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

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Xavier Koller won the award for Journey of Hope. 1991 Academy Award Condor Films.jpg
Xavier Koller won the award for Journey of Hope .

Switzerland has submitted 46 films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film [nb 1] since their first entry in 1961. 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]

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As of 2021, five Swiss films have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and two of these have won the award, most recently for the Turkish refugee drama Journey of Hope at the 1991 Academy 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. 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 Switzerland for review by the academy for the award by year and the respective Academy Awards ceremony.

The Swiss submission is decided annually by the Federal Office for Culture. [4]

Since they began submitting regularly in 1972, they have only failed to enter a film on three occasions: 1977, 1978 and 2003. In 1994, the Swiss entered but were disqualified in a controversial ruling in which AMPAS determined that one of the favorites, Krzysztof Kieslowski's Red, was not a majority Swiss production. [5]

Director Alain Tanner had had his films selected five times, but none have been nominated. Xavier Koller and Swiss-based French director Jean-Luc Godard have each been selected to represent Switzerland three times.

Switzerland has four official languages. Twenty-two of the Swiss submissions have been French-language films, while fourteen were in some variety of German, and only one in Italian, but none have been in Romansh. In addition, two Swiss submissions were in Turkish.

Year
(Ceremony)		Film title used in nominationOriginal titleLanguage(s)DirectorResult
1961
(34th) 		The Shadows Grow Longer Die Schatten werden länger German Ladislao Vajda Not nominated
1970
(43rd) 		First Love Erste Liebe Maximilian Schell Nominated [6]
1972
(45th) 		La Salamandre French Alain Tanner Not nominated
1973
(46th) 		L'Invitation Claude Goretta Nominated [7]
1974
(47th) 		The Middle of the World Le Milieu du monde Alain Tanner Not nominated
1975
(48th) 		Confrontation Konfrontation Swiss German Rolf Lyssy Not nominated
1976
(49th) 		Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 Jonas qui aura 25 ans en l'an 2000French Alain Tanner Not nominated
1979
(52nd) 		Les petites fugues Les petites fugues Yves Yersin Not nominated
1980
(53rd) 		Every Man for Himself Sauve qui peut (la vie) Jean-Luc Godard Not nominated
1981
(54th) 		The Boat Is Full Das Boot ist VollGerman Markus Imhoof Nominated [8]
1982
(55th) 		Yol Turkish Şerif Gören Not nominated
1983
(56th) 		In the White City Dans la ville blancheFrench Alain Tanner Not nominated
1984
(57th) 		Dangerous Moves La Diagonale du fou Richard Dembo Won Academy Award [9]
1985
(58th) 		Alpine Fire HöhenfeuerSwiss German Fredi Murer Not nominated
1986
(59th) 		Tanner Der Schwarze Tanner Xavier Koller Not nominated
1987
(60th) 		If the Sun Never Returns Si le soleil ne revenait pasFrench Claude Goretta Not nominated
1988
(61st) 		La Méridienne Jean-François Amiguet Not nominated
1989
(62nd) 		My Dear Subject Mon cher sujet Anne-Marie Miéville Not nominated
1990
(63rd) 		Journey of Hope Reise der HoffnungTurkish, Swiss German, Italian Xavier Koller Won Academy Award [10]
1991
(64th) 		Der Berg German Markus Imhoof Not nominated
1992
(65th) 		Off Season Hors SaisonFrench Daniel Schmid Not nominated
1993
(66th) 		The Diary of Lady M Le Journal de Lady M Alain Tanner Not nominated
1994
(67th) 		Three Colors: Red Trois Couleurs: Rouge Krzysztof Kieślowski Disqualified [5]
1995
(68th) 		Adultery: A User's Guide Adultère, mode d'emploi Christine Pascal Not nominated
1996
(69th) 		Les Agneaux Marcel Schüpbach Not nominated
1997
(70th) 		For Ever Mozart Jean-Luc Godard Not nominated
1998
(71st) 		War in the Highlands La Guerre Dans le Haut Pays Francis Reusser Not nominated
1999
(72nd) 		Beresina, or The Last Days of Switzerland Beresina oder Die letzten Tage der SchweizSwiss German Daniel Schmid Not nominated
2000
(73rd) 		Gripsholm German Xavier Koller Not nominated
2001
(74th) 		In Praise of Love Éloge de l'amourFrench Jean-Luc Godard Not nominated
2002
(75th) 		Aime ton père Jacob Berger Not nominated
2004
(77th) 		Mein Name Ist Bach Mein Name Ist BachGerman Dominique de Rivaz Not nominated
2005
(78th) 		Tout un Hiver sans Feu Tout un Hiver sans FeuFrench Greg Zglinski Not nominated
2006
(79th) 		Vitus VitusSwiss German Fredi Murer Made shortlist [11]
2007
(80th) 		Late Bloomers Die Herbstzeitlosen Bettina Oberli Not nominated
2008
(81st) 		The FriendDer Freund Micha Lewinsky Not nominated
2009
(82nd) 		Home HomeFrench Ursula Meier Not nominated
2010
(83rd) 		La petite chambre La petite chambre Stéphanie Chuat and Véronique ReymondNot nominated [12]
2011
(84th) 		Summer Games [13] Giochi d'estateItalian Rolando Colla Not nominated
2012
(85th) 		Sister [14] L'Enfant d'en hautFrench Ursula Meier Made shortlist [15]
2013
(86th) 		More than Honey [16] More than HoneyGerman Markus Imhoof Not nominated
2014
(87th) 		The Circle [17] Der Kreis Stefan Haupt Not nominated
2015
(88th) 		Iraqi Odyssey [18] Arabic Samir Not nominated
2016
(89th) 		My Life as a Courgette [19] Ma vie de CourgetteFrench Claude Barras Made shortlist [20]
2017
(90th) 		The Divine Order [21] Die göttliche OrdnungGerman Petra Biondina Volpe Not nominated
2018
(91st) 		Eldorado [22] Markus Imhoof Not nominated
2019
(92nd) 		The Awakening of Motti Wolkenbruch [23] Wolkenbruchs wunderliche Reise in die Arme einer SchickseGerman, Yiddish Michael SteinerNot nominated
2020
(93rd) 		My Little Sister [24] SchwesterleinGerman, French, EnglishStéphanie Chuat, Véronique ReymondNot nominated
2021
(94th) 		Olga [25] French, Ukrainian Elie GrappeNot nominated
2022
(95th) 		A Piece of Sky [26] Drii WinterSwiss German Michael Koch Not nominated
2023
(96th) 		Thunder [27] FoudreFrenchCarmen JaquierNot nominated

See also

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

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  2. ↑ "Academy Announces Rule Changes For 92nd Oscars". Forbes. Archived from the original on 27 May 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  3. 1 2 "Rule Thirteen: Special Rules for the Foreign Language Film Award". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 22 August 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
  4. ↑ http://www.swissfilms.ch/detail_n.asp?id=2137729389%5B%5D
  5. 1 2 "This year's foreign Oscar race reflects a growingly global medium". Hitfix. Archived from the original on 2 October 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  6. ↑ "The 43rd Academy Awards (1971) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  7. ↑ "The 46th Academy Awards (1974) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  8. ↑ "The 54th Academy Awards (1982) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
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  10. ↑ "The 63rd Academy Awards (1991) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 9 November 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
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  13. ↑ "63 Countries Vie for 2011 Foreign Language Film Oscar". oscars.org. Archived from the original on 18 May 2012. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  14. ↑ Blaney, Martin (21 September 2012). "Ursula Meier's Sister entered for Oscar race". Screen International. EMAP. Archived from the original on 29 August 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
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  16. ↑ "Le film "More than Honey" représentera la Suisse aux Oscars 2014". RTS Info. 19 September 2013. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
  17. ↑ "Oscars: Switzerland Selects 'The Circle' for Foreign-Language Oscar". Hollywood Report. 22 September 2014. Archived from the original on 14 April 2015. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  18. ↑ "'Iraqi Odyssey' to represent Switzerland at Oscars". Swiss Info. 28 August 2015. Archived from the original on 5 February 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  19. ↑ Keslassy, Elsa (5 August 2016). "Switzerland Sends Claude Barras's 'My Life as a Courgette' to Foreign-Language Oscar Race". Variety . Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  20. ↑ "Oscars: Nine Films Advance in Foreign-Language Race". Variety . 15 December 2016. Archived from the original on 17 December 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  21. ↑ Roxborough, Scott (4 August 2017). "Oscars: Switzerland Selects 'The Divine Order' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 19 August 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  22. ↑ Anderson, Ariston (3 August 2018). "Oscars: Switzerland Selects 'Eldorado' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter . Archived from the original on 3 August 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  23. ↑ "Oscars: Switzerland Selects 'Wolkenbruch' for International Feature Film Category". Hollywood Reporter. 9 August 2019. Archived from the original on 11 August 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  24. ↑ Barraclough, Leo (28 August 2020). "Berlinale Film My Little Sister to Compete for International Feature Film Oscar". Variety. Archived from the original on 28 August 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  25. ↑ ""Olga" represents Switzerland in the competition for an Oscar". Archytele. 6 September 2021. Archived from the original on 11 April 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  26. ↑ Ramachandran, Naman; Hopewell, John (5 August 2022). "Oscars Race: Switzerland Submits 'A Piece of Sky' for Best International Feature Film". Variety. Archived from the original on 1 November 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  27. ↑ Bergeson, Samantha (4 August 2023). "International Oscar Race Begins as Switzerland's 'Thunder' Marks First 2024 Foreign Entry". IndieWire. Archived from the original on 4 August 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
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