List of submissions to the 72nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

List of submissions to the 72nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film was created in 1956 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honour non-English-speaking films produced outside the United States. [cite web | title = History of the Academy Awards - Page 2| publisher = Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences | url = http://www.oscars.org/aboutacademyawards/history02.html | accessdate = 2008-06-23] The award is handed out annually, and is accepted by the winning film's director, although it is considered an award for the submitting country as a whole.cite web | title = Special Rules for the Best Foreign Language Film Award|publisher = Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences | url = http://www.oscars.org/81academyawards/rules/rule14.html | accessdate = 2008-08-25] Countries are invited by the Academy to submit their best films for competition according to strict rules, with only one film being accepted from each country.

For the 72nd Academy Awards, the Academy invited 75 countries to submit films for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. [cite press release | title = Academy Invites 75 Countries to Submit Their Best Pictures for Foreign Language Film Oscar | publisher = Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences | date = 1999-08-02 | url = http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/1999/99.08.04.a.html | accessdate = 2008-08-20] The submission deadline was set on November 1, 1999. [cite press release | title = Nov 1 is Oscar Entry Deadline for Foreign Language and Short Films | publisher = Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences | date = 1999-10-22 | url = http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/1999/99.10.22.html | accessdate = 2008-08-20] Forty-seven countries submitted films to the Academy, surpassing the record set in 1994.cite press release | title = Record 47 Countries In Oscar Contention | publisher = Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences | date = 1999-11-22 | url = http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/1999/99.11.22.html | accessdate = 2008-08-20] The Asian nations of Bhutan, Nepal and Tajikistan submitted films for the first time ever. The nominations were announced on February 15, 2000, and the winner was revealed during the awards presentation held on March 26, 2000. [cite press release | title = Voting Schedule Set for 72nd Academy Awards | publisher = Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences | date = 1999-07-28 | url = http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/1999/99.07.29.html | accessdate = 2008-08-25] Belgium's submission "Rosetta" was not nominated, even though it had received the prestigious Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival the previous year. [cite news | title = Rosetta wins Cannes prize | publisher = BBC News | date = 1999-05-23 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/350993.stm | accessdate = 2008-08-25] Nepal received its first and so far only nomination for "Caravan", a film made in the Tibetan language, which is spoken in parts of Nepal, about the country's now disappearing salt-trade system. [cite news | title = Nepal's first ever Oscar nomination | publisher = BBC News | date = 2000-02-16 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/644756.stm | accessdate = 2008-08-25] The four other nominated films came from France, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.cite journal | title = 2000 Academy Award winners and nominations | journal = The Hollywood Reporter | url = http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/awards_festivals/oscars/nominations/2000.jsp | accessdate = 2008-08-25] The latter received its nomination for "Solomon and Gaenor", the first film made entirely in Welsh and Yiddish. [cite news | last = Thomas | first = Rebecca | title = Wising up to Solomon | publisher = BBC News | date = 2000-03-17 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/in_depth/entertainment/2000/oscars_2000/670138.stm | accessdate = 2008-08-25] Spain eventually won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film for Pedro Almodóvar's "All About My Mother". It was the country's third win after "Volver a Empezar (To Begin Again)" in 1982 and "Belle Époque" in 1993. [cite journal | author = "Variety" Staff | title = Best Foreign Film | journal = Variety | date = 2007-03-01 | url = http://www.variety.com/awardcentral_article/VR1117856491.html?nav=history | accessdate = 2008-08-25] Almodóvar dedicated the award to the Spanish people and to Spain, and had to be dragged from the stage after an overlong speech in which he thanked numerous saints and relatives. [cite news | title = What the winners said | work = Oscars 2000 | publisher = BBC News | date = 2000-03-28 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/entertainment/2000/oscars_2000/691920.stm | accessdate = 2008-08-20]

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ee also

*List of Academy Award winners and nominees for Best Foreign Language Film
*72nd Academy Awards nominees and winners
*List of Academy Award-winning foreign language films

References

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*cite press release
title = Record 47 Countries In Oscar Contention
publisher = Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
date = 1999-11-22
url = http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/1999/99.11.22.html
accessdate = 2008-08-20
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