Czechoslovakia submitted films for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film between 1964 and 1991 before splitting into the independent Czechia and Slovakia republics in 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.
Czechoslovak films received six nominations, two of them won the award: The Shop on Main Street and Closely Watched Trains, both of which are black-comedies set during World War II.
After the breakup of Czechoslovakia, Czechia and Slovakia both began submitting films to the competition regularly. Since then, Czechia has gotten three nominations and one win for Jan Svěrák's Kolya.
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 Foreign Language Film since 1956. The Foreign Language Film Award 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.
Miloš Forman had two of his films selected to represent Czechoslovakia in the 1960s, and both were nominated. Forman eventually won two Academy Award for Best Director after emigrating to exile in the United States.
Almost all submissions were primarily in Czech, although their 1982 and 1984 submissions were mainly in Slovak. Below is a list of the films that have been submitted by Czechoslovakia 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 Original title Director(s) Result 1964(37th) Lemonade Joe Limonádový Joe 1965(38th) The Shop on Main Street Obchod na korze and Elmar Klos 1966(39th) Loves of a Blonde Lásky jedné plavovlásky 1967(40th) Closely Watched Trains Ostře sledované vlaky 1968(41st) The Firemen's Ball Hoří, má panenko 1969(42nd) The Cremator Spalovač mrtvol 1973(46th) Days of Betrayal Dny zrady I 1974(47th) Lovers in the Year One Milenci v roce jedna 1975(48th) Circus in the Circus Cirkus v cirkuse 1976(49th) One Silver Piece Jeden stříbrný 1978(51st) Nick Carter in Prague Adéla ještě nevečeřela 1979(52nd) Those Wonderful Men with a Crank Báječní muži s klikou 1980(53rd) Love Between the Raindrops Lásky mezi kapkami deště 1981(54th) The Divine Emma Božská Ema 1982(55th) The Assistant Pomocník Zoro Záhon 1983(56th) Incomplete Eclipse Neúplné zatmění 1984(57th) The Millennial Bee Tisícročná včela 1985(58th) Scalpel, Please Skalpel, prosím 1986(59th) My Sweet Little Village Vesničko má středisková 1987(60th) Forbidden Dreams Smrt krásných srnců 1989(62nd) Tainted Horseplay Kopytem sem, kopytem tam 1990(63rd) Vojtech, Called the Orphan Vojtěch, řečený sirotek Zdeněk Tyc 1991(64th) The Elementary School Obecná škola
See also List of Academy Award winners and nominees for Best International Feature Film List of Academy Award-winning foreign language films List of Czech submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film List of Slovak submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film Cinema of the Czechoslovakia
Notes
References
External links The Official Academy Awards Database The Motion Picture Credits Database IMDb Academy Awards Page