List of Afghan submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

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As of 2018, thirteen Afghan films have been submitted for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film but none of them have been nominated for an Oscar.

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 Afghanistan for review by the Academy for the award by year and the respective Academy Awards ceremony.

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Year
(Ceremony)		Film title used in nominationOriginal titleLanguage(s)DirectorResult
2002
(75th) 		FireDancer Fire Dancer Dari, English Jawed Wassel Not Nominated
2003
(76th) 		Osama Osama (أسامة) Dari Siddiq Barmak Not Nominated
2004
(77th) 		Earth and Ashes Khakestar-o-khak Dari, Pashto Atiq Rahimi Not Nominated
2008
(81st) 		Opium War Opium War Dari, English Siddiq Barmak Not Nominated
2009
(82nd) 		16 Days in Afghanistan 16 Days in Afghanistan Dari, English, Pashto Anwar Hajher Not Nominated
2010
(83rd) 		The Black Tulip [3] The Black TulipDari, Pashto, English Sonia Nassery Cole Not Nominated [4] [5]
2012
(85th) 		The Patience Stone [6] The Patience StonePersian Atiq Rahimi Not Nominated
2013
(86th) 		Wajma (An Afghan Love Story) [7] Wajma (An Afghan Love Story)Dari Barmak Akram Not Nominated
2014
(87th) 		A Few Cubic Meters of Love [8] Chand Metre Moka'ab EshghPersian Jamshid Mahmoudi Not Nominated
2015
(88th) 		Utopia [9] آرمان شهرPersian Hassan Nazer Disqualified [10]
2016
(89th) 		Parting [11] رفتن Persian, Dari Navid Mahmoudi Not on the final list [12]
2017
(90th) 		A Letter to the President [13] نامه ای به رییس جمهورDari Roya Sadat Not Nominated
2018
(91st) 		Rona, Azim's Mother [14] رونا مادر عظیمPersian, Dari Jamshid Mahmoudi Not Nominated
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See also

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References

  1. 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 26 August 2013.
  2. 1 2 "History of the Academy Awards - Page 2". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 22 June 2008. Retrieved 21 August 2008.
  3. ↑ "Afghan Oscar contender aims to show more than war". reuters. 23 September 2010. Retrieved 28 September 2010.
  4. ↑ "2010-2011 Foreign Language Film Award Screening Schedule". The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
  5. ↑ "9 Foreign Language Films Continue to Oscar® Race". oscars.org. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
  6. ↑ "Oscars: The Patience Stone chosen to be the Afghan entry!". Le Pacte . Retrieved 30 September 2012.
  7. ↑ "Wajma, an Afghan love story". Afghan Culture Museum. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
  8. ↑ "Iranian-Afghan movie submitted to Oscar". Iran Daily. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
  9. ↑ Ramachandran, Naman (23 September 2015). "Afghanistan Chooses 'Utopia' for the Oscars". Variety. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  10. ↑ Feinberg, Scott (15 November 2015). "Oscars: Academy Disqualifies Afghan Foreign Language Entry 'Utopia'". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  11. ↑ Bhushan, Nyay (12 September 2016). "Oscars: Afghanistan Selects 'Raftan' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  12. ↑ "85 Countries In Competition For 2016 Foreign Language Film Oscar". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . 11 October 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  13. ↑ Fratter, Patrick (26 September 2017). "Afghanistan Sends 'A Letter' to Oscars". Variety. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  14. ↑ "Afghanistan sends Afghan-Iranian movie "Rona, Azim's Mother" to Oscars". The Tehran Times. 9 October 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  15. ↑ http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/2003-07/a-2003-07-09-42-Friends.cfm?moddate=2003-07-09%5B%5D
  16. ↑ Smith, Dinitia (2 October 2002). "Tragedy Haunts Film on Afghan Diaspora; Friends of a Murdered Filmmaker Struggle to Finish His Work". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
  17. ↑ http://tvotw.com/NathanPowellStory_HeadInFreezer_8Jun2003.htm
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