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

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Cambodia is one over one hundred currently existing nations that has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film [nb 1] , with their first submission announced in 1994 to compete for the 1995 Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. Cambodia became the sixth South East Asian country to enter the competition, after the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia and Vietnam. To date, Cambodia has submitted ten films.

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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. [3] 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 Cambodia for review by the Academy for the award by year and the respective Academy Awards ceremony.

Year
(Ceremony)		Film title used in nominationOriginal titleLanguage(s)DirectorResult
1994
(67th) 		Rice People អ្នកស្រែ Khmer Rithy Panh Not nominated
2012
(85th) 		Lost Loves [5] ឃ្លាតទៅសែនឆ្ងាយChhay BoraNot nominated
2013
(86th) 		The Missing Picture [6] រូបភាពដែលបាត់បង់ French Rithy Panh Nominated [7]
2015
(88th) 		The Last Reel [8] ដុំហ្វីលចុងក្រោយKhmer Kulikar Sotho Not nominated
2016
(89th) 		Before the Fall [9] មុនពេលបែកបាក់Khmer, English, FrenchIan WhiteNot nominated
2017
(90th) 		First They Killed My Father [10] មុនដំបូងខ្មែរក្រហមសម្លាប់ប៉ារបស់ខ្ញុំKhmer, English Angelina Jolie Not nominated
2018
(91st) 		Graves Without a Name [11] ផ្នូរគ្មានឈ្មោះFrench, Khmer Rithy Panh Not nominated
2019
(92nd) 		In the Life of Music [12] តន្រ្តីជីវិតKhmer, EnglishCaylee So, Sok VisalNot nominated
2020
(93rd) 		Fathers [13] ដើម្បីកូនKhmer Huy Yaleng Not nominated
2021
(94th) 		White Building [14] ប៊ូឌីញ សKavich NeangNot nominated
2022
(95th) 		Return to Seoul Retour à SéoulFrench, Korean, English Davy Chou Made shortlist

Cambodia's first Oscar submission, The Rice People, is a Khmer language drama by Cambodia's leading international director Rithy Panh, about a family of women struggling to survive after the death of the family patriarch from a foot infection. The story takes place several years after the fall of the Khmer Rouge regime, and is one of the few Cambodian dramas to be released internationally. The film played in competition at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival and was released on DVD in the United States and other countries.

The Rice People screened along films from 44 other countries from around the world for the Academy Award's Foreign Film Committee but ultimately failed to win an Oscar nomination. Cambodia submitted its second film, Lost Loves , for the 85th Academy Awards.

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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]

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. ↑ "History of the Academy Awards - Page 2". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 22 June 2008. Retrieved 8 July 2008.
  4. ↑ 80th Academy Awards - Special Rules for the Best Foreign Language Film Award Archived 12 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine . Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Last accessed on 2 November 2007.
  5. ↑ "Cambodia makes first Oscars submission in 18 years". Screendaily. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
  6. ↑ "2014 Oscar Predictions: Best Foreign Language Film". IndieWire. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
  7. ↑ "Oscars: Main nominations 2014". BBC News. 16 January 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  8. ↑ Brzeski, Patrick (21 September 2015). "Oscars: Cambodia Selects 'The Last Reel' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  9. ↑ Kilday, Gregg (11 October 2016). "Oscars: 85 Foreign-Language Film Contenders Unveiled by Academy". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  10. ↑ Frater, Patrick (18 September 2017). "Cambodia Sets Angelina Jolie's 'Father' as Oscar Contender". Variety. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  11. ↑ Pond, Steve (14 September 2018). "'Roma' Enters Oscar Foreign-Language Race, Becomes the Instant Favorite". The Wrap. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  12. ↑ Rethea, Pann (19 August 2019). "Award-winning film In the Life of Music on journey to Oscars 2020". The Phnom Penh Post . Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  13. ↑ "Cambodian film 'Fathers' submitted for Oscar". Khmer Times. 28 December 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  14. ↑ Tabbara, Mona (7 September 2021). "Cambodia selects 'White Building' as Oscar entry; first trailer revealed". Screendaily. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
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