List of Costa Rican submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Costa Rica submitted a film for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film for the first time in 2005. 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]

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 Costa Rica for review by the Academy for the award by year and the respective Academy Awards ceremony.

Year
(Ceremony) 		Film title used in nomination Original title Language(s) Director Result
2005
(78th)		 Caribe Caribe Spanish Esteban Ramírez Not Nominated
2010
(83rd)		 Of Love and Other Demons[3] Del amor y otros demonios Spanish Hidalgo, HildaHilda Hidalgo Not Nominated[4]
2014
(87th)		 Red Princesses[5] Princesas rojas Spanish Astorga, LauraLaura Astorga Not Nominated
2015
(88th)		 Presos[6] Presos Spanish Esteban Ramírez Not Nominated
2016
(89th)		 About Us[7] Entonces Nosotros Spanish Hernán Jiménez
TBD

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Rule Thirteen: Special Rules for the Foreign Language Film Award" (PDF). Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 August 2014. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
  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 2008-08-21.
  3. ↑ "Oscar feels the 'Love'". variety. 2010-09-30. Retrieved 2010-10-01.
  4. ↑ "9 Foreign Language Films Continue to Oscar Race". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-01-19.
  5. ↑ "Costa Rica postula a 'Princesas Rojas' al Óscar 2015". La Nacion. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  6. ↑ Aguilar, Carlos (30 September 2015). "Costa Rica Selects Esteban Ramirez' 'Presos' as Oscar Submission". IndieWire. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  7. ↑ Salazar, Francisco (12 October 2016). "Oscar 2017 Predictions: 'About Us' Will represent Costa Rica at the Oscars". Latin Post. Retrieved 21 October 2016.

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