ACADEMY AWARD FOR BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

'Sciuscià'

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:38:23 GMT

Special/Honorary Award (1947) ~ Italian film Director (Vittorio De Sica) The high quality of this Italian-made motion picture (1947), brought to eloquent life in a country scarred by war, is proof to the world that the creative spirit can triumph over adversity.

Monsieur Vincent

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:58:23 GMT

Special/Honorary Award (1948) ~ French film Director (Maurice Cloche) Voted by the Academy Board of Governors as the most outstanding foreign language film released in the United States during 1948.

The Bicycle Thief

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:03:14 GMT

Special/Honorary Award (1949) ~ Italian film Director (Vittorio De Sica) Voted by the Academy Board of Governors as the most oustanding foreign language film released in the United States during 1949.

Le mura di Malapaga

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:14:44 GMT

Special/Honorary Award (1950) ~ French-Italian film Director (René Clément) Voted by the Academy Board of Governors as the most oustanding foreign language film released in the United States during 1950.

Rashomon

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:22:27 GMT

Special/Honorary Award (1951) ~ Japanese film Director (Akira Kurosawa) Voted by the Academy Board of Governors as the most oustanding foreign language film released in the United States during 1951.

Forbidden Games

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:25:01 GMT

Special/Honorary Award (1952) ~ French film Director (René Clément) Best Foreign Language Film first released in the United States during 1952.

Gate of Hell

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:27:43 GMT

Special/Honorary Award (1954) ~ Japanese film Director (Teinosuke Kinugasa) Best Foreign Language Film first released in the United States during 1954.

Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:39:32 GMT

Special/Honorary Award (1955)~ Japanese film Director (Hiroshi Inagaki) Best Foreign Language Film first released in the United States during 1955.

La Strada

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:41:41 GMT

Academy Award of Merit (1956) ~ Italian film Director (Federico Fellini) Other nominees: The Captain of Kopenick (West Germany) Gervaise (France) Harp of Burma (Japan) Qivitoq (Denmark)

Nights of Cabiria

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:51:24 GMT

Academy Award of Merit (1957) ~ Italian film Director (Federico Fellini) Other nominees: The Devil Came at Night (Germany) Gates of Paris (France) Mother India (India) Nine Lives (Norway)

Mon oncle

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:37:58 GMT

Academy Award of Merit (1958) ~ French film Director (Jacques Tati) Other nominees: Arms and the Man (Germany) La Venganza (Spain) The Road a Year Long (Yugoslavia) The Usual Unidentified Thieves

Black Orpheus

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:40:55 GMT

Academy Award of Merit (1959) ~ French film Director (Marcel Camus) Other nominees: The Bridge (France) The Great War (Italy) Paw (Denmark) The Village on the River (The Netherlands)

The Virgin Spring

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:43:21 GMT

Academy Award of Merit (1960) ~ Swedish film Director (Ingmar Bergman) Other nominees: Kapo (Italy) La Verite (France) Macario (Mexico) The Ninth Circle (Yugoslavia)

Through a Glass Darkly

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:47:50 GMT

Academy Award of Merit (1961) ~ Swedish film Director (Ingmar Bergman) Other nominees: Harry and the Butler (Denmark) Immortal Love (Japan) The Important Man (Mexico) Placido (Spain)

Sundays and Cybele

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:50:34 GMT

Academy Award of Merit (1962) ~ French film Director (Serge Bourguignon) Other nominees: Electra (Greece) The Four Days of Naples (Italy) Keeper of Promises (The Given Word) Tlayucan (Mexico)

8 1/2

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:09:08 GMT

Academy Award of Merit (1963) ~ Italian film Director (Federico Fellini) Other nominees: Knife in the Water (Poland) Los Tarantos (Spain) The Red Lanterns (Greece) Twin Sisters of Kyoto (Japan)

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:12:53 GMT

Academy Award of Merit (1964) ~ Italian film Director (Vittorio De Sica) Other nominees: Raven's End (Sweden) Sallah (Israel) The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (France) Woman in the Dunes (Japan)

The Shop on Main Street

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:18:28 GMT

Academy Award of Merit (1965) ~ Czech film Director (Ján Kadár and Ján Kadár) Other nominees: Blood on the Land (Greece) Dear John (Sweden) Kwaidan (Japan) Marriage Italian Style (Italy)

A Man and a Woman

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:30:18 GMT

Academy Award of Merit (1966) ~ French film Director (Claude Lelouch) Other nominees: The Battle of Algiers (Italy) Loves of a Blonde (Czechoslovakia) Pharaoh (Poland) Three (Yugoslavia)

Closely Watched Trains

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:36:20 GMT

Academy Award of Merit (1967) ~ Czech film Director (Jiří Menzel) Other nominees: El Amor Brujo (Spain) I Even Met Happy Gypsies (Yugoslavia) Live for Life (France) Portrait of Chieko (Japan)

Voyna i mir

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:04:12 GMT

Academy Award of Merit (1968) ~ Russian film Director (Sergei Bondarchuk) Other nominees: The Boys of Paul Street (Hungary) The Firemen's Ball (Czechoslovakia) The Girl with the Pistol (Italy) Stolen Kisses (France)

Z

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:11:25 GMT

Academy Award of Merit (1969) ~ French film Director (Costa-Gavras) Other nominees: Adalen '31 (Sweden) The Battle of Neretva (Yugoslavia) The Brothers Karamazov (Russia) My Night with Maud (France)

Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:17:46 GMT

Academy Award of Merit (1970) ~ Italian film Director (Elio Petri) Other nominees: First Love (Switzerland) Hoa-Binh (France) Paix Sur Les Champs (Belgium) Tristana (Spain)

The Garden of the Finzi-Continis

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:24:35 GMT

Academy Award of Merit (1971) ~ French film Director (Luis Buñuel) Other nominees: Dodes'Ka-Den (Japan) The Emigrants (Sweden) The Policeman (Israel) Tchaikovsky (Russia)

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:29:04 GMT

Academy Award of Merit (1972) ~ French film Director (Luis Buñuel) Other nominees: The Dawns are Quiet (Russia) I Love You Rosa (Israel) My Dearest Senorita (Spain) The New Land (Sweden)

Day for Night

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:32:26 GMT

Academy Award of Merit (1973) ~ French film Director (François Truffaut) Other nominees: The House on Chelouche Street (Israel) L'Invitation (Switzerland) The Pedestrian (Federal Republic of West Germany) Turkish Delight (The Netherlands)

Amarcord

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:37:08 GMT

Academy Award of Merit (1974) ~ Italian film Director (Federico Fellini) Other nominees: Catsplay (Hungary) The Deluge (Poland) Lacombe, Lucien (France) The Truce (Argentina)

Dersu Uzala

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:39:59 GMT

Academy Award of Merit (1975) ~ Russian film Director (Akira Kurosawa) Other nominees: Land of Promise (Poland) Letters from Marsusia (Mexico) Sandakan No. 8 (Japan) Scent of a Woman (Italy)

Black and White in Color

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:43:15 GMT

Academy Award of Merit (1976) ~ French film Director (Jean-Jacques Annaud) Other nominees: Cousin, Cousine (France) Jacob, The Liar (German Democratic Republic) Nights and Days (Poland) Seven Beauties (Italy)

Madame Rosa (A Life Ahead)

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:48:05 GMT

Academy Award of Merit (1977) ~ French film Director (Jean-Jacques Annaud) Other nominees: Iphigenia (Greece) Operation Thunderbolt (Israel) A Special Day (Italy) That Obscure Object of Desire (Spain)

Get Out Your Handkerchiefs

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:47:04 GMT

Academy Award of Merit (1978) ~ French film Director (Bertrand Blier) Other nominees: The Glass Cell (German Federal Republic) Hungarians (Hungary) Viva Italia!(Italy) White Bim Black Ear (Russia)

The Tin Drum

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 23:17:39 GMT

Academy Award of Merit (1979) ~ German film Director (Volker Schlöndorff) Other nominees: The Maids of Wilko (Poland) Mama Turns a Hundred (Spain) A Simple Story (France) To Forget Venice (Italy)

Moskva slezam ne verit

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:05:32 GMT

Academy Award of Merit (1980) ~ Russian film Director (Vladimir Menshov) Other nominees: Confidence (Hungary) Kagemusha (The Shadow Warrier) (Japan) The Last Metro (France) The Nest (Spain)

Mephisto

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:26:48 GMT

Academy Award of Merit (1981) ~ Hungarian film Director (István Szabó) Other nominees: The Boat is Full (Switzerland) Man of Iron (Poland) Muddy River (Japan) Three Brothers (Italy)

To Begin Again

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:34:51 GMT

Academy Award of Merit (1982) ~ Spanish film Director (José Luis Garci) Other nominees: Alsino and the Condor (Nicaragua) Coup de Torchon ("Clean Slate")(France) The Flight of the Eagle (Sweden) Private Life (Russia)

Fanny and Alexander

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:57:52 GMT

Academy Award of Merit (1983) ~ Swedish film Director (Ingmar Bergman) Other nominees: Carmen (Spain) Entre Nous (France) Job's Revolt (Hungary) Le Bal (Algeria)

Dangerous Moves

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 01:02:00 GMT

Academy Award of Merit (1984) ~ French film Director (Richard Dembo) Other nominees: Beyond the Walls (Israel) Camila (Argentina) Double Feature (Spain) Wartime Romance (Russia)

The Official Story

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 01:07:11 GMT

Academy Award of Merit (1985) ~ Spanish film Director (Luis Puenzo) Other nominees: Angry Harvest (Federal Republic of Germany) Colonel Redl (Hungary) Three Men and a Cradle (France) When Father Was Away on Business (Yugoslavia)

The Assault

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 01:14:22 GMT

Academy Award of Merit (1986) ~ Dutch film Director (Fons Rademakers) Other nominees: Betty Blue (France) The Decline of the American Empire (Canadian) My Sweet Little Village (Czechoslovakia) "38" (Austria)

Babette's Feast

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 01:20:04 GMT

Academy Award of Merit (1987) ~ Danish film Director (Gabriel Axel) Other nominees: Au Revoir Les Enfants (Goodbye, Children) (France) Course Completed (Spain) The Family (Italy) Pathfinder (Norway)

Pelle the Conqueror

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 01:53:11 GMT

Academy Award of Merit (1988) ~ Danish film Director (Bille August) Other nominees: Hanussen (Hungary) The Music Teacher (Belgium) Salaam Bombay! (India) Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Spain)

Cinema Paradiso

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 01:57:07 GMT

Academy Award of Merit (1989) ~ Italian film Director (Giuseppe Tornatore) Other nominees: Camille Claudel (France) Jesus of Montreal (Canada) Waltzing Regitze (Denmark) What Happened to Santiago (Puerto Rico)

Journey of Hope

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 01:59:23 GMT

Academy Award of Merit (1990) ~ German film Director (Xavier Koller) Other nominees: Cyrano de Bergerac (France) Ju Dou (People's Republic of China) The Nasty Girl (Germany) Open Doors (Italy)

Mediterraneo

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:27:42 GMT

Academy Award of Merit (1991) ~ Italian film Director (Gabriele Salvatores) Other nominees: Children of Iceland (Iceland) The Elementary School (Czechoslovakia) The Ox (Sweden) Kaise the Red Lantern (Hong Kong)

Indochine

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:34:17 GMT

Academy Award of Merit (1992) ~ French film Director (Régis Wargnier) Other nominees: Close to Eden (Russia) Daens (Belgium) Schtonk (Germany)

Belle Epoque

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:37:38 GMT

Academy Award of Merit (1993) ~ Spanish film Director (Fernando Trueba) Other nominees: Farewell My Concubine (Hong Kong) Hedd Wyn (United Kingdom/Wales) The Secret of Green Papaya (Vietnam) The Wedding Banquet (Taiwan)

Burnt by the Sun

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:42:28 GMT

Academy Award of Merit (1994) ~ Russian film Director (Nikita Mikhalkov) Other nominees: Before the Rain (Macedeonia) Eat Drink Man Woman (Taiwan) Farinelli:IL Castrato (Belgium) Strawberry and Chocolate (Cuba)

Antonia's Line

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:48:23 GMT

Academy Award of Merit (1995) ~ Dutch film Director (Marleen Gorris) Other nominees: All Things Fair (Sweden) Dust of Life (Algeria) O Quatrilho (Brazil) The Star Maker (Italy)

Kolya

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:57:37 GMT

Academy Award of Merit (1996) ~ Czech film Director (Jan Svěrák) Other nominees: A Chief in Love (Georgia) The Other Side of Sunday (Norway) Prisoner of the Mountains (Russia) Ridicule (France)

Character

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 03:02:35 GMT

Academy Award of Merit (1997) ~ Dutch film Director (Mike van Diem) Other nominees: Beyond Silence (Germany) Four Days in September (Brazil) Secrets of the Heart (Spain) The Thief (Russia)