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. Vietnamese Oscar submissions are selected by the Vietnamese Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
Below is a list of the films that have been submitted by Vietnam for review by the Academy for the award by year and the respective Academy Awards ceremony. All films were filmed in Vietnamese.
| Year |
English Title | Vietnamese title | Director | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 |
The Scent of Green Papaya | Mùi đu đủ xanh | Anh Hùng, TrầnTrần Anh Hùng | Nominee |
| 1996 |
Gone Gone Forever Gone | Gate, gate, paragate | Quang Minh, HồHồ Quang Minh | Not Nominated |
| 1999 |
Three Seasons | Ba Mùa | Bui, TonyTony Bui | Not Nominated |
| 2000 |
Vertical Ray of the Sun | Mùa hè chiều thẳng đứng | Anh Hùng, TrầnTrần Anh Hùng | Not Nominated |
| 2005 |
The Buffalo Boy | Mùa len trâu | Nguyen-Vo, MinhMinh Nguyen-Vo | Not Nominated |
| 2006 |
Story of Pao | Chuyện của Pao | Quang Hải, NgôNgô Quang Hải | Not Nominated |
| 2007 |
The White Silk Dress | Áo lụa Hà Đông | Huỳnh, LưuLưu Huỳnh | Not Nominated |
| 2009 |
Don't Burn | Đừng đốt | Nhật Minh, ĐặngĐặng Nhật Minh | Not Nominated |
| 2011 |
The Prince and the Pagoda Boy | Khát vọng Thăng Long | Ninh, Lưu TrọngLưu Trọng Ninh | Not Nominated |
| 2012 |
The Scent of Burning Grass | Mùi cỏ cháy | Hữu Mười, NguyễnNguyễn Hữu Mười | Not Nominated |
Vietnam had hoped to enter the 2008 race, but only film responded to an open call for entries (Black Forest, or Rừng đen) and the film was deemed to be ineligible since it had not been screened in a commercial cinema per AMPAS requirements.
Almost all of Vietnam's Oscar submissions were made by Vietnamese directors trained or based in Western countries. Trần Anh Hùng left Vietnam for France when he was 12 and Hồ Quang Minh left for Switzerland at age 13. Tony Bui and Lưu Huỳnh left for the United States at age 2 and 16 respectively and were educated there, although Lưu moved back to Vietnam in 1994. Minh Nguyen-Vo studied in France before moving to the United States to study in the 1990s.
Đặng Nhật Minh and Ngô Quang Hải have lived their entire lives in Vietnam, although they have worked on several international productions in France and the United States. Both worked on The Quiet American.
Vietnam's 1993, 1999, 2000 and 2005 submissions were all released on DVD in the United States with English subtitles.
Vietnam's 2007 submission, The White Silk Dress is the most expensive production in Vietnamese cinematic history.
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