Romania began submitting for the
Academy Award for Best International Feature Film in 1966. As of 2021 , Romania has submitted thirty-seven films for Oscar consideration, scoring its first nomination for ''
Collective
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'' at the
93rd Academy Awards.
The Best Foreign Film award is handed out annually by the
United States Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to a
feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non-
English dialogue.
The Romanian nominee is selected each year by a jury selected by the National Center for Cinematography (''Centrul Naţional al Cinematografiei (CNC)'')
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
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to determine the five nominees for the award.
Below is a list of the films that have been submitted by Romania for review by the Academy for the award since 1966, by year and the respective Academy Awards ceremony. Romania did not enter the competition every year, including a six-year absence from 1977-1982.
Sergiu Nicolaescu's films have been chosen to represent Romania five times since 1969, including once after the Revolution. All films were primarily in
Romanian
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.
Among Romania's more notable nominees include:
* ''Carnival Scenes'', which was produced in 1981 and probably banned by Romania's Communist regime, and eventually released in 1989 after the
Romanian Revolution.
* ''The Rest is Silence'', the most expensive film in Romanian history
* ''
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
''4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days'' ( ro, 4 luni, 3 săptămâni și 2 zile) is a 2007 Romanian art film written and directed by Cristian Mungiu and starring Anamaria Marinca, Laura Vasiliu, and Vlad Ivanov. The film is set in Socialist Republic o ...
'', the first Romanian winner of the
Palme d'Or at the
Cannes Film Festival, was not shortlisted, creating controversy among critics and online film fans
The controversy caused an Academy member to pledge nomination reform, though the category had often sparked criticism.
See also
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List of Academy Award-winning foreign language films
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List of Romanian films
A list of the most notable films produced in the Cinema of Romania ordered by year of release. For an A-Z list of articles on Romanian films see :Romanian films.
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Cinema of Romania
The cinema of Romania is the art of motion-picture making within the nation of Romania or by Romanian filmmakers abroad. It has been home to many internationally acclaimed films and directors.
As with much of the world's early cinema, the rava ...
Notes
References
External links
The Official Academy Awards DatabaseIMDb Academy Awards Page
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Romanian Submissions For The Academy Award For Best Foreign Language Film