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

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Slovakia has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film since 1993. 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]

The Slovak submission is decided annually by the Slovak Film and Television Academy (Slovenská filmová a televízna akadémia).[2] As of 2015, nineteen Slovak films have been submitted for consideration, none of which have been nominated for an Oscar. Six of these have been directed by Martin Šulík.

Until 1993, the Slovak Republic was a constituent republic within Czechoslovakia, and Czech and Slovaks routinely collaborated on national productions. The Shop on Main Street, which won the Best Foreign Film Oscar in 1966 for Czechoslovakia, was a Slovak-language production. It was also the first Czechoslovak film ever to be nominated for an Oscar.[3]

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.[4] 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 the Slovak Republic for review by the Academy for the award by the year of the submission and the respective Academy Award ceremony.

Most films were at least partially in Slovak, although All My Loved Ones was primarily in Czech and Return of the Storks and King of Thieves had much of their dialogue in German.

Year
(Ceremony)		 Film title used in nomination Slovak title Director Result
1993
(66th)		 Everything I Like Všetko čo mám rád Martin Šulík Not Nominated
1994
(67th)		 Angel of Mercy Anjel milosrdenstva Miloslav Luther Not Nominated
1995
(68th)		 The Garden Záhrada Martin Šulík Not Nominated
1997
(70th)		 Orbis Pictus Orbis Pictus Martin Šulík Not Nominated
1998
(71st)		 Rivers of Babylon Rivers of Babylon Vladimír Balco Not Nominated
1999
(72nd)		 All My Loved Ones Všichni moji blízcí Matej Mináč Not Nominated
2000
(73rd)		 Landscape Krajinka Martin Šulík Not Nominated
2002
(75th)		 Cruel Joys Kruté radosti Juraj Nvota Not Nominated
2003
(76th)		 The King of Thieves Král zlodejov Ivan Fíla Not Nominated
2005:
(78th)		 City of the Sun Slnečný štát Martin Šulík Not Nominated
2007
(80th)		 Return of the Storks [5] Návrat bocianov Martin Repka Not Nominated
2008
(81st)		 Blind Loves [6] Slepe lásky Juraj Lehotský Not Nominated
2009
(82nd)		 Broken Promise Nedodržaný sľub Jiří Chlumský Not Nominated
2010
(83rd)		 The Border Hranica Jaroslav Vojtek Not Nominated[7]
2011
(84th)		 Gypsy[8] Cigán Martin Šulík Not Nominated
2012
(85th)		 Made in Ash[9] Až do mesta Aš Iveta Grófová Not Nominated
2013
(86th)		 My Dog Killer[10] Môj pes Killer Mira Fornay Not Nominated
2014
(87th)		 A Step Into the Dark[11] Krok do tmy Miloslav Luther Not Nominated
2015
(88th)		 Goat[12] Koza Ivan Ostrochovský Not Nominated

In 2008 the producers of Bathory protested the decision of the Slovak Academy not to consider their film, the most expensive in Slovak history, for an Oscar nomination. The Slovak Academy said the multi-national production, which was filmed in Slovak- and English-language versions, did not qualify as a majority-Slovak production, in part because none of the lead cast came from Slovakia. The Academy instead chose documentary Blind Loves from a shortlist of four films.[13][not in citation given]

See also

References

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  2. ↑ Source: http://www.aic.sk/aic/slovensky-film/v-zahranici/archiv/navrat-bocianov-sa-bude-uchadzat-o-oscara-2008.html
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  5. ↑ Other finalist: Rozhovor s nepriatel'om (Facing the Enemy) Source: http://www.aic.sk/aic/slovensky-film/v-zahranici/archiv/navrat-bocianov-sa-bude-uchadzat-o-oscara-2008.html
  6. ↑ Other finalists: Démonov (Demons), Polčas rozpadu (Half Life) and Muzika (Music). Source: http://www.spectator.sk/articles/view/33308/30/slovakia_hopes_for_blind_luck_at_oscars.html
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