List of Belgian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Belgium has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film since 1969. 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.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/80academyawards/rules/rule14.html | accessdate = 2008-08-21] 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.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 = 2008-08-21]

As of 2008, five Belgian films have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Of these films, two have been directed by Gérard Corbiau: "The Music Teacher" and "Farinelli".cite web|url=http://movies.nytimes.com/person/85880/Gerard-Corbiau/awards|title=Gerard Corbiau - Awards|publisher="The New York Times"|accessdate=2008-08-22] The three other Belgian directors to have films accepted as nominees are Jacques Boigelot, Stijn Coninx, Dominique Deruddere. Boigelot's "Peace in the Fields" was accepted as a nominee at the 43rd Academy Awards,cite web|url=http://movies.nytimes.com/person/226752/Jacques-Boigelet/awards|title=James Boigelot - Awards|publisher="The New York Times"|accessdate=2008-08-22] , Stijn Coninx's Daens was a nominee in 1993 [ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104046/ Daens, Academy Award nominee in 1993] ] and Deruddere's "Everybody's Famous!" was a nominee at the 73rd Academy Awards.cite web|url=http://thebostonphoenix.com/boston/movies/trailers/documents/01710015.htm|title=Short Reviews - Everybody's Famous|publisher="The Phoenix"|author=Meek, Tom|date=2001-07-19|accessdate=2008-08-22]

ubmissions

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. Below is a list of the films that have been submitted by Belgium for review by the Academy for the award by year and the respective Academy Awards ceremony.

ee also

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

References

External links

* [http://www.oscars.org/awardsdatabase/ The Official Academy Awards Database]
* [http://www.oscars.org/impc_site2/index.html The Motion Picture Credits Database]
* [http://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Academy_Awards_USA/ IMDb Academy Awards Page]