The Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film is a Golden Globe Award presented by Dick Clark Productions to reward theatrically-released feature film not in the English language.
| Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best Motion Picture in a Foreign Language |
| Location | United States |
| Presented by | Dick Clark Productions |
| Currently held by | Anatomy of a Fall (2023) |
| Website | www.goldenglobes.com |
It was first introduced at the 7th Golden Globe Awards for the 1949 film year as Best Foreign-Language Foreign Film, and would return to be awarded yearly from the 1957 film year onwards; from 1948 to 1972, it existed alongside the Best English-Language Foreign Film category, which was intended for English-language films made outside the United States. The two categories were fused into Best Foreign Language Film in 1973, now rewarding any non-American films regardless of language; this was reversed in 1986 when it was renamed to Best Foreign Language Film, although this last change also made American films in non-English language eligible, such as winners Letters from Iwo Jima and Minari.
The award was originally an equivalent to the pre-existent Best English-Language Foreign Film, for English-language film made outside the United States.
Since the 1987 change in the criteria for this award, its eligibility criteria have been considerably broader than those for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film; films are notably not submitted by their country, and there is not limit of one-eligible film per country as in the Academy Awards. Before 1974, the award was given only infrequently, and with several films being jointly honoured per year.[1]
The most honored country in this category is the United Kingdom, with seven films honored, followed by Spain and France.
Eligibility criteria
editLike the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, this award does not require that an eligible film be released in the United States. The official rules for the award state that submitted films must be at least 70 minutes in length and have at least 51% of their dialogue in a language other than English, and that they be "first released in their country of origin during the 14-months period from November 1 to December 31, prior to the Awards". Films that were not released in their country of origin due to censorship qualify with a one-week release in the U.S. during the specified period.[2]
Dick Clark Productions (through its Golden Globes, LLC subsidiary), which took over the presentation of the Golden Globes from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) in 2024, continues the HFPA's practice of not limiting the number of submitted films from a given country.[2] This differs from the practice of the Academy Awards' presenter, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), which limits each country to one submission per year.[3]
Best Foreign-Language Foreign Film
edit- 1949: Bicycle Thieves (Ladri di biciclette) (Italy)
- 1954: Twenty-Four Eyes (Nijushi no hitomi) (Japan); No Way Back (Weg Ohne Umkehr) (West Germany); The Lady of the Camelias (Argentina); Genevieve (United Kingdom)
- 1955: Ordet (The Word); (Denmark); Stella (Greece); Children, Mother, and the General (Kinder, Mutter und Ein General) (West Germany); Eyes of Children (Japan); Curvas peligrosas (Dangerous Curves) (Mexico);
- 1956: Before Sundown (Vor Sonnenuntergang) (West Germany); The Girl in Black (To Koritsi me ta mavra) (Greece); Roses on the Arm (Taiyo to bara) (Japan); War and Peace (Italy); The White Reindeer (Valkoinen Peura) (Finland)
- 1957: Confessions of Felix Krull (Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull) (West Germany); Tizoc (Mexico); Yellow Crow (Kiiroi karasu) (Japan)
- 1958: Girl and the River (L'Eau vive) (France); The Road a Year Long (Cesta duga godinu dana) (Yugoslavia); Rosemary (Das Mädchen Rosemarie) (West Germany)
- 1959: Die Brücke (The Bridge) (West Germany); Black Orpheus (Orfeu Negro) (Brazil/France); Odd Obsession (Kagi) (Japan); Wild Strawberries (Smultronstället) (Sweden); Wir Wunderkinder (Aren't We Wonderful?) (West Germany)
- 1960: The Virgin Spring (Jungfrukällan) (Sweden); The Truth (La Vérité) (France)
- 1961: Two Women (La ciociara) (Italy)
- 1962: Divorce Italian Style (Divorzio all'italiana) (Italy)
- 1963: Any Number Can Win (Mélodie en sous-sol) (France)
- 1964: Marriage Italian Style (Matrimonio all'italiana) (Italy) and Sallah Shabati (Israel)
Notes:
- The winner in each year is shown with a blue background.
Best Foreign Film – English Language
editWinners and nominations
edit1965-1972: Best Foreign Film – Foreign Language
1973-1985: Best Foreign Film
1986–present: Best Foreign Language Film
1960s
edit1970s
edit1980s
edit1990s
edit2000s
edit2010s
edit2020s
editMultiple winners
editNine directors have won the award multiple times.
| Wins | Director |
|---|---|
| 6 |  Ingmar Bergman
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| 3 |  Vittorio De Sica
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 Claude Lelouch
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| 2 |  Pedro Almodóvar
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 Michael Cacoyannis
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 Michael Haneke
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 Kurt Hoffmann
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 Keisuke Kinoshita
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| Jan Troell
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Best Foreign Language Film". goldenglobes. Archived from the original on 2009-12-15. Retrieved 2010-10-19.
- ^ a b Hollywood Foreign Press Association. "Golden Globe Award Consideration: Best Foreign Language Film Submission" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 21, 2011. Retrieved February 29, 2012.
- ^ Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. "84th Annual Academy Awards of Merit: Rules" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 5, 2012. Retrieved February 29, 2012. See especially Rule 14, "Special Rules for the Foreign Language Film Award".
- ^ "Golden Globes 2017: Complete list of winners". Los Angeles Times. December 12, 2016.
- ^ Dry, Jude (January 7, 2019). "Alfonso Cuarón's 'Roma' Wins Golden Globe For Best Foreign Language Film".