Paraguay submitted a film for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film for the first time in 2015. 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, Paraguay has submitted ten 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.
Most of the films submitted are primary in Spanish. Below is a list of the films that have been submitted by Paraguay 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 2015(88th) Cloudy Times El tiempo nublado Spanish, English 2017(90th) The Gold Seekers Los Buscadores Spanish, Guarani , Tana Schémbori 2018(91st) The Heiresses Las herederas Spanish 2020(93rd) Killing the Dead Matar a un muerto Spanish, Guarani Hugo Giménez 2021(94th) Nothing but the Sun Apenas el Sol Ayoreo, Spanish 2022(95th) Eami Eami Ayoreo 2023(96th) The Last Runway 2, Commando Yaguarete Leal 2, Comando Yaguareté Spanish Armando Aquino, Mauricio Rial 2024(97th) The Last Los últimos Spanish, Guarani Sebastián Peña Escobar 2025(98th) Under the Flags, the Sun Bajo las banderas, el sol Spanish, Guarani, German, French, English, Portuguese Juanjo Pereira 2026(99th)NarcisoSpanish, GuaraniMarcelo Martinessi
Shortlisted Films Since 2017, Paraguay has occasionally announced a list of all officially submitted films before announcing its official Oscar nominee. The following films have been submitted to the Paraguayan Film Academy: YearFilms2017Memory Exercises2018The Last Runway2019Cadete Amarilla mi hijo · Morgue · Orsai2021Charlotte2023The Apartment · La última obra2024Do Not Enter · Just One Spring · The Music Survives
See also List of Academy Award winners and nominees for Best International Feature Film List of Academy Award-winning foreign language films Paraguayan film industry
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References
External links The Official Academy Awards Database The Motion Picture Credits Database IMDb Academy Awards Page