Georgia has submitted twenty films for Oscar consideration in the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film category since 1996.
As of 2026, Georgia has been nominated once, for A Chef in Love (1996).
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.
Repentance (1987) was the only Georgian film selected to represent the Soviet Union in the category, but it was not nominated.
Corn Island (2014) advanced to the December shortlists, but it was not nominated.
Most of the films submitted are primary in Georgian. Below is a list of Georgian submissions for consideration to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Year(Ceremony) Film title used in nomination Original title Language(s) Director Result 1996(69th) A Chef in Love შეყვარებული მზარეულის 1001 რეცეპტი French, Georgian Nana Jorjadze 1999(72nd) Here Comes the Dawn აქ თენდება Georgian Zaza Urushadze 2000(73rd) 27 Missing Kisses 27 დაკარგული კოცნა Georgian, Russian Nana Jorjadze 2001(74th) The Migration of the Angel ანგელოზის გადაფრენა Georgian Nodar Managadze 2005(78th) Tbilisi-Tbilisi თბილისი-თბილისი Levan Zaqareishvili 2007(80th) The Russian Triangle რუსული სამკუთხედი Russian Aleko Tsabadze 2008(81st) Mediator მედიატორი English, German, Russian Dito Tsintsadze 2009(82nd) The Other Bank გაღმა ნაპირი Georgian, Abkhaz, Russian Giorgi Ovashvili 2010(83rd) Street Days ქუჩის დღეები Georgian Levan Koguashvili 2011(84th) Chantrapas შანტრაპა French, Georgian Otar Iosseliani 2012(85th) Keep Smiling გაიღიმეთ Georgian Rusudan Chkonia 2013(86th) In Bloom გრძელი ნათელი დღეები Nana Ekvtimishvili, Simon Groß 2014(87th) Corn Island სიმინდის კუნძული Giorgi Ovashvili 2015(88th) Moira მოირა Levan Tutberidze 2016(89th) House of Others სხვისი სახლი Rusudan Glurjidze 2017(90th) Scary Mother საშიში დედა Ana Urushadze 2018(91st) Namme ნამე Zaza Khalvashi 2019(92nd) Shindisi შინდისი Dito Tsintsadze 2020(93rd) Beginning დასაწყისი Déa Kulumbegashvili 2021(94th) Brighton 4th მეოთხე ბრაიტონი Levan Koguashvili 2022(95th) A Long Break დიდი შესვენება Davit Pirtskhalava 2023(96th) Citizen Saint მოქალაქე წმინდანი Tinatin Kajrishvili 2024(97th) The Antique ანტიკვარიატი Georgian, Russian Rusudan Glurjidze 2025(98th) Panopticon პანოპტიკონი Georgian George Sikharulidze 2026(99th) Guriaგურია Levan Koguashvili
Notes
a: Each year is linked to an article about that particular year in film history.
See also List of Soviet submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
References
External links Georgian Film Center