Slovenia has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film since 1993. 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, Slovenia has submitted thirty 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 country was a republic within Yugoslavia until 1991. The Ninth Circle (1960) was submitted representing Yugoslavia, and became the first and only film directed by a Slovenian to be nominated in the category.
All the films submitted are primary in Slovene. Below is a list of the films that have been submitted by Slovenia 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(s) Result 1993(66th) When I Close My Eyes Ko zaprem oči 1994(67th) Morana Aleš Verbič 1996(69th) Felix Božo Šprajc 1997(70th) Outsider Avtsajder Andrej Košak 2001(74th) Bread and Milk Kruh in mleko 2002(75th) Headnoise Zvenenje v glavi Andrej Košak 2003(76th) Spare Parts Rezervni deli 2004(77th) Beneath Her Window Pod njenim oknom 2005(78th) Ruins Ruševine 2006(79th) Gravehopping Odgrobadogroba 2007(80th) Short Circuits Kratki stiki 2008(81st) Rooster's Breakfast Petelinji zajtrk 2009(82nd) Landscape No. 2 Pokrajina Št. 2 2010(83rd) 9:06 Igor Šterk 2011(84th) Silent Sonata Circus Fantasticus 2012(85th) A Trip Izlet 2013(86th) Class Enemy Razredni sovražnik 2014(87th) Seduce Me Zapelji me Marko Šantić 2015(88th) The Tree Drevo 2016(89th) Houston, We Have a Problem! Houston, imamo problem! Žiga Virc 2017(90th) The Miner Rudar 2018(91st) Ivan 2019(92nd) History of Love Zgodovina ljubezni 2020(93rd) Stories from the Chestnut Woods Zgodbe iz kostanjevih gozdov Gregor Božič 2021(94th) Sanremo Miroslav Mandič 2022(95th) Orchestra Orkester Matevž Luzar 2023(96th) Riders Jezdeca Dominik Mencej 2024(97th)Family Therapy Odrešitev za začetnike 2025(98th) Little Trouble Girls Kaj ti je deklica Urška Djukić 2026(99th) Fantasy
See also List of Yugoslav submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film List of Academy Award winners and nominees for Best International Feature Film List of Slovenian films
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References
External links The Official Academy Awards Database The Motion Picture Credits Database IMDb Academy Awards Page