List of Burkinabé submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

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Burkina Faso submitted a film for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film [nb 1] for the first time in 1989. [3] 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. [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]

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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. [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 Burkina Faso for review by the academy for the award by year and the respective Academy Awards ceremony.

Year
(Ceremony)		Film title used in nominationLanguage(s)DirectorResult
1989
(62nd) 		Yaaba Mooré Idrissa Ouedraogo Not nominated
2023
(96th) 		Sira [6] French Apolline Traoré Not nominated

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Notes

  1. ↑ 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the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film in April 2019, after the Academy deemed the word "Foreign" to be outdated.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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References

  1. ↑ "Academy announces rules for 92nd Oscars". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 23 April 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  2. ↑ "Academy Announces Rule Changes For 92nd Oscars". Forbes. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  3. ↑ "Africa At The Oscars: Best Foreign Language Film Submissions From The Continent – Burkina Faso". IndieWire. 4 September 2016. Archived from the original on 6 November 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Rule Thirteen: Special Rules for the Foreign Language Film Award" (PDF). Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 August 2014. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
  5. 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.
  6. ↑ Prisca F. Konkobo (15 September 2023). "Cinéma : le film « Sira » de Apolline Traoré représentera le Burkina Faso aux Oscars" [Cinema: the film “Sira” by Apolline Traoré will represent Burkina Faso at the Oscars]. 24heures (in French). Retrieved 17 October 2023.
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