List of submissions to the 46th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
| 1973 Best Foreign Language Film submissions | |
|---|---|
| Highlights | |
| Oscar winner | |
| Total submissions | 21 |
| First-time submissions | 2 |
This is a list of submissions to the 46th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film was created in 1956 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honour non-English-speaking films produced outside the United States.[1] The award is handed out annually, and is accepted by the winning film's director, although it is considered an award for the submitting country as a whole.[2] Countries are invited by the Academy to submit their best films for competition according to strict rules, with only one film being accepted from each country.[2]
For the 46th Academy Awards, twenty films were submitted in the category Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. East Germany and Finland made their debuts in the competition. The bolded titles were the five nominated films, which came from France, West Germany, Israel, the Netherlands and Switzerland. France won the Oscar for the second year in a row for Day for Night.[3]
Submissions
[edit]Notes
[edit]Scenes from a Marriage sparked controversy when its ineligibility for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film was questioned. The supposed reason was that it aired on television before it played in cinemas, but at the time that did not necessarily render a film ineligible. In this case, it was because the TV broadcast occurred the year before its theatrical debut in 1974.[4] The film's ineligibility prompted 24 filmmakers, including Frank Capra and Federico Fellini, to write an open letter demanding the rules for eligibility be revised.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "History of the Academy Awards 2 - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences". 22 June 2008. Archived from the original on 22 June 2008. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
- ^ a b "Rule 14 | 81st Academy Awards Rules | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences". 9 August 2008. Archived from the original on 9 August 2008. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
- ^ "The 46th Academy Awards (1974) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
- ^ a b Gates, Anita (15 January 1995). "There Are Movies, And Then There Are Movies". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 3 October 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2016.