Slovakia 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.
Until 1993, the Slovakia was a constituent republic within Czechoslovakia, and Czech and Slovaks routinely collaborated on national productions. The Shop on Main Street won the category in 1966, it was a Slovak-language production and was also the first Czechoslovak film to be nominated for an Oscar.
As of 2026, Slovakia 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 Slovak submission is decided annually by the Slovak Film and Television Academy (Slovenská filmová a televízna akadémia).Source: http://www.aic.sk/aic/slovensky-film/v-zahranici/archiv/navrat-bocianov-sa-bude-uchadzat-o-oscara-2008.html
Seven of the submitted films were directed by Martin Šulík, the most between any filmmaker.
In 2008 the producers of Bathory protested the decision of the Slovak Academy not to consider their film, the most expensive in Slovak history, for an Oscar nomination. The Slovak Academy said the multi-national production, which was filmed in Slovak- and English-language versions, did not qualify as a Slovak production, as only one criterion of its definition was met. The Academy instead chose documentary Blind Loves from a shortlist of four films.
Most of the films are at least partially in Slovak, although All My Loved Ones (1999) is primarily in Czech, King of Thieves (2003) and Return of the Storks (2007) have much of their dialogue in German, and Flood (2026) is primarily in Rusyn.
Below is a list of the films that have been submitted by the Slovak Republic for review by the Academy for the award by the year of the submission and the respective Academy Award ceremony.
Year(Ceremony) Film title used in nomination Slovak title Director Result 1993(66th) Everything I Like Všetko čo mám rád 1994(67th) Angel of Mercy Anjel milosrdenstva 1995(68th) The Garden Záhrada 1997(70th) Orbis Pictus 1998(71st) Rivers of Babylon Vladimír Balco 1999(72nd) All My Loved Ones Všichni moji blízcí 2000(73rd) Landscape Krajinka 2002(75th) Cruel Joys Kruté radosti 2003(76th) King of Thieves Král zlodejov 2005:(78th) The City of the Sun Slnečný štát 2007(80th) Return of the StorksOther finalist: Rozhovor s nepriatel'om (Facing the Enemy) Source: http://www.aic.sk/aic/slovensky-film/v-zahranici/archiv/navrat-bocianov-sa-bude-uchadzat-o-oscara-2008.html Návrat bocianov Martin Repka 2008(81st) Blind LovesOther finalists: Démonov (Demons), Polčas rozpadu (Half Life) and Muzika (Music). Source: http://www.spectator.sk/articles/view/33308/30/slovakia_hopes_for_blind_luck_at_oscars.html Slepe lásky Juraj Lehotský 2009(82nd) Broken Promise Nedodržaný sľub 2010(83rd) The Border Hranica Jaroslav Vojtek 2011(84th) Gypsy Cigán 2012(85th) Made in Ash Až do mesta Aš 2013(86th) My Dog Killer Môj pes Killer 2014(87th) A Step into the Dark Krok do tmy 2015(88th) Goat Koza Ivan Ostrochovský 2016(89th) Eva Nová 2017(90th) The Line Čiara 2018(91st) The Interpreter Tlumočník 2019(92nd) Let There Be Light Nech je svetlo 2020(93rd) The Auschwitz Report Správa 2021(94th) 107 Mothers Cenzorka 2022(95th) Victim Oběť Michal Blaško 2023(96th) Photophobia Svetloplachosť Ivan Ostrochovský and Pavol Pekarčík 2024(97th) The Hungarian Dressmaker Ema a smrtihlav 2025(98th) Father Otec Tereza Nvotová 2026(99th) Flood Potopa Martin Gonda
See also List of Czechoslovak submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film List of Academy Award winners and nominees for Best International Feature Film List of Academy Award-winning foreign language films Cinema of Slovakia
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References
External links The Official Academy Awards Database The Motion Picture Credits Database IMDb Academy Awards Page