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

Bolivia has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film since 1995. 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 = 2008-08-22] 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 = 2008-08-22] As of 2008, five Bolivian films have been submitted for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and none of them have been accepted as nominees.

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 Bolivia 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

Notes

*note label|Note1|A|A Bolivia's submission to the 78th Academy Awards, "Say Good Morning to Dad", was disqualified because it did not arrive at the Academy on time.cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4555152.stm|title=Foreign film barred from Oscars|publisher=BBC|date=2005-12-23|accessdate=2008-08-22]
*note label|Note1|B|B Bolivia submitted "Los Andes no creen en Dios" for review by the Academy at the 80th Academy Awards, but it did not appear on the list of official submissions.cite web|url=http://www.lostiempos.com/noticias/13-12-07/tragaluz.php|title=110 mil personas vieron el último filme de Eguino|language=Spanish|publisher="Los Tiempos"|author=Orellana, Ruddy|date=2007-12-13|accessdate=2008-08-22] cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2007/07.10.17a.html|title=63 Countries Seeking Foreign Language Film Oscar|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|date=2007-10-17|accessdate=2008-08-22]

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]