Bangladesh 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.
As of 2026, Bangladesh has submitted twenty-two 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 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 Bangladeshi nominee is decided annually by the Bangladesh Federation of Film Societies.
All but one of the Bangladeshi submissions since 2005 have been produced by Impress Telefilm Limited film studio, based in the capital Dhaka, and there was a lot of cast crossover between the films. Actors Fazlur Rahman Babu, Jayanta Chattopadhyay and Shahidul Islam Sachchu, as well as actress Rokeya Prachi each had leading roles in three out of the six submitted films, including Britter Baire in which all four co-starred.
All the films submitted were primary in Bengali. Below is a list of the films that have been submitted by Bangladesh 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 Result 2002(75th) The Clay Birdমাটির ময়না Bengali 2005(78th) Shyamol Chhaya শ্যামল ছায়া 2006(79th) Forever Flows নিরন্তর 2007(80th) On the Wings of Dreams স্বপ্নডানায় Golam Rabbany Biplob 2008(81st) Aha! আহা! 2009(82nd) Beyond the Circle বৃত্তের বাইরে Golam Rabbany Biplob 2010(83rd) Third Person Singular Number থার্ড পারসন সিঙ্গুলার নাম্বার 2012(85th) Ghetuputra Komola ঘেটুপুত্র কমলাBengali, English 2013(86th) Television টেলিভিশনBengali 2014(87th) Glow of the Firefly জোনাকির আলো 2015(88th) Jalal's Story জালালের গল্প 2016(89th) The Unnamed অজ্ঞাতনামা 2017(90th) The Cage খাঁচা Khan Akram 2018(91st) No Bed of Roses ডুবBengali, English 2019(92nd) Alpha আলফাBengali 2020(93rd) Sincerely Yours, Dhaka ইতি, তোমারই ঢাকা Eleven different directorsAn anthology film with eleven different directors: Tanvir Ahsan, Saleh Sobhan Auneem, Krishnendu Chattopadhyay, Mir Mukarram Hossain, Nuhash Humayun, Mahmudul Islam, Golam Kibria, Abdullah Al Noor, Rahat Rahman, Robiul Alam Robi and Syed Ahmed Shawki. 2021(94th) Rehana রেহানা মরিয়ম নূর Abdullah Mohammad Saad 2022(95th)Hawaহাওয়া Mejbaur Rahman Sumon 2023(96th) No Ground Beneath the Feet পায়ের তলায় মাটি নাই Mohammad Rabby Mridha 2024(97th) The Wrestler বলী Iqbal Hossain Chowdhury 2025(98th) A House Named Shahana বাড়ির নাম শাহানা Leesa Gazi 2026(99th) Roid রইদ Mejbaur Rahman Sumon
See also List of Academy Award-winning foreign language films List of Academy Award winners and nominees for Best International Feature Film List of countries by number of Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film Cinema of Bangladesh Dhallywood
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References
External links The Official Academy Awards Database The Motion Picture Credits Database IMDb Academy Awards Page