Ecuador has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film on an irregular basis since 2000. 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.
As of 2026, Ecuador has submitted fourteen films, but none of them have been 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.
Most of the films are primary in Spanish, with the exception of Emptiness (2020), which is mainly in Mandarin, but set in Ecuador. Below is a list of the films that have been submitted by Ecuador 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 2000(73rd) Dreams from the Middle of the World Sueños en la mitad del mundoSpanish Carlos Naranjo Estrella 2004(77th) Chronicles CrónicasSpanish, English 2013(86th) Porcelain Horse Mejor no hablar (de ciertas cosas)Spanish Javier Andrade 2014(87th) Silence in Dreamland Silencio en la tierra de los sueños Tito Molina 2016(89th) Such Is Life in the Tropics Sin muertos no hay carnavalSpanish, English, German 2017(90th) AlbaSpanish 2018(91st) A Son of Man A Son of Man: La maldición del tesoro de AtahualpaSpanish, English, German, Kichwa Jamaicanoproblem and Pablo Agüero 2019(92nd) The Longest Night La mala nocheSpanish Gabriela Calvache 2020(93rd) Emptiness VacíoMandarin, Spanish Paul Venegas 2021(94th) Submersible SumergibleSpanish Alfredo León León 2022(95th) Lo Invisible Javier Andrade 2024(97th) Behind the Mist Al otro lado de la nieblaSpanish, English, Nepali Sebastián Cordero 2025(98th) ChuzalongoSpanish, Kichwa Diego Ortuño 2026(99th) The IvyHiedra SpanishAna Cristina Barragán
See also List of Academy Award winners and nominees for Best International Feature Film List of Academy Award-winning foreign language films Cinema of Ecuador
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References
External links The Official Academy Awards Database The Motion Picture Credits Database IMDb Academy Awards Page