Estonia has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film since 1992. The 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. 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.
As of 2026, Estonia was nominated only once, for Tangerines (2014).
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 International Feature Film since 1956. The International Feature Film 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.
Tangerines (2014), directed by , was the country first nominated film at the 87th Academy Awards.
Truth and Justice (2019), directed by Tanel Toom, advanced to the December shortlists, but was not nominated.
All submissions were primarily in Estonian. Below is a list of the films that have been submitted by Estonia 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 1992(65th) Those Old Love Letters Need vanad armastuskirjad 2001(74th) The Heart of the Bear Karu süda 2004(77th) Revolution of Pigs Sigade revolutsioon , René Reinumägi 2005(78th) Shop of Dreams Stiilipidu 2007(80th) The Class Klass 2008(81st) I Was Here Mina olin siin 2009(82nd) December Heat Detsembrikuumus 2010(83rd) The Temptation of St. Tony Püha Tõnu kiusamine 2011(84th) Letters to Angel Kirjad Inglile 2012(85th) Mushrooming Seenelkäik 2013(86th) Free Range Free Range: Ballaad maailma heakskiitmisest 2014(87th) Tangerines Mandariinid / მანდარინები 2015(88th) 1944 2016(89th) Mother Ema 2017(90th) November 2018(91st) Take It or Leave It Võta või jäta 2019(92nd) Truth and Justice Tõde ja õigus 2020(93rd) The Last Ones Viimased 2021(94th) On the Water Vee peal 2022(95th) Kalev Ove Musting 2023(96th) Smoke Sauna Sisterhood Savvusanna sõsarad Anna Hints 2024(97th) 8 Views of Lake Biwa Biwa järve 8 nägu Marko Raat 2025(98th) Rolling Papers Pikad paberid Meel Paliale 2026(99th) Our Erika Meie Erika German Golub
See also List of Academy Award winners and nominees for Best International Feature Film List of Academy Award-winning foreign language films Cinema of Estonia
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References
External links The Official Academy Awards Database The Motion Picture Credits Database IMDb Academy Awards Page