List of Swedish submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
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Swedish submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film[nb 1] are handed out annually by representatives from the Guldbagge Awards jury.[3]
Sweden has submitted films for consideration in the Best Foreign Language Film category since the inaugural award in 1956. The Swedes have sent more films than any other country, except for France, Italy, Japan and Spain, and have only failed to submit a film one time in the past thirty years.[when?]
16 films from Sweden have been nominated for the Academy Award: The Virgin Spring (1960), Through a Glass Darkly (1961), Raven's End (1964), Dear John (1965), Ådalen '31 (1969), The Emigrants (1971), The New Land (1972), Flight of the Eagle (1982), Fanny and Alexander (1983), The Ox (1991), All Things Fair (1995), Under the Sun (1999), Evil (2003) and As It Is in Heaven (2004), A Man Called Ove (2016), The Square (2017). Three Swedish films have won the Oscar: The Virgin Spring (1960), Through a Glass Darkly (1961) and Fanny and Alexander (1983). All the winners have been directed by Ingmar Bergman, who represented Sweden a record nine times. However, his film Scenes from a Marriage was disqualified in 1974 because it had previously aired on Swedish television. According to Robert Osborne, the country did not enter in 1975 as a protest.[4] In 1978, however, the country did not submit his film Autumn Sonata and made no entry.[5] Other prominent directors include Bo Widerberg and Jan Troell, both who have had three of their films nominated. The 1988 winner Pelle the Conqueror was a Swedish-Danish co-production, but was submitted by Denmark. In 2002 there was a bit of controversy as Sweden's submission Lilja 4-ever had most of its dialogue in Russian and not Swedish.[6] Eventually it was accepted as eligible, but did not receive a nomination.
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.[7] 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.[8] Below is a list of the films that have been submitted by Sweden for review by the Academy for the award by year.
Year (Ceremony) | Film title used in nomination | Original title | Director | Result |
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1956 (29th) | The Staffan Stolle Story | Ratataa | Hasse Ekman | Not nominated |
1957 (30th) | The Seventh Seal | Det sjunde inseglet | Ingmar Bergman | Not nominated |
1958 (31st) | The Magician | Ansiktet | Not nominated | |
1960 (33rd) | The Virgin Spring | Jungfrukällan[9] | Won Academy Award | |
1961 (34th) | Through a Glass Darkly | Såsom i en spegel[10] | Won Academy Award | |
1962 (35th) | The Mistress | Älskarinnan | Vilgot Sjöman | Not nominated |
1963 (36th) | The Silence | Tystnaden | Ingmar Bergman | Not nominated |
1964 (37th) | Raven's End | Kvarteret Korpen | Bo Widerberg | Nominated[11] |
1965 (38th) | Dear John | Käre John | Lars-Magnus Lindgren | Nominated[12] |
1966 (39th) | Persona[13] | Ingmar Bergman | Not nominated | |
1967 (40th) | Here's Your Life | Här har du ditt liv | Jan Troell | Not nominated |
1968 (41st) | Shame | Skammen | Ingmar Bergman | Not nominated |
1969 (42nd) | Ådalen 31 | Bo Widerberg | Nominated[14] | |
1970 (43rd) | A Swedish Love Story | En kärlekshistoria | Roy Andersson | Not nominated |
1971 (44th) | The Emigrants | Utvandrarna | Jan Troell | Nominated[15] |
1972 (45th) | The New Land | Nybyggarna[16] | Nominated | |
1973 (46th) | Scenes from a Marriage | Scener ur ett äktenskap | Ingmar Bergman | Disqualified |
1976 (49th) | City of My Dreams | Mina drömmars stad | Ingvar Skogsberg | Not nominated |
1977 (50th) | The Man on the Roof | Mannen på taket | Bo Widerberg | Not nominated |
1979 (52nd) | A Respectable Life | Ett anständigt liv | Stefan Jarl | Not nominated |
1980 (53rd) | Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti | Herr Puntila och hans dräng Matti | Ralf Långbacka | Not nominated |
1981 (54th) | Children's Island | Barnens ö | Kay Pollak | Not nominated |
1982 (55th) | Flight of the Eagle | Ingenjör Andrées luftfärd | Jan Troell | Nominated[17] |
1983 (56th) | Fanny and Alexander | Fanny och Alexander | Ingmar Bergman | Won Academy Award[18] |
1984 (57th) | Åke and His World | Åke och hans värld | Allan Edwall | Not nominated |
1985 (58th) | Ronia, the Robber's Daughter | Ronja Rövardotter | Tage Danielsson | Not nominated |
1986 (59th) | The Sacrifice | Offret | Andrei Tarkovsky | Not nominated |
1987 (60th) | Hip Hip Hurrah! | Hip Hip Hurra! | Kjell Grede | Not nominated |
1989 (62nd) | The Women on the Roof | Kvinnorna på taket | Carl-Gustav Nykvist | Not nominated |
1990 (63rd) | Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg | God afton, Herr Wallenberg | Kjell Grede | Not nominated |
1991 (64th) | The Ox | Oxen | Sven Nykvist | Nominated[19] |
1992 (65h) | House of Angels | Änglagård | Colin Nutley | Not nominated |
1993 (66th) | The Slingshot | Kådisbellan | Åke Sandgren | Not nominated |
1994 (67th) | The Last Dance | Sista dansen | Colin Nutley | Not nominated |
1995 (68th) | All Things Fair | Lust och fägring stor | Bo Widerberg | Nominated[20] |
1996 (69th) | Jerusalem | Bille August | Not nominated | |
1997 (70th) | Tic Tac | Daniel Alfredson | Not nominated | |
1998 (71st) | Show Me Love | Fucking Åmål | Lukas Moodysson | Not nominated |
1999 (72nd) | Under the Sun | Under solen | Colin Nutley | Nominated[21] |
2000 (73rd) | Songs from the Second Floor | Sånger från andra våningen | Roy Andersson | Not nominated |
2001 (74th) | Jalla! Jalla! | Josef Fares | Not nominated | |
2002 (75th) | Lilya 4-ever | Lukas Moodysson | Not nominated | |
2003 (76th) | Evil | Ondskan | Mikael Håfström | Nominated[22] |
2004 (77th) | As It Is in Heaven | Så som i himmelen | Kay Pollak | Nominated[23] |
2005 (78th) | Zozo | Josef Fares | Not nominated | |
2006 (79th) | Falkenberg Farewell | Farväl Falkenberg | Jesper Ganslandt | Not nominated |
2007 (80th) | You, the Living | Du levande | Roy Andersson | Not nominated |
2008 (81st) | Everlasting Moments | Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick | Jan Troell | Made shortlist[24] |
2009 (82nd) | Involuntary | De ofrivilliga | Ruben Östlund | Not nominated |
2010 (83rd) | Simple Simon[25] | I rymden finns inga känslor | Andreas Öhman | Made shortlist[26] |
2011 (84th) | Beyond[27] | Svinalängorna | Pernilla August | Not nominated |
2012 (85th) | The Hypnotist[28] | Hypnotisören | Lasse Hallström | Not nominated |
2013 (86th) | Eat Sleep Die[29] | Äta sova dö | Gabriela Pichler | Not nominated |
2014 (87th) | Force Majeure[30] | Turist | Ruben Östlund | Made shortlist[31] |
2015 (88th) | A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence[32] | En duva satt på en gren och funderade över tillvaron | Roy Andersson | Not nominated |
2016 (89th) | A Man Called Ove[33] | En man som heter Ove | Hannes Holm | Nominated[34] |
2017 (90th) | The Square[35] | Ruben Östlund | Nominated[36] | |
2018 (91st) | Border[37] | Gräns | Ali Abbasi | Not nominated |
2019 (92nd) | And Then We Danced[38] | Levan Akin | Not nominated | |
2020 (93rd) | Charter[39] | Amanda Kernell | Not nominated | |
2021 (94th) | Tigers[citation needed] | Tigrar | Ronnie Sandahl | Not nominated |
2022 (95th) | Boy from Heaven[40] | Tarik Saleh | Made shortlist | |
2023 (96th) | Opponent[41] | Motståndaren | Milad Alami | Not nominated |
Shortlisted films
Each year since 2019, the Swedish Oscar selection committee has announced a three-film shortlist prior to announcing the official Swedish Oscar candidate. The following films were shortlisted by Sweden but not selected as the final candidate:
- 2023: Paradise Is Burning, Together 99
- 2022: I Am Zlatan, Nelly & Nadine
- 2021: Clara Sola, The Emigrants
- 2020: About Endlessness, I Am Greta
- 2019: Aniara, The Perfect Patient
See also
- List of Academy Award winners and nominees for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Academy Award-winning foreign language films
- Cinema of Sweden
Notes
- ^ The category was previously named the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but this was changed to the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film in April 2019, after the Academy deemed the word "Foreign" to be outdated.[1][2]
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External links
- The Official Academy Awards Database
- The Motion Picture Credits Database
- IMDb Academy Awards Page
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