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. 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. Below is a list of the films that have been submitted by Romania for review by the Academy for the award since 1966, by year and the respective Academy Awards ceremony. Romania did not enter the competition every year, including a six-year absence from 1977-1982.
Sergiu Nicolaescu's films have been chosen to represent Romania five times since 1969, including once after the Revolution.
All films were primarily in Romanian.
| Year |
Film title used in nomination | Original title | Director(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 |
The Uprising | Răscoala | Mureşan, MirceaMircea Mureşan | Not Nominated |
| 1968 |
The Column | Columna | Drăgan, MirceaMircea Drăgan | Not Nominated |
| 1969 |
A Woman for a Season | Răutăciosul adolescent | Vitanidis, GheorgheGheorghe Vitanidis | Not Nominated |
| 1971 |
The Last Crusade | Mihai Viteazul | Nicolaescu, SergiuSergiu Nicolaescu | Not Nominated |
| 1973 |
Veronica | Veronica | Bostan, ElisabetaElisabeta Bostan | Not Nominated |
| 1976 |
The Doom | Osânda | Nicolaescu, SergiuSergiu Nicolaescu | Not Nominated |
| 1983 |
Return from Hell | Întoarcerea din iad | Mărgineanu, NicolaeNicolae Mărgineanu | Not Nominated |
| 1984 |
Glissando | Glissando | Daneliuc, MirceaMircea Daneliuc | Not Nominated |
| 1985 |
Kiuleandra | Ciuleandra | Nicolaescu, SergiuSergiu Nicolaescu | Not Nominated |
| 1986 |
The Last Assault | Noi, cei din linia întîi | Nicolaescu, SergiuSergiu Nicolaescu | Not Nominated |
| 1989 |
Those Who Pay With Their Lives | Cei care plătesc cu viaţa | Marinescu, ŞerbanŞerban Marinescu | Not Nominated |
| 1990 |
Carnival Scenes | De ce trag clopotele, Mitică? | Pintilie, LucianLucian Pintilie | Not Nominated |
| 1992 |
Hotel de lux | Hotel de lux | Piţa, DanDan Piţa | Not Nominated |
| 1993 |
The Conjugal Bed | Patul conjugal | Daneliuc, MirceaMircea Daneliuc | Not Nominated |
| 1994 |
Pepe & Fifi | Pepe şi Fifi | Piţa, DanDan Piţa | Not Nominated |
| 1996 |
State of Things | Stare de fapt | Gulea, StereStere Gulea | Not Nominated |
| 1998 |
Terminus Paradis | Terminus Paradis | Pintilie, LucianLucian Pintilie | Not Nominated |
| 1999 |
The Famous Paparazzo | Faimosul paparazzo | Mărgineanu, NicolaeNicolae Mărgineanu | Not Nominated |
| 2002 |
Philanthropy | Filantropica | Caranfil, NaeNae Caranfil | Not Nominated |
| 2004 |
Orient Express | Orient Express | Nicolaescu, SergiuSergiu Nicolaescu | Not Nominated |
| 2005 |
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu | Moartea domnului Lăzărescu | Puiu, CristiCristi Puiu | Not Nominated |
| 2006 |
The Way I Spent the End of the World | Cum mi-am petrecut sfârşitul lumii | Mitulescu, CătălinCătălin Mitulescu | Not Nominated |
| 2007 |
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days | 4 luni, 3 săptămâni şi 2 zile | Mungiu, CristianCristian Mungiu | Not Nominated |
| 2008 |
The Rest is Silence | Restul e tăcere | Caranfil, NaeNae Caranfil | Not Nominated |
| 2009 |
Police, Adjective | Politist, adj. | Porumboiu, CorneliuCorneliu Porumboiu | Not Nominated |
| 2010 |
If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle | Eu când vreau să fluier, fluier | Şerban, FlorinFlorin Şerban | Not Nominated |
| 2011 |
Morgen | Morgen | Crisan, MarianMarian Crisan | Not Nominated |
| 2012 |
Beyond the Hills | După dealuri | Mungiu, CristianCristian Mungiu | Nor !Made January Shortlist |
Among Romania's more notable nominees include:
- Carnival Scenes, which was produced in 1981 and probably banned by Romania's Communist regime, and eventually released in 1989 after the Romanian Revolution.
- The Rest is Silence, the most expensive film in Romanian history
- Four Months, Three Weeks and Two Days, the first Romanian winner of the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, and one of the early favorites for the 2008 Oscar. There was quite an outcry in the international media when the film failed to make the 9-film Oscar shortlist.
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