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

Tareque Masud has represented Bangladesh first in this competition.

Bangladesh has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film since 2002. 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.[1] 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.[2] Twelve Bangladeshi films have been submitted for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but none of them have been nominated for an Oscar.

In addition to the twelve films officially submitted by Bangladesh, Pakistan submitted The Day Shall Dawn for Oscar consideration in 1959. Dawn was filmed in Bangladesh (then East Pakistan) with a mostly Bangladeshi cast speaking Urdu, the official language of West Pakistan.

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.[2] 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.[1] Below is a list of the films that have been submitted by Bangladesh for review by the Academy for the award by year and the respective Academy Awards ceremony.

The Bangladeshi nominee is decided annually by the Bangladesh Federation of Film Societies. All Bangladeshi submissions were filmed in Bengali.

All Bangladeshi submissions since 2005 have been produced by Impress Telefilm Limited film studio, based in the capital Dhaka, and there was a lot of cast crossover between the films. Actors Fazlur Rahman Babu, Jayanta Chattopadhyay and Shahidul Islam Sachchu, as well as actress Rokeya Prachi each had leading roles in three out of the six submitted films, including Britter Baire in which all four co-starred.

Year
(Ceremony) 		Film title used in nomination Original title Director Result
2002
(75th)		 The Clay Bird[3] মাটির ময়না (Matir Moyna) Masud, TarequeTareque Masud Not Nominated
2005
(78th)		 Shyamol Chhaya[4] শ্যামল ছায়া (Shyamol Chhaya) Ahmed, HumayunHumayun Ahmed Not Nominated
2006
(79th)		 Forever Flows[5] নিরন্তর (Nirontor) Sayeed, AbuAbu Sayeed Not Nominated
2007
(80th)		 On the Wings of Dreams[6] স্বপ্নডানায় (Swopnodanay) Biplob, Golam RabbanyGolam Rabbany Biplob Not Nominated
2008
(81st)		 Aha![7] আহা! (Aha) Nirjhar , Enamul KarimEnamul Karim Nirjhar Not Nominated
2009
(82nd)		 Beyond the Circle বৃত্তের বাইরে (Britter Baire) Biplob, Golam RabbanyGolam Rabbany Biplob Not Nominated
2010
(83rd)		 Third Person Singular Number[8] থার্ড পারসন সিঙ্গুলার নাম্বার (Third Person Singular Number) Farooki, Mostofa SarwarMostofa Sarwar Farooki Not Nominated[9]
2012
(85th)		 Ghetuputra Komola[10] ঘেটুপুত্র কমলা (Ghetuputra Kamola) Ahmed, HumayunHumayun Ahmed Not Nominated
2013
(86th)		 Television[11] টেলিভিশন Farooki, Mostofa SarwarMostofa Sarwar Farooki Not Nominated
2014
(87th)		 Glow of the Firefly[12]

(Jonakir Alo)

 Mithu, Khalid MahmoodKhalid Mahmood Mithu Not Nominated
2015
(88th)		 Jalal's Story[13] জালালের গল্প Abu Shahed Emon Not Nominated
2016
(89th)		 The Unnamed[14] অজ্ঞাতনামা' (Oggatonama) Tauquir Ahmed
TBD

See also

References

  1. 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. Retrieved 2013-08-26.
  2. 1 2 "History of the Academy Awards - Page 2". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 2008-06-22. Retrieved 2008-07-05.
  3. ↑ "Record-Breaking 54 Countries in Competition for Oscar". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 2002-12-02. Archived from the original on 2007-06-11. Retrieved 2008-07-05.
  4. ↑ Kamol, Ershad (2005-09-15). "Shyamol Chhaya going to the Oscars". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2008-07-05.
  5. ↑ Sneider, Jeff (2006-10-19). "Oscar race counts 61 countries". Variety. Retrieved 2008-07-05.
  6. ↑ "A Record 63 Countries Vying For Best Foreign-Language Oscar Nod". Yahoo! Movies. 2007-10-17. Archived from the original on 2008-09-26. Retrieved 2008-07-05.
  7. ↑ "Aha nominated for Academy Award". South Asian Media Net. 2008-09-12. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
  8. ↑ "'Third Person Singular Number' to compete in foreign language category in Oscar Award". The New Nation. Retrieved 2010-09-28.
  9. ↑ "9 Foreign Language Films Continue to Oscar® Race". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-01-19.
  10. ↑ "Humayun's 'Ghetuputra Kamola' to compete for Oscar". Daily Star. 2012-09-18. Retrieved 2012-09-18.
  11. ↑ "Bangladesh Turns on "Television" for Oscar Race". Variety. Retrieved 2013-09-21.
  12. ↑ "Bangladesh sends Jonakir Alo to Oscars". New Age. Retrieved 2014-09-26.
  13. ↑ Bhushan, Nyay (2015-09-24). "Oscars: Bangladesh Selects 'Jalal's Story' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2015-09-24.
  14. ↑ "Oggatonama to represent Bangladesh at Oscars". The Daily Star. 2016-09-26. Retrieved 2016-09-26.

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