List of Spanish Submissions For The Academy Award For Best Foreign Language Film

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. Before the award was created, the Board of Governors of the Academy voted on a film every year that was considered the best foreign language film released in the United States, and there were no submissions. Below is a list of the films that have been submitted by Spain for review by the Academy for the award since its first entry in 1959.

Year	Film title used in nomination	Original title	Director	Result
1956	Afternoon of the Bulls	Tarde de toros	Vajda, LadislaoLadislao Vajda	Not Nominated
1957	High Street	Calle Mayor	Antonio Bardem, JuanJuan Antonio Bardem	Not Nominated
1958	La Venganza	La venganza	Antonio Bardem, JuanJuan Antonio Bardem	Nominee
1960	At Five O'Clock in the Afternoon	A las cinco de la tarde	Antonio Bardem, JuanJuan Antonio Bardem	Not Nominated
1961	Plácido	Plácido	García Berlanga, LuisLuis García Berlanga	Nominee
1962	Dulcinea	Dulcinea	Escrivá, VicenteVicente Escrivá	Not Nominated
1963	Los Tarantos	Los Tarantos	Rovira Beleta, FranciscoFrancisco Rovira Beleta	Nominee
1964	The Girl in Mourning	La niña de luto	Summers, ManuelManuel Summers	Not Nominated
1965	La Tía Tula	La tía Tula	Picazo, MiguelMiguel Picazo	Not Nominated
1967	El amor brujo	El amor brujo	Rovira Beleta, FranciscoFrancisco Rovira Beleta	Nominee
1968	Spain Again	España otra vez	Camino, JaimeJaime Camino	Not Nominated
1969	La Celestina	La Celestina	Fernández Ardavín, CésarCésar Fernández Ardavín	Not Nominated
1970	Tristana	Tristana	Buñuel, LuisLuis Buñuel	Nominee
1971	Marta	Marta	Antonio Nieves Conde, JoséJosé Antonio Nieves Conde	Not Nominated
1972	My Dearest Senorita	Mi querida señorita	Armiñán, Jaime deJaime de Armiñán	Nominee
1973	Habla, mudita	Habla, mudita	Gutiérrez Aragón, ManuelManuel Gutiérrez Aragón	Not Nominated
1974	La prima Angélica	La prima Angélica	Saura, CarlosCarlos Saura	Not Nominated
1975	Poachers	Furtivos	Luis Borau, JoséJosé Luis Borau	Not Nominated
1976	Raise Ravens	Cría cuervos	Saura, CarlosCarlos Saura	Not Nominated
1977	That Obscure Object of Desire	Cet obscur objet du désir (French) Ese oscuro objeto del deseo (Spanish)	Buñuel, LuisLuis Buñuel	Nominee
1978	Sonambulists	Sonámbulos	Gutiérrez Aragón, ManuelManuel Gutiérrez Aragón	Not Nominated
1979	Mama Turns a Hundred	Mamá cumple cien años	Saura, CarlosCarlos Saura	Nominee
1980	The Nest	El nido	Armiñán, Jaime deJaime de Armiñán	Nominee
1981	Patrimonio nacional	Patrimonio nacional	García Berlanga, LuisLuis García Berlanga	Not Nominated
1982	Begin the Beguine	Volver a empezar	Luis Garci, JoséJosé Luis Garci	Won Academy Award
1983	Carmen	Carmen	Saura, CarlosCarlos Saura	Nominee
1984	Double Feature	Sesión continua	Luis Garci, JoséJosé Luis Garci	Nominee
1985	The Witching Hour	La hora bruja	Armiñán, Jaime deJaime de Armiñán	Not Nominated
1986	Half of Heaven	La mitad del cielo	Gutiérrez Aragón, ManuelManuel Gutiérrez Aragón	Not Nominated
1987	Course Completed	Asignatura aprobada	Luis Garci, JoséJosé Luis Garci	Nominee
1988	Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown	Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios	Almodóvar, PedroPedro Almodóvar	Nominee
1989	Love, Hate and Death	Montoyas y Tarantos	Escrivá, VicenteVicente Escrivá	Not Nominated
1990	Ay, Carmela!	¡Ay, Carmela!	Saura, CarlosCarlos Saura	Not Nominated
1991	High Heels	Tacones lejanos	Almodóvar, PedroPedro Almodóvar	Not Nominated
1992	The Fencing Master	El maestro de esgrima	Olea, PedroPedro Olea	Not Nominated
1993	Belle Époque	Belle Époque	Trueba, FernandoFernando Trueba	Won Academy Award
1994	Cradle Song	Canción de cuna	Luis Garci, JoséJosé Luis Garci	Not Nominated
1995	The Flower of My Secret	La flor de mi secreto	Almodóvar, PedroPedro Almodóvar	Not Nominated
1996	Bwana	Bwana	Uribe, ImanolImanol Uribe	Not Nominated
1997	Secrets of the Heart	Secretos del corazón	Armendáriz, MontxoMontxo Armendáriz	Nominee
1998	The Grandfather	El abuelo	Luis Garci, JoséJosé Luis Garci	Nominee
1999	All About My Mother	Todo sobre mi madre	Almodóvar, PedroPedro Almodóvar	Won Academy Award
2000	You're the One	You're the One: Una historia de entonces	Luis Garci, JoséJosé Luis Garci	Not Nominated
2001	Mad Love	Juana la Loca	Aranda, VicenteVicente Aranda	Not Nominated
2002	Mondays in the Sun	Los lunes al sol	León de Aranoa, FernandoFernando León de Aranoa	Not Nominated
2003	Soldados de Salamina	Soldados de Salamina	Trueba, DavidDavid Trueba	Not Nominated
2004	The Sea Inside	Mar adentro	Amenábar, AlejandroAlejandro Amenábar	Won Academy Award
2005	Obaba	Obaba	Armendáriz, MontxoMontxo Armendáriz	Not Nominated
2006	Volver	Volver	Almodóvar, PedroPedro Almodóvar	Nor !Made January Shortlist
2007	The Orphanage	El orfanato	Antonio Bayona, JuanJuan Antonio Bayona	Not Nominated
2008	The Blind Sunflowers	Los girasoles ciegos	Luis Cuerda, JoséJosé Luis Cuerda	Not Nominated
2009	The Dancer and the Thief	El baile de la Victoria	Trueba, FernandoFernando Trueba	Not Nominated
2010	Even the Rain	También la lluvia	Bollaín, IcíarIcíar Bollaín	Nor !Made January Shortlist
2011	Black Bread	Pa negre	Villaronga, AgustíAgustí Villaronga	Not Nominated
2012	Blancanieves	Blancanieves	Berger, PabloPablo Berger	Not Nominated

List of Spanish Submissions For The Academy Award For Best Foreign Language Film - Submissions