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

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Moldova submitted a film for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film [nb 1] for the first time in 2013. [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 Moldova 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
2013
(86th) 		All God's Children [3] Toti Copiii Domnului Romanian, Italian Adrian Popovici Not nominated
2014
(87th) 		The Unsaved [6] La limita de jos a ceruluiRomanian Igor Cobileanski Not nominated
2022
(95th) 		Carbon [7] Romanian, Russian Ion BorșNot nominated
2023
(96th) 		Thunders [8] TuneteRomanianIoane BobeicaNot 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the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film in April 2019, after the Academy deemed the word "Foreign" to be outdated.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]

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. 1 2 "Oscar's Final Foreign-Language List Includes a Few Surprises". Variety. 7 October 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
  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. ↑ "83 Countries In Competition For 2014 Foreign Language Film Oscar". AMPAS. 9 October 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  7. ↑ ""Carbon" directed by Ion Borș among Oscars submissions". IPN Press Agency. 21 September 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  8. ↑ Carțîn, Svetlana (26 September 2023). "R. Moldova înaintează filmul autohton TUNETE, în regia lui Ioane Bobeica, la premiile Oscar pentru categoria "Cel mai bun lungmetraj internațional"". TVR Moldova (in Romanian). Retrieved 10 December 2023.
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