This is a list of submissions to the 31st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film was created in 1956 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honour non-English-speaking films produced outside the United States.[1] The award is handed out annually, and is accepted by the winning film's director, although it is considered an award for the submitting country as a whole.[2] Countries are invited by the Academy to submit their best films for competition according to strict rules, with only one film being accepted from each country.[2]
1958 Best Foreign Language Film submissions | |
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Highlights | |
Oscar winner | Mon Oncle |
Total submissions | 10 |
First-time submissions | 2 |
For the 31st Academy Awards, ten films were submitted in the category Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The United Arab Republic (Egypt) and Yugoslavia submitted films to the competition for the first time. The highlighted titles were the five nominated films, which came from France, Italy, Spain, West Germany and Yugoslavia. France won its first-ever contested Foreign Language Oscar for My Uncle (Mon Oncle), a comedy with little dialogue.[3]
Submissions
editSubmitting country | Film title used in nomination | Original title | Language(s) | Director(s) | Result |
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Denmark | Dollars from the Sky | Guld og grønne skove | Danish | Gabriel Axel | Not nominated |
France | Mon Oncle | French | Jacques Tati | Won Academy Award | |
West Germany | Arms and the Man | Helden | German | Franz Peter Wirth | Nominated |
India | Madhumati | मधुमती | Hindi | Bimal Roy | Not nominated |
Italy | Big Deal on Madonna Street | I soliti ignoti | Italian | Mario Monicelli | Nominated |
Japan | Ballad of Narayama | 楢山節考 | Japanese | Keisuke Kinoshita | Not nominated |
Spain | La Venganza | Spanish | Juan Antonio Bardem | Nominated | |
Sweden | The Magician | Ansiktet | Swedish | Ingmar Bergman | Not nominated |
United Arab Republic | Cairo Station | باب الحديد | Egyptian Arabic | Youssef Chahine | Not nominated |
Yugoslavia | The Road a Year Long | La strada lunga un anno | Italian | Giuseppe De Santis | Nominated |
References
edit- ^ "History of the Academy Awards 2 - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences". 2008-06-22. Archived from the original on 22 June 2008. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
- ^ a b "Rule 14 | 81st Academy Awards Rules | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences". 2008-08-09. Archived from the original on 2008-08-09. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
- ^ "The 31st Academy Awards (1959) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-10-27.