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 Bosnia and Herzegovina for review by the Academy for the award by year and the respective Academy Awards ceremony.
| Year |
Film title used in nomination | Original title | Director | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 |
The Awkward Age | Magareće godine | Dizdarević, NenadNenad Dizdarević | Not Nominated |
| 2001 |
No Man's Land | Ničija zemlja | Tanović, DanisDanis Tanović | Academy Award !Won Academy Award |
| 2003 |
Fuse | Gori vatra | ZalicaPjer Žalica | Not Nominated |
| 2004 |
Days and Hours | Kod amidže Idriza | ZalicaPjer Žalica | Not Nominated |
| 2005 |
Totally Personal | Sasvim lično | Begović, NedžadNedžad Begović | Not Nominated |
| 2006 |
Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams | Grbavica | ZbanicJasmila Žbanić | Not Nominated |
| 2007 |
It's Hard to be Nice | Teško je biti fin | Vuletić, SrđanSrđan Vuletić | Not Nominated |
| 2008 |
Snow | Snijeg | Begić, AidaAida Begić | Not Nominated |
| 2009 |
Night Guards | Čuvari noći | Kabil, NamikNamik Kabil | Not Nominated |
| 2010 |
Cirkus Columbia | Cirkus Columbia | Tanović, DanisDanis Tanović | Not Nominated |
| 2011 |
Belvedere | Belvedere | Imamovic, AhmedAhmed Imamovic | Not Nominated |
| 2012 |
Children of Sarajevo | Djeca | Begić, AidaAida Begić | Not Nominated |
Most Bosnian submissions have been films about life in the country after the tragic Balkan wars of the 1990s, made by young directors- all but Begovic were 41 or younger when their films were made. Black comedies "Fuse" and "Night Guards", and dramas "It's Hard To Be Nice", "Grbavica", "Days and Hours" and "Snow" were all stories about life after the war. The 1994 nominee, "The Awkward Age" was produced during the war, and tells the story of a Communist-era boarding school. The 2005 nominee, "Totally Personal" is one of the few documentaries ever submitted for the Foreign Oscar award. All films were primarily in Bosnian. Other than "No Man's Land", none of the submitted Bosnian films have succeeded in getting an Oscar nomination, although "Grbavica", winner of the Golden Bear at the 2006 Berlin Film Festival, was considered an early favorite.
Actor Emir Hadžihafizbegović co-stars in six of Bosnia's submissions.
Bosnia typically shortlists three films before announcing their candidate. Skies Above the Landscape was short-listed twice (the release date was changed) but failed to be selected both times.
The 2010 Bosnian nominee will be announced sometime in September 2010. The early favorite is Jasmila Žbanić's Na putu (On the Path).
"Fuse", "Grbavica" and "No Man's Land" are readily available in the West with English subtitles.
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