List Of Icelandic Submissions For The Academy Award For Best Foreign Language Film
Iceland has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film since 1981. The first film to be sent to AMPAS by Iceland was Land and Sons which was released in Iceland in 1980. Since then, Iceland has sent in a film every year, not missing out one year.
One Icelandic film- Children of Nature (Börn náttúrunnar), directed by Friðrik Þór Friðriksson- has received a nomination for Best Foreign Language Film. Also, Síðasti bærinn by Rúnar Rúnarsson got nominated for Best Live Action Short in 2006.
Friðrik Þór Friðriksson's films have been selected to represent Iceland six times- more than any other Icelandic director. Ágúst Guðmundsson and Hrafn Gunnlaugsson have each represented Iceland four times. In 1990, Guðný Halldórsdóttir became the first Icelandic woman to represent the country.
In terms of population, Iceland is the smallest country to compete in the Foreign Oscar competition.
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