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

Alfonso Cuarón directed Roma (2018), Mexico's first film to win the award.

Mexico has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film ^{[nb 1]} since 1957. 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. ^[3] The award 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. ^[4]

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 Mexican nominee is selected annually by the Academia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas. The selection committee holds separate votes to decide which film goes to the Oscars and, in a separate vote, which film goes to the Spanish Goya Awards.

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. ^[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.

Year (Ceremony)	Film title used in nomination	Original title	Director	Result
1957 (30th)	Torero!	Torero	Carlos Velo	Not nominated
1959 (32nd)	Nazarín	Nazarín	Luis Buñuel	Not nominated
1960 (33rd)	Macario		Roberto Gavaldón	Nominated [6]
1961 (34th)	The Important Man	Ánimas Trujano (El hombre importante)	Ismael Rodríguez	Nominated [7]
1962 (35th)	The Pearl of Tlayucan	Tlayucan	Luis Alcoriza	Nominated [8]
1963 (36th)	The Paper Man	El hombre de papel	Ismael Rodríguez	Not nominated
1965 (38th)	Always Farther Away	Tarahumara (Cada vez más lejos)	Luis Alcoriza	Not nominated
1966 (39th)	Black Wind	Viento Negro	Servando González	Not nominated
1967 (40th)	The Adolescents	Los Adolescentes	Abel Salazar	Not nominated
1971 (44th)	El Topo		Alejandro Jodorowsky	Not nominated
1973 (46th)	Reed: Insurgent Mexico	Reed, México insurgente	Paul Leduc	Not nominated
1974 (47th)	Calzonzin Inspector		Alfonso Arau	Not nominated
1975 (48th)	Letters from Marusia	Actas de Marusia	Miguel Littín	Nominated [9]
1976 (49th)	Length of War	Longitud de guerra	Gonzalo Martínez Ortega	Not nominated
1977 (50th)	Pafnucio Santo		Rafael Corkidi	Not nominated
1978 (51st)	A Limitless Place	El Lugar sin límites	Arturo Ripstein	Not nominated
1981 (54th)	Mojado Power		Alfonso Arau	Not nominated
1983 (56th)	Eréndira		Ruy Guerra	Not nominated
1985 (58th)	Frida Still Life	Frida, naturaleza viva	Paul Leduc	Not nominated
1986 (59th)	The Realm of Fortune	El Imperio de la fortuna	Arturo Ripstein	Not nominated
1987 (60th)	Life Is Most Important	Lo Que Importa es Vivir	Luis Alcoriza	Not nominated
1988 (61st)	The Last Tunnel	El Último túnel	Servando González	Not nominated
1990 (63rd)	Cabeza de Vaca		Nicolás Echevarría	Not nominated
1991 (64th)	Homework	La Tarea	Jaime Humberto Hermosillo	Not nominated
1992 (65th)	Like Water for Chocolate	Como agua para chocolate	Alfonso Arau	Not nominated
1993 (66th)	Chronos	Cronos	Guillermo del Toro	Not nominated
1994 (67th)	The Beginning and the End	Principio y fin	Arturo Ripstein	Not nominated
1995 (68th)	Midaq Alley	El callejón de los milagros	Jorge Fons	Not nominated
1996 (69th)	Between Pancho Villa and a Naked Woman	Entre Pancho Villa y una mujer desnuda	Sabina Berman , Isabelle Tardán	Not nominated
1997 (70th)	Deep Crimson	Profundo carmesí	Arturo Ripstein	Not nominated
1998 (71st)	Un embrujo		Carlos Carrera	Not nominated
1999 (72nd)	No One Writes to the Colonel	El Coronel no tiene quien le escriba	Arturo Ripstein	Not nominated
2000 (73rd)	Amores perros		Alejandro González Iñárritu	Nominated [10]
2001 (74th)	Perfume de violetas, nadie te oye	Perfume de violetas, nadie te oye	Maryse Sistach	Not nominated
2002 (75th)	El crimen del Padre Amaro	El crimen del Padre Amaro	Carlos Carrera	Nominated [11]
2003 (76th)	Aro Tolbukhin		Isaac Pierre Racine , Agustí Villaronga , Lydia Zimmermann	Not nominated
2004 (77th)	Innocent Voices	Voces inocentes	Luis Mandoki	Not nominated
2005 (78th)	Al otro lado		Gustavo Loza	Not nominated
2006 (79th)	Pan's Labyrinth	El laberinto del fauno	Guillermo del Toro	Nominated [12]
2007 (80th)	Silent Light	Luz silenciosa	Carlos Reygadas	Not nominated
2008 (81st)	Tear This Heart Out	Arráncame La Vida	Roberto Sneider	Made shortlist [13]
2009 (82nd)	Backyard [14]	El Traspatio	Carlos Carrera	Not nominated
2010 (83rd)	Biutiful [15]		Alejandro González Iñárritu	Nominated [16]
2011 (84th)	Miss Bala [17]		Gerardo Naranjo	Not nominated
2012 (85th)	After Lucia [18]	Después de Lucía	Michel Franco	Not nominated
2013 (86th)	Heli [19]		Amat Escalante	Not nominated
2014 (87th)	Cantinflas [20]		Sebastian del Amo	Not nominated
2015 (88th)	600 Miles [21]	600 Millas	Gabriel Ripstein	Not nominated
2016 (89th)	Desierto [22]		Jonás Cuarón	Not nominated
2017 (90th)	Tempestad [23]		Tatiana Huezo	Not nominated
2018 (91st)	Roma [24]		Alfonso Cuarón	Won Academy Award [5]
2019 (92nd)	The Chambermaid [25]	La camarista	Lila Avilés	Not nominated
2020 (93rd)	I'm No Longer Here [26]	Ya no estoy aquí	Fernando Frías de la Parra	Made shortlist [27]
2021 (94th)	Prayers for the Stolen [28]	Noche de fuego	Tatiana Huezo	Made shortlist [29]
2022 (95th)	Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths [30]	Bardo, falsa crónica de unas cuantas verdades	Alejandro González Iñárritu	Made shortlist
2023 (96th)	Tótem [31]		Lila Avilés	Made shortlist

Shortlisted Films

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:

2007	Bad Habits · Eréndira Ikikunari · Never on Sunday · Under the Same Moon [32]
2008	Burn the Bridges · Cochochi · Cumbia Connection · Déficit · Familia tortuga · Lake Tahoe · Nonna's Trip · Two Embraces · Used Parts · The Zone [33]
2009	The Bastards · The Desert Within · I'm Gonna Explode · The Inheritors · Nora's Will · Rudo y Cursi · Under the Salt [34]
2010	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]
2012	Between Us · Colosio: El asesinato · The Fantastic World of Juan Orol · Pastorela · Post Tenebras Lux · The Tiniest Place [38]
2013	The Amazing Catfish · Apasionado Pancho Villa · La cebra · Cinco de mayo: La batalla · The Dream of Lu · The Golden Dream · Instructions Not Included · Miradas múltiples · Las paredes hablan · The Precocious and Brief Life of Sabina Rivas · The Prize · Tlatelolco, verano del 68 · Tooth for a Tooth · She Doesn't Want to Sleep Alone [39]
2014	Disrupted · Eufrosina's Revolution · González: falsos profetas · Güeros · Guten Tag, Ramón · H2Omx · The Incident · Inercia · The Last Call · Mi amiga Bety · My Universe in Lower Case · Orphans · Paradise · The Perfect Dictatorship · Perfect Obedience · Purgatorio: A Journey Into the Heart of the Border · ¿Qué sueñan las cabras? · The Tears · Volando bajo · Workers [40]
2015	Echo of the Mountain · Eddie Reynolds y los ángeles de acero · Elvira I Will Give You My Life But I'm Using It · Four Moons · Gloria · Happy Times · Lonely Stars · One for the Road · Perpetual Sadness · A Separate Wind · The Thin Yellow Line · Time Suspended · Una última y nos vamos [41]
2016	The 4th Company · 7:19 · The Alien · Being or Not Being · Carmin Tropical · The Chosen Ones · The Dead · Epitaph · El Jeremías · Made in Bangkok · El más buscado · A Monster with a Thousand Heads · Panamerican Machinery · We Are Mari Pepa · You're Killing Me Susana [42]
2017	All of Me · April's Daughter · Beauties of the Night · Bleak Street · The Dance of the Memory · I Dream in Another Language · The Man Who Saw Too Much · Nocturno · Plaza de la soledad · The Pleasure Is Mine · Purasangre · The Untamed · Warehoused · We Are the Flesh [43]
2018	The Angel in the Clock · El Buquinista · El club de los insomnes · The Darkness · Devil's Freedom · The Eternal Feminine · Everything Else · The Gaze of the Sea · Museum · The Night Guard · Tigers Are Not Afraid · Time Share [44]
2019	Belzebuth · Chicuarotes · Eight Out of Ten · Esmeralda's Twilight · The Good Girls · The Mongolian Conspiracy · Olimpia · Ready to Mingle · This Is Tomas [45]
2020	Guie'dani's Navel · I Carry You with Me · New Order · This Is Not Berlin ·Workforce [46]
2021	A Cop Movie · Devil Between the Legs · Identifying Features · Los lobos · Tragic Jungle [28]
2022	The Box · The Hole in the Fence · Nudo Mixteco · Presencias [47] [48]
2023	The Great Seduction · Huesera: The Bone Woman · Noise · ¡Que viva México! · Where the Tracks End [49]

See also

• List of Academy Award winners and nominees for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Academy Award-winning foreign language films

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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External links

• The Official Academy Awards Database
• The Motion Picture Credits Database
• IMDb Academy Awards Page