Foreign Language Film Submissions from Spain to the Academy Awards to Compete for an Oscar Nomination or Win in the Best International Feature Film Category
A detailed text on Spanish submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film will follow as soon as I have some more time to create it. Please be patient!
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This list is chronologically sorted in reverse by years of participation!
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This list is chronologically sorted in reverse by years of participation!
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- DirectorFernando León de AranoaStarsJavier BardemManolo SoloAlmudena AmorAwaiting a visit by a committee that could give his company an award for excellence, the owner of an industrial scales manufacturing business tries to resolve any problems from his workers in enough time.94th ACADEMY AWARDS (2021) ░░░░ Status: submitted
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorAitor ArregiJon GarañoJose Mari GoenagaStarsAntonio de la TorreBelén CuestaVicente Vergara1936. A country taken by the fascism. A husband marked for the killing. A wife determined to all for saving him. An endless incarceration in his own home.93rd ACADEMY AWARDS (2020/21) ░░░░ Status: submitted
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorPedro AlmodóvarStarsAntonio BanderasAsier EtxeandiaLeonardo SbaragliaA film director reflects on the choices he's made in life as the past and present come crashing down around him.92nd ACADEMY AWARDS (2019) ▓▓▓▓ Status: nominated
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorJavier FesserStarsJavier GutiérrezAthenea MataJuan MargalloA basketball coach is sentenced to community service, forced to work with a team of mentally disabled players.91st ACADEMY AWARDS (2018) ░░░░ Status: submitted
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorCarla SimónStarsLaia ArtigasPaula RoblesBruna CusíAfter her mother's death, six-year-old Frida is sent to her uncle's family to live with them in the countryside. But Frida finds it hard to forget her mother and adapt to her new life.90th ACADEMY AWARDS (2017) | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorPedro AlmodóvarStarsEmma SuárezAdriana UgarteDaniel GraoAfter a casual encounter, a brokenhearted woman decides to confront her life and the most important events involving her estranged daughter.89th ACADEMY AWARDS (2016) | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorJon GarañoJose Mari GoenagaStarsItziar ItuñoNagore AranburuItziar AizpuruAne's life turns around when, week after week, she receives a bunch of flowers at home. Always at the same time and always without a senders note.88th ACADEMY AWARDS (2015) | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorDavid TruebaStarsJavier CámaraNatalia de MolinaFrancesc ColomerIn Spain in 1966, an English teacher picks up two hitchhikers on his quest to meet John Lennon.87th ACADEMY AWARDS (2014) | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorGracia QuerejetaStarsTito ValverdeMaribel VerdúArón PiperMargo is struggling to deal with her son, Jon a rebellious and free-spirited teenager who runs with a bad crowd.86th ACADEMY AWARDS (2013) | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorPablo BergerStarsMaribel VerdúEmilio GaviraDaniel Giménez CachoA twist on the Snow White fairy tale that is set in 1920s Seville and centered on a female bullfighter.85th ACADEMY AWARDS (2012) | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorAgustí VillarongaStarsFrancesc ColomerMarina ComasNora NavasIn the harsh post-war years' Catalan countryside, Andreu, a child that belongs to the losing side, finds the corpses of a man and his son in the forest. The authorities want his father to be made responsible of the deaths, but Andreu tries to help his father by finding out who truly killed them. In this search, Andreu develops a moral consciousness against a world of adults fed by lies. In order to survive, he betrays his own roots and ends up finding out the monster that lives within him.84th ACADEMY AWARDS (2011) | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorIcíar BollaínStarsGael García BernalLuis TosarKarra ElejaldeAs a director and his crew shoot a controversial film about Christopher Columbus in Cochabamba, Bolivia, local people rise up against plans to privatize the water supply.83rd ACADEMY AWARDS (2010) | Status: shortlisted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorFernando TruebaStarsRicardo DarínAbel AyalaMiranda BodenhoferWith the advent of democracy in Chile, a general amnesty for prisoners of non violent crime is enacted. Angel Santiago, a young man determined to avenge the abuse he suffered in prison, goes in search of the famous bank robber Vergara Grey, whose robberies have earned him a reputation he'd leave back. His plan for a daring robbery is complicated by the magical presence of Victoria, a mysterious young dancer.82nd ACADEMY AWARDS (2009) | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorJosé Luis CuerdaStarsMaribel VerdúJavier CámaraRaúl ArévaloOurense, Spain, 1940. Every time that Elena locks the door, she locks her secrets. Her husband Ricardo spend years hidden in his house with his children (Elenita and Lorenzo), trying to dodge persecution. Salvador, a priest confused after battling in the front, returns to seminary in Ourense.81st ACADEMY AWARDS (2008) | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorJ.A. BayonaStarsBelén RuedaFernando CayoRoger PríncepA woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage for handicapped children. Before long, her son starts to communicate with an invisible new friend.80th ACADEMY AWARDS (2007) | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorPedro AlmodóvarStarsPenélope CruzCarmen MauraLola DueñasAfter her death, a mother returns to her home town in order to fix the situations she couldn't resolve during her life.79th ACADEMY AWARDS (2006) | Status: shortlisted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorMontxo ArmendárizStarsPilar López de AyalaJuan Diego BottoBárbara LennieA rural drama set in Obaba, a mythical region in northern Spain, where a young filmmaker struggled to capture the feel of the area, which in turn leads to a wealth of self-discovery.78th ACADEMY AWARDS (2005) | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorAlejandro AmenábarStarsJavier BardemBelén RuedaLola DueñasThe factual story of Spaniard Ramon Sampedro, who fought a 28-year campaign in favor of euthanasia and his own right to die.77th ACADEMY AWARDS (2004) | Status: won
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorDavid TruebaStarsAriadna GilRamon FontserèJoan DalmauWhen the professor and writer Lola Sánchez is assigned to write a column in the newspaper about the Spanish Civil War, she researches and finds for the first time about the shooting of Rafael Sánchez Mazas. Lola has lost her passion for writing, and she becomes intrigued about Rafael, who was a writer and journalist that returned to Spain from the Italy of Mussolini and founded the fascist party Spanish Falange, becoming advisor of the leader Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera. When the lefts won the election in 1936, the Falange became illegal, and later there was a military coup d'stat. Rafael miraculously escaped from the shooting and was spared by an unknown soldier. Lola decides to write a book about the historic event and to disclose the identity of the unknown soldier. But her acquaintance Conchi advises that her work is affected by her lack of passion. When Lola reads a work of a student about the heroic former soldier Miralles, Lola becomes obsessed to find him and see of he is connected to the event.76th ACADEMY AWARDS (2003) | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorFernando León de AranoaStarsJavier BardemLuis TosarJosé Ángel EgidoThis is the story of those who live as if every day was a constant Sunday, those who spend their Mondays in the sun. The story of people who worked in a dockyard but are now unemployed.75th ACADEMY AWARDS (2002) | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorVicente ArandaStarsPilar López de AyalaDaniele LiottiRosana PastorThe love story that transformed Juana, Queen of Spain, into Juana "the Mad". A story of passions, lies and jealousy with a political motive behind.74th ACADEMY AWARDS (2001) | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorJosé Luis GarciStarsLydia BoschJulia Gutiérrez CabaJuan DiegoSpain, late 1940s. Julia leaves Madrid after falling into a deep depression when his lover, José Miguel, a prominent painter and opponent of the Fascist regime, is incarcerated.73rd ACADEMY AWARDS (2000) | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorPedro AlmodóvarStarsCecilia RothMarisa ParedesCandela PeñaA comedy-drama about a bereaved mother, an overwrought actress, her jealous lover, and a pregnant nun.72nd ACADEMY AWARDS (1999) | Status: won
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorJosé Luis GarciStarsFernando Fernán GómezRafael AlonsoCayetana Guillén CuervoAfter his son dies, an elderly man comes back to Spain from the US and hopes to find out which of his granddaughters is true and which one is bastard.71st ACADEMY AWARDS (1998) | Status: nominated
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorMontxo ArmendárizStarsCarmelo GómezCharo LópezSilvia MuntJavi and his friend Carlos snoop around an old house on the way home from school. According to his brother Juan this is a haunted house and one can hear the voices of the dead. Later he is intrigued with a room which is always closed (the room where his father was found dead). He is so interested in these mysteries that he starts to investigate all the secrets of these dead people and their stories.70th ACADEMY AWARDS (1997) | Status: nominated
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