Armenia has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film since 2002. 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. They also unsuccessfully attempted to submit a film in 1991.
As of 2026, Armenia has submitted sixteen films, but none of them were nominated.
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 Best 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.
The Voice in the Wilderness (1991), directed by , and Earthquake (2016), directed by Sarik Andreasyan, were both disqualified.
Amerikatsi (2023) directed by Michael A. Goorjian advanced to the December shortlists, but was not nominated.
Most of the films are primary in Armenian, with the exception of Should the Wind Drop (2021), which was mainly in French. Below is a list of the films that have been submitted by Armenia 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 Language(s) Director(s) Result 1991(64th)The Voice in the WildernessՁայն բարբառոյ...Armenian 2001(74th) Symphony of Silence Լռության Սիմֆոնիա 2003(76th) Vodka Lemon Վոդկա լիմոն Armenian, Kurmanji, Kurdish, Russian, French 2009(82nd) Autumn of the Magician Հրաշագործի աշունը Armenian, English, Italian Ruben Gevorkyants, Vahe Gevorkyants 2012(85th) If Only Everyone Եթե բոլորը Armenian, Russian Nataliya Belyauskene 2016(89th) Earthquake Երկրաշարժ / Землетрясение Sarik Andreasyan 2017(90th) Yeva Եվա Armenian Anahit Abad 2018(91st) Spitak Սպիտակ Armenian, Russian, French Alexander Kott 2019(92nd) Lengthy Night Էրկեն Կիշեր Armenian Edgar Baghdasaryan 2020(93rd) Songs of Solomon Սողոմոնի երգերը Arman Nshanian 2021(94th) Should the Wind Drop Si le vent tombe, Երբ որ քամին հանդարտվի French, Armenian, English, Russian Nora Martirosyan 2022(95th) Aurora's Sunrise Արշալույսի լուսաբացը Armenian, English, Turkish Inna Sahakyan 2023(96th) Amerikatsi Ամերիկական Armenian, English, Russian Michael A. Goorjian 2024(97th) Yasha and Leonid Brezhnev Յաշան և Լեոնիդ Բրեժնևը Armenian, Russian Edgar Baghdasaryan 2025(98th) My Armenian Phantoms Իմ հայկական ուրվականները Tamara Stepanyan 2026(99th) In the Land of Arto Le Pays d'Arto French, Armenian, English
Notes
See also List of Academy Award winners and nominees for Best International Feature Film List of Academy Award-winning foreign language films Cinema of Armenia
References
External links The Official Academy Awards Database The Motion Picture Credits Database IMDb Academy Awards Page