List of Turkish submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

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Turkey has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film[nb 1] on a regular basis since 1989. Prior to that, they also sent a single film (Dry Summer) in the 1960s after it won the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival. The Oscar 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.[3] It was not created until the 1956 Academy Awards, in which a competitive Academy Award of Merit, known as the Best Foreign Language Film Award, was created for non-English speaking films, and has been given annually since.[4]

Over the years, twenty-eight films have been submitted by Turkey for consideration in the Best Foreign Language Film category. Although their 2008 submission Three Monkeys made the nine-film shortlist, no Turkish film has ever achieved an Oscar nomination. Additionally, Switzerland sent two Turkish language films to the competition, including Yol in 1982 which was a fully Turkish production by a Turkish director that had to be smuggled into Switzerland for post-production due to political considerations, and Journey of Hope, a film about Turkish refugees made by a Swiss director in conjunction with European film companies. Journey of Hope was submitted in 1990 and won the 1991 Oscar representing Switzerland. Over the years, several other European countries have chosen films that were partially set in Turkey and featured large sections in Turkish including Austria (For a Moment, Freedom), France (Mustang), Germany (The Edge of Heaven) and Greece (A Touch of Spice).

Four directors have represented Turkey in the competition more than once: Tunç Başaran, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Semih Kaplanoğlu and Yavuz Turgul.

Submissions[edit]

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.[4] 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.[3] Below is a list of the films that have been submitted by Turkey for review by the academy for the award by year and the respective Academy Awards ceremony.

Year
(Ceremony)		 Film title used in nomination Original title Director Result
1964
(37th) 		Dry Summer Susuz Yaz Metin Erksan Not nominated
1989
(62nd) 		Don't Let Them Shoot the Kite Uçurtmayı Vurmasınlar Tunç Başaran Not nominated
1992
(65th) 		Piano Piano Kid Piyano Piyano Bacaksız Not nominated
1993
(66th) 		The Blue Exile Mavi Sürgün Erden Kıral Not nominated
1994
(67th) 		Tarzan of Manisa Manisa Tarzanı Orhan Oğuz Not nominated
1997
(70th) 		The Bandit Eşkıya Yavuz Turgul Not nominated
1999
(72nd) 		Mrs. Salkım's Diamonds Salkım Hanımın Taneleri Tomris Giritlioğlu Not nominated
2000
(73rd) 		Run for Money Kaç Para Kaç Reha Erdem Not nominated
2001
(74th) 		Big Man, Little Love Büyük Adam Küçük Aşk Handan İpekçi Not nominated
2002
(75th) 		9 Ümit Ünal Not nominated
2003
(76th) 		Distant Uzak Nuri Bilge Ceylan Not nominated
2005
(78th) 		Lovelorn Gönül Yarası Yavuz Turgul Not nominated
2006
(79th) 		Ice Cream, I Scream Dondurmam Gaymak Yüksel Aksu Not nominated
2007
(80th) 		A Man's Fear of God Takva Özer Kızıltan Not nominated
2008
(81st) 		Three Monkeys Üç Maymun Nuri Bilge Ceylan Made shortlist
2009
(82nd) 		I Saw the Sun Güneşi Gördüm Mahsun Kırmızıgül Not nominated
2010
(83rd) 		Honey Bal Semih Kaplanoğlu Not nominated[5]
2011
(84th) 		Once Upon a Time in Anatolia[6] Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da Nuri Bilge Ceylan Not nominated
2012
(85th) 		Where the Fire Burns[7] Ateşin Düştüğü Yer İsmail Güneş Not nominated
2013
(86th) 		The Dream of a Butterfly[8] Kelebeğin Rüyası Yılmaz Erdoğan Not nominated
2014
(87th) 		Winter Sleep[9] Kış Uykusu Nuri Bilge Ceylan Not nominated
2015
(88th) 		Sivas[10] Kaan Müjdeci Not nominated
2016
(89th) 		Cold of Kalandar[11] Kalandar Soğuğu Mustafa Kara Not nominated
2017
(90th) 		Ayla: The Daughter of War[12] Ayla Can Ulkay Not nominated
2018
(91st) 		The Wild Pear Tree[13] Ahlat Ağacı Nuri Bilge Ceylan Not nominated
2019
(92nd) 		Commitment[14] Bağlılık Aslı Semih Kaplanoğlu Not nominated
2020
(93rd) 		Miracle in Cell No. 7[15] 7. Koğuştaki Mucize Mehmet Ada Öztekin Not nominated
2021
(94th) 		Commitment Hasan[16] Bağlılık Hasan Semih Kaplanoğlu Not nominated
2022
(95th) 		Kerr[17] Tayfun Pirselimoğlu Not nominated
2023
(96th) 		About Dry Grasses[18] Kuru Otlar Üstüne Nuri Bilge Ceylan Not nominated

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ The category was previously named the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but this was changed to the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film in April 2019, after the Academy deemed the word "Foreign" to be outdated.[1][2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Academy announces rules for 92nd Oscars". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 23 April 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Academy Announces Rule Changes For 92nd Oscars". Forbes. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Rule Thirteen: Special Rules for the Foreign Language Film Award". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 22 August 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
  4. ^ a b "History of the Academy Awards - Page 2". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 22 June 2008. Retrieved 21 August 2008.
  5. ^ "9 Foreign Language Films Continue to Oscar Race". oscars.org. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
  6. ^ "63 Countries Vie for 2011 Foreign Language Film Oscar". oscars.org. Archived from the original on 18 May 2012. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  7. ^ Holdsworth, Nick (26 September 2012). "Turkey sets 'Fire' for Oscar". Variety. Reed Business Information. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
  8. ^ "'Kelebeğin Rüyası' Oscar aday adayı". Ntvmsnbc. 4 September 2013. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
  9. ^ "Turkey submits Cannes winner Winter Sleep for Foreign Language Oscar". Screen Daily. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  10. ^ Holdsworth, Nick (17 September 2015). "Oscars: Turkey Selects 'Sivas' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  11. ^ "Turkey submits rural drama Cold of Kalandar for this year's Oscars". Daily Sabah. 27 September 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  12. ^ Holdsworth, Nick (25 August 2017). "Oscars: Turkey Selects 'Ayla: The Daughter of War' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  13. ^ Holdsworth, Nick (17 August 2018). "Oscars: Turkey Selects 'The Wild Pear Tree' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  14. ^ "Commitment Turkey's Oscar entry". Hürriyet Daily News. 26 August 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  15. ^ "Turkey nominates 'Miracle in Cell No. 7' for Oscar". Daily Sabah. 10 November 2020. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  16. ^ "Turkey's Oscar nominee 'Commitment Hasan'". News Fox 24. 30 October 2021. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  17. ^ "European titles submitted for the Oscars race". Cineuropa. 2 November 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  18. ^ "Turkey selects 'About Dry Grasses' as Oscar submission". Screen Daily. 8 September 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2023.

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