Ireland is one of one hundred countries that have submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. The award is handed out annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non-English dialogue. Although Ireland has a thriving domestic film industry, most feature films are produced in English and are thus ineligible for the award. The Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) submits Ireland's entry.
As of 2026, Ireland was nominated once, for The Quiet Girl (2022).
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.
Even tough Irish is the country first official language, the country film industry is mainly in English, thus many of its productions are unable to qualify for the category. Since 2011, Ireland has been submitting co-produced films in a varied range of languages, such as Serbo-Croatian (As If I Am Not There), Spanish (Viva), Arabic (Gaza and In the Shadow of Beirut), and Ukrainian (Sanatorium).
Spanish-language Viva (2015) directed by Irish filmmaker , was the first Irish submission to advance for the December shortlisted finalists films, but was not nominated.
The Quiet Girl (2022) directed by Colm Bairéad, became the first Irish film to be nominated in the category at the 95th Academy Awards, and was also the first Irish-language production to receive an Academy Awards nomination.
Below is a list of the films that have been submitted by Ireland 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 Languages Director Result 2007(80th) Kings Irish, English 2011(84th) As If I Am Not ThereКао да ме нема Serbo-Croatian 2014(87th) The GiftAn Bronntanas Irish 2015(88th) Viva Spanish 2017(90th) Song of Granite Irish, English 2019(92nd) Gazaغزة Arabic Garry Keane and Andrew McConnell 2020(93rd) Arracht Irish, English Tom Sullivan 2021(94th) Foscadh Foscaḋ Irish Seán Breathnach 2022(95th) The Quiet Girl An Cailín Ciúin Irish, English Colm Bairéad 2023(96th) In the Shadow of Beirut Arabic Stephen Gerard Kelly and Garry Keane 2024(97th) Kneecap Irish, English Rich Peppiatt 2025(98th) Sanatorium Ukrainian Gar O'Rourke 2026(99th) Aontas Irish Damian McCann
See also List of Academy Award winners and nominees for Best International Feature Film List of Academy Award-winning foreign language films List of Academy Award winners and nominees from Ireland Cinema of Ireland List of British submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
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References
External links The Official Academy Awards Database The Motion Picture Credits Database IMDb Academy Awards Page