submitted fifty-four films for Oscar consideration over the years, and nine Mexican films have been nominated by the Academy for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Arturo Ripstein has represented Mexico five times—more than any other Mexican director—although he has never received an Oscar nomination. Roma became the first Mexican film to win.[5]
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 Mexico for review by the Academy for the award by year and the respective Academy Awards ceremony.
All Mexican submissions were exclusively in
Spanish with two exceptions: their 2007 submission, Silent Light, which was exclusively in the
Plautdietsch dialect of
Low German; as well as their 2018 submission, Roma, which is partially in Spanish as well as partially in
Mixtec.
Every year since 2007, Mexico has announced a list of finalists that varied in number over the years (from 5 to 20 films) before announcing its official Oscar nominee. The following films have been shortlisted by the
Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences:
Abel · Alamar · The Attempt Dossier · Chicogrande · Daniel & Ana · The Good Herbs · Meet the Head of Juan Pérez · Northless · Vaho[35][36]
2011
180° · El baile de San Juan · Bitten Bullet ·
Days of Grace · Flores en el desierto · Middle of the World · One Long Wall for Cecilia · Round Trip · Siete instantes · We Are What We Are[37]
^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the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film in April 2019, after the Academy deemed the word "Foreign" to be outdated.[1][2]
Mexico has submitted fifty-four films for Oscar consideration over the years, and nine Mexican films have been nominated by the Academy for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Arturo Ripstein has represented Mexico five times—more than any other Mexican director—although he has never received an Oscar nomination. Roma became the first Mexican film to win.[5]
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 Mexico for review by the Academy for the award by year and the respective Academy Awards ceremony.
All Mexican submissions were exclusively in
Spanish with two exceptions: their 2007 submission, Silent Light, which was exclusively in the
Plautdietsch dialect of
Low German; as well as their 2018 submission, Roma, which is partially in Spanish as well as partially in
Mixtec.
Every year since 2007, Mexico has announced a list of finalists that varied in number over the years (from 5 to 20 films) before announcing its official Oscar nominee. The following films have been shortlisted by the
Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences:
Abel · Alamar · The Attempt Dossier · Chicogrande · Daniel & Ana · The Good Herbs · Meet the Head of Juan Pérez · Northless · Vaho[35][36]
2011
180° · El baile de San Juan · Bitten Bullet ·
Days of Grace · Flores en el desierto · Middle of the World · One Long Wall for Cecilia · Round Trip · Siete instantes · We Are What We Are[37]
^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]