The BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language is a

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given annually by the

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and presented at the

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. The award was first given at the

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, recognising the films of 1982, and until 1990 was known as the Best Foreign Language Film. Prior to this, films recorded in a language other than English were often recognised in the category

BAFTA Award for Best Film The BAFTA Award for Best Film is a film award given annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts and presented at the British Academy Film Awards. It has been given since the 1st BAFTA Awards, representing the best films of 19 ...

, known between 1949 and 1969 as Best Film from any Source, also, in the 1980s there were only European films that the language originally recorded spoken in the film is not English, except ''

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'', between winners and nominees films in this category. In the following lists, the titles and names in bold with a gold background are the winners and recipients respectively; those not in bold are the nominees. The years given are those in which the films under consideration were released, not the year of the ceremony, which always takes place the following year.

Winners and nominees

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Multiple winners

4 directors have won the award multiple times.

Awards by nation

Notes

References

Awards at

External links

BAFTA Awards

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