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 Russia, and the Soviet Union for review by the Academy since 1968. All Soviet and Russian submissions were filmed mostly in Russian except for 1987's Georgian language Repentance.
Among the submissions were two films that sat on the shelf for several years awaiting approval from Soviet censors (1987–1988), a Japanese co-production (1975), a documentary (1981), a horror movie about vampires (2004), a Russian film dubbed into German (1999) and a slew of historical dramas.
Russia
Year |
Film title used in nomination | Original title | Director | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
2012 |
White Tiger | Белый тигр | Shakhnazarov, KarenKaren Shakhnazarov | Not Nominated |
2011 |
Burnt by the Sun 2: The Citadel | Утомлённые солнцем 2: Цитадель | Mikhalkov, NikitaNikita Mikhalkov | Not Nominated |
2010 |
The Edge | Край | Uchitel, AlexeiAlexei Uchitel | Not Nominated |
2009 |
Ward No. 6 | Палата №6 | Gornovsky, AleksandrAleksandr Gornovsky and Karen Shakhnazarov | Not Nominated |
2008 |
Mermaid | Русалка | Melikian, AnnaAnna Melikian | Not Nominated |
2007 |
12 | 12 | Mikhalkov, NikitaNikita Mikhalkov | Nominee |
2006 |
9th Company | 9 рота | Bondarchuk, FyodorFyodor Bondarchuk | Not Nominated |
2005 |
The Italian | Итальянец | Kravchuk, AndreiAndrei Kravchuk | Not Nominated |
2004 |
Night Watch | Ночной дозор | Bekmambetov, TimurTimur Bekmambetov | Not Nominated |
2003 |
The Return | Возвращение | Zvyagintsev, AndreiAndrei Zvyagintsev | Not Nominated |
2002 |
House of Fools | Дом дураков | Konchalovsky, AndreiAndrei Konchalovsky | Not Nominated |
2001 |
The Romanovs: An Imperial Family | Романовы - Венценосная семья | Panfilov, GlebGleb Panfilov | Not Nominated |
2000 |
His Wife's Diary | Дневник его жены | Uchitel, AlexeiAlexei Uchitel | Not Nominated |
1999 |
Moloch | Молох | Sokurov, AlexanderAlexander Sokurov | Not Nominated |
1998 |
The Barber of Siberia | Сибирский цирюльник | Mikhalkov, NikitaNikita Mikhalkov | Disqualifed |
1997 |
The Thief | Вор | Chukhrai, PavelPavel Chukhrai | Nominee |
1996 |
Prisoner of the Mountains | Кавказский пленник | Bodrov, SergeiSergei Bodrov | Nominee |
1995 |
The Moslem | Мусульманин | Khotinenko, VladimirVladimir Khotinenko | Not Nominated |
1994 |
Burnt by the Sun | Утомлённые солнцем | Mikhalkov, NikitaNikita Mikhalkov | Academy Award !Won Academy Award |
1993 |
No Submission | |||
1992 |
Close to Eden | Урга | Mikhalkov, NikitaNikita Mikhalkov | Nominee |
Soviet Union
During Soviet times, all the constituent republics were joined as one nation, and it was routine for productions to have cast and crew from throughout the country. However, each republic had its own film studios, and the "Republic of Production" indicates the republic of the film studio that produced the film.
Year |
Film title used in nomination | Russian title | Director | Republic of Production | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1991 |
Get Thee Hence | Изыди! | Astrakhan, DmitryDmitry Astrakhan | Russian SFSR | Not Nominated |
1990 |
Taxi Blues | Такси-блюз | Lungin, PavelPavel Lungin | Russian SFSR | Not Nominated |
1989 |
Zero City | Город Зеро | Shakhnazarov, KarenKaren Shakhnazarov | Russian SFSR | Not Nominated |
1988 |
Commissar | Комиссар | Askoldov, AleksandrAleksandr Askoldov | Russian SFSR | Not Nominated |
1987 |
Repentance | Покаяние მონანიება |
Abuladze, TengizTengiz Abuladze | Georgian SSR | Not Nominated |
1986 |
The Wild Pigeon | Чужая белая и рябой | Solovyov, SergeiSergei Solovyov | Russian SFSR | Not Nominated |
1985 |
Come and See | Иди и смотри | Klimov, ElemElem Klimov | Byelorussian SSR Russian SFSR |
Not Nominated |
1984 |
Wartime Romance | Военно-полевой роман | Todorovsky, PyotrPyotr Todorovsky | Ukrainian SSR | Nominee |
1983 |
Vassa | Васса | Panfilov, GlebGleb Panfilov | Russian SFSR | Not Nominated |
1982 |
Private Life | Частная жизнь | Raizman, YuliYuli Raizman | Russian SFSR | Nominee |
1981 |
Oh Sport, You Are Peace | О спорт, ты - мир! | Ozerov (director), YuriYuri Ozerov (director) | Russian SFSR | Not Nominated |
1980 |
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears | Москва слезам не верит | Menshov, VladimirVladimir Menshov | Russian SFSR | Academy Award !Won Academy Award |
1979 |
Autumn Marathon | Осенний марафон | Daneliya, GeorgiyGeorgiy Daneliya | Russian SFSR | Not Nominated |
1978 |
White Bim Black Ear | Белый Бим Черное ухо | Rostotsky, StanislavStanislav Rostotsky | Russian SFSR | Nominee |
1977 |
The Ascent | Восхождение | Shepitko, LarisaLarisa Shepitko | Russian SFSR | Not Nominated |
1976 |
They Fought for Their Country | Они сражались за родину | Bondarchuk, SergeiSergei Bondarchuk | Russian SFSR | Not Nominated |
1975 |
Dersu Uzala | Дерсу Узала | Kurosawa, AkiraAkira Kurosawa | Russian SFSR | Academy Award !Won Academy Award |
1974 |
The Ferocious One | Лютый | Okeyev, TolomushTolomush Okeyev | Kirghiz SSR Kazakh SSR |
Not Nominated |
1973 |
Liberation | Освобождение | Ozerov (director), YuriYuri Ozerov (director) | Russian SFSR | Not Nominated |
1972 |
The Dawns Here Are Quiet | А зори здесь тихие | Rostotsky, StanislavStanislav Rostotsky | Russian SFSR | Nominee |
1971 |
Tchaikovsky | Чайкoвский | Talankin, IgorIgor Talankin | Russian SFSR | Nominee |
1970 |
No Submission | ||||
1969 |
The Brothers Karamazov | Братья Карамазовы | Kirill Lavrov, Ivan Pyryev & Mikhail Ulyanov |
Russian SFSR | Nominee |
1968 |
War and Peace | Война и мир | Bondarchuk, SergeiSergei Bondarchuk | Russian SFSR | Academy Award !Won Academy Award |
1964–1967 | No Submissions | ||||
1963 |
My Name is Ivan | Иваново детство | Tarkovsky, AndreiAndrei Tarkovsky | Russian SFSR | Not Nominated |
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