Several Bulgarian individuals and Bulgarian-produced films have been nominated for the Academy Awards in different categories. As of 2022 [update] , four Bulgarians have been nominated and two have won Oscars including in the scientific and technical category.
At the 44th Academy Awards, Dimitar Petrov's 1971 film Porcupines Are Born Without Bristles was Bulgaria's first submission for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film category. [1] At the 82nd Academy Awards, The World Is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner became the first Bulgarian film to be shortlisted to compete in the category; however, it was not nominated. [2]
In 2017, filmmaker Theodore Ushev became the first Bulgarian person to be nominated for an Academy Award in a competitive category, receiving a nomination for Best Animated Short Film for Blind Vaysha (2016).
Year | Nominee(s) | Film | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2017 (89th) | Theodore Ushev | Blind Vaysha | Best Animated Short Film | Nominated | [3] |
2021 (93rd) | Maria Bakalova | Borat Subsequent Moviefilm | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | [4] |
Iliyan Ivanov Dana Prodanova [lower-alpha 1] | Feeling Through | Best Live Action Short Film | Nominated | [4] |
Year | Nominee(s)/recipient(s) | Category | Note | Ref. |
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2001 | George Borshukov [lower-alpha 2] | Academy Award for Technical Achievement | Shared the award with Kim Libreri and Dan Piponi. | [6] |
2014 | George Borshukov [lower-alpha 3] | Shared the award with Dan Piponi and Kim Libreri. | [7] | |
2017 | Vladimir Koylazov [lower-alpha 4] | [8] |
The Academy Award for Best Animated Feature is given each year for animated films. An animated feature is defined by the Academy as a film with a running time of more than 40 minutes in which characters' performances are created using a frame-by-frame technique, a significant number of the major characters are animated, and animation figures in no less than 75 percent of the running time. The Academy Award for Best Animated Feature was first awarded in 2002 for films made in 2001.