Mongolia
Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south. It covers an area of , with a population of just 3.3 million, ...
has submitted films for the
Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
The Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (known as Best Foreign Language Film prior to 2020) is one of the Academy Awards handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given to a ...
since 2003. The award is handed out annually by the United States
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS, often pronounced ; also known as simply the Academy or the Motion Picture Academy) is a professional honorary organization with the stated goal of advancing the arts and sciences of motio ...
to a
feature-length
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motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non-English dialogue.
Mongolia has submitted five films for consideration, although none have been nominated for the Foreign Film Oscar. However, ''
The Story of the Weeping Camel
''The Story of the Weeping Camel'' ( mn, Ингэн нулимс, ', "Tears of the Camel") is a 2003 German docudrama distributed by ThinkFilm. It was released internationally in 2004. The film was directed and written by Byambasuren Davaa and ...
'' submitted itself for the
Academy Award for Best Documentary (Feature) the following year and was nominated. The first two Mongolian submissions were German co-productions, directed or co-directed by
Byambasuren Davaa and were filmed in
Mongolian.
Submissions
Every year, each country is invited by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to submit its best film for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. 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 Mongolia for review by the Academy for the award.
The first two Mongolian submissions concerned the lives of rural families on the Mongolian
steppe, and the closely intertwined life of people and their animals. Both films contained elements of
documentary and
fiction and used real Mongolian families as their actors. In ''Weeping Camel'', a family attempts to reconcile a mother camel who refuses to nurse its newborn calf, with a traditional musical ritual. In ''Yellow Dog'', a little girl tries to convince her reluctant family to adopt a wild dog.
See also
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List of Academy Award-winning foreign language films
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People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
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Cinema of Mongolia
Notes
References
External links
The Official Academy Awards DatabaseIMDb Academy Awards Page
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Mongolia
Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south. It covers an area of , with a population of just 3.3 million, ...
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Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film