List of French 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.

France is the only country that has submitted a film every year since the creation of the award in 1956 and also the only country which has been nominated at more than half of the occasions where the award was given.

Below is a list of the films that have been submitted by France for review by the Academy. All submissions were primarily in French, with the notable exception of the Portuguese language Black Orpheus in 1959, which was a co-production with Brazil.

Year	Film title used in nomination	Original title	Director	Result
1948	Monsieur Vincent	Monsieur Vincent	Cloche, MauriceMaurice Cloche	Won Honorary Award
1950	The Walls of Malapaga	Au-delà des grilles	Clément, RenéRené Clément	Won Honorary Award
1952	Forbidden Games	Jeux interdits	Clément, RenéRené Clément	Won Honorary Award
1956	Gervaise	Gervaise	Clément, RenéRené Clément	Nominee
1957	Gates of Paris	Porte des Lilas	Clair, RenéRené Clair	Nominee
1958	My Uncle	Mon Oncle	Tati, JacquesJacques Tati	Won Academy Award
1959	Black Orpheus	Orfeu Negro	Camus, MarcelMarcel Camus	Won Academy Award
1960	La Vérité	La Vérité	Clouzot, Henri-GeorgesHenri-Georges Clouzot	Nominee
1961	Last Year at Marienbad	L'année dernière à Marienbad	Resnais, AlainAlain Resnais	Not Nominated
1962	Sundays and Cybele	Les dimanches de ville d'Avray	Bourguignon, SergeSerge Bourguignon	Won Academy Award
1963	The Fire Within	Le feu follet	Malle, LouisLouis Malle	Not Nominated
1964	The Umbrellas of Cherbourg	Les Parapluies de Cherbourg	Demy, JacquesJacques Demy	Nominee
1965	Pierrot le Fou	Pierrot le fou	Godard, Jean-LucJean-Luc Godard	Not Nominated
1966	A Man and a Woman	Un homme et une femme	Lelouch, ClaudeClaude Lelouch	Won Academy Award
1967	Live for Life	Vivre Pour Vivre	Lelouch, ClaudeClaude Lelouch	Nominee
1968	Stolen Kisses	Baisers volés	Truffaut, FrançoisFrançois Truffaut	Nominee
1969	My Night with Maud	Ma nuit chez Maud	Rohmer, ÉricÉric Rohmer	Nominee
1970	Hoa-Binh	Hoa-Binh	Coutard, RaoulRaoul Coutard	Nominee
1971	Ramparts of Clay	Remparts d'argile	Bertucelli, Jean-LouisJean-Louis Bertucelli	Not Nominated
1972	The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie	Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie	Buñuel, LuisLuis Buñuel	Won Academy Award
1973	Day for Night	La Nuit américaine	Truffaut, FrançoisFrançois Truffaut	Won Academy Award
1974	Lacombe, Lucien	Lacombe Lucien	Malle, LouisLouis Malle	Nominee
1975	India Song	India Song	Duras, MargueriteMarguerite Duras	Not Nominated
1976	Cousin, cousine	Cousin, cousine	Tacchella, Jean-CharlesJean-Charles Tacchella	Nominee
1977	Madame Rosa	La Vie devant soi	Mizrahi, MoshéMoshé Mizrahi	Won Academy Award
1978	Get Out Your Handkerchiefs	Préparez vos mouchoirs	Blier, BertrandBertrand Blier	Won Academy Award
1979	A Simple Story	Une histoire simple	Sautet, ClaudeClaude Sautet	Nominee
1980	The Last Metro	Le Dernier Métro	Truffaut, FrançoisFrançois Truffaut	Nominee
1981	Diva	Diva	Beineix, Jean-JacquesJean-Jacques Beineix	Not Nominated
1982	Coup de Torchon	Coup de torchon	Tavernier, BertrandBertrand Tavernier	Nominee
1983	Entre Nous	Coup de foudre	Kurys, DianeDiane Kurys	Nominee
1984	So Long, Stooge	Tchao Pantin	Berri, ClaudeClaude Berri	Not Nominated
1985	Three Men and a Cradle	Trois hommes et un couffin	Serreau, ColineColine Serreau	Nominee
1986	Betty Blue	37°2 le matin	Beineix, Jean-JacquesJean-Jacques Beineix	Nominee
1987	Au revoir, les enfants	Au revoir, les enfants	Malle, LouisLouis Malle	Nominee
1988	La Lectrice	La Lectrice	Deville, MichelMichel Deville	Not Nominated
1989	Camille Claudel	Camille Claudel	Nuytten, BrunoBruno Nuytten	Nominee
1990	Cyrano de Bergerac	Cyrano de Bergerac	Rappeneau, Jean-PaulJean-Paul Rappeneau	Nominee
1991	Van Gogh	Van Gogh	Pialat, MauriceMaurice Pialat	Not Nominated
1992	Indochine	Indochine	Wargnier, RégisRégis Wargnier	Won Academy Award
1993	Germinal	Germinal	Berri, ClaudeClaude Berri	Not Nominated
1994	Wild Reeds	Les roseaux sauvages	Téchiné, AndréAndré Téchiné	Not Nominated
1995	French Twist	Gazon maudit	Balasko, JosianeJosiane Balasko	Not Nominated
1996	Ridicule	Ridicule	Leconte, PatricePatrice Leconte	Nominee
1997	Western	Western	Poirier, ManuelManuel Poirier	Not Nominated
1998	The Dreamlife of Angels	La vie rêvée des anges	Zonca, ErickErick Zonca	Not Nominated
1999	East/West	Est-Ouest	Wargnier, RégisRégis Wargnier	Nominee
2000	The Taste of Others	Le goût des autres	Jaoui, AgnèsAgnès Jaoui	Nominee
2001	Amélie	Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain	Jeunet, Jean-PierreJean-Pierre Jeunet	Nominee
2002	8 Women	8 femmes	Ozon, FrançoisFrançois Ozon	Not Nominated
2003	Bon Voyage	Bon voyage	Rappeneau, Jean-PaulJean-Paul Rappeneau	Not Nominated
2004	The Chorus	Les Choristes	Barratier, ChristopheChristophe Barratier	Nominee
2005	Joyeux Noël	Joyeux Noël	Carion, ChristianChristian Carion	Nominee
2006	Avenue Montaigne	Fauteuils d'orchestre	Thompson, DanièleDanièle Thompson	Nor !Made January Shortlist
2007	Persepolis	Persepolis	Paronnaud, VincentVincent Paronnaud Satrapi, MarjaneMarjane Satrapi	Not Nominated
2008	The Class	Entre les murs	Cantet, LaurentLaurent Cantet	Nominee
2009	A Prophet	Un prophéte	Audiard, JacquesJacques Audiard	Nominee
2010	Of Gods and Men	Des hommes et des dieux	Beauvois, XavierXavier Beauvois	Not Nominated
2011	Declaration of War	La Guerre est déclarée	Donzelli, ValérieValérie Donzelli	Not Nominated
2012	The Intouchables	Intouchables	Eric Toledano, Olivier Nakache	Nor !Made January Shortlist

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