List of Hong Kong submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Hong Kong has submitted 34 films for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film since first entering the Oscar competition in 1959. 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.[1] Hong Kong's submission is decided annually by Hong Kong's Motion Picture Industry Association.[2]
China, Hong Kong and Taiwan are recognized as separate entities by AMPAS and each one routinely sends a film to the competition. Two Hong Kong submissions have been selected as Oscar nominees, both of these films were directed by Mainland-directors. Although one of the hallmarks of Hong Kong Cinema has been its use of the distinctive Cantonese language, less than half of Hong Kong's Oscar submissions have been in Cantonese. Although The Departed was awarded the Oscar for Best Picture in 2007, the HK movie it was based on, Infernal Affairs, did not manage an Oscar nomination.
Johnnie To and Han Hsiang Li have had their films selected three times while Yueh Feng, Wai Ka-Fai, King Hu, Ann Hui and Yim Ho have each been selected twice. Hong Kong's most internationally famous director, Wong Kar-wai has been selected by Hong Kong twice, in 2000 and 2013 (The Grandmaster).
In 2002 and 2004, Hong Kong's submissions were rejected by the Academy for not conforming to AMPAS rules.
Submissions
Every year, each country is invited by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to submit its best film for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. 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.[1] Below is a list of the films that have been submitted by Hong Kong for review by the Academy for the award.
Hong Kong's submissions have included a large number of films set in Mainland China, including several lavish period costume dramas (1966, 1976, 1991, 2000 and 2006), two tales set against the background of the Peking Opera scene (1989 and 1993) as well as more intimate stories of rural China (1969, 1979, 1984 and 1994). They have also selected one story about the traditional Cantonese opera scene in Hong Kong (1996), three gritty triad dramas focusing on Hong Kong's criminal underworld (2001, 2003, 2007), two melodramas (1959, 1964), two contemporary family dramas (1995 and 1998), stories focusing on immigration to and from Hong Kong (1990 and 1999), a number of supernatural thrillers (1960, 2002, 2004, 2008), and two big-budget musicals (1963, 2005). In 2009, they chose a historical drama set in neighboring Taiwan for the first time.
See also
- List of Academy Award winners and nominees for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Academy Award-winning foreign language films
- Cinema of Hong Kong
References
- General
- Specific
- 1 2 "Rule Thirteen: Special Rules for the Foreign Language Film Award". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2013-08-26.
- ↑ Lim, Marcus (2008-09-24). "Hong Kong selects 'Painted Skin'". Variety.
- ↑ Disqualified by AMPAS for being wholly in English, and not in a Foreign Language.
- ↑ Disqualified
- ↑ Finalists: The Myth and Everlasting Regret Source: http://www.china.org.cn/english/features/film/143657.htm
- ↑ Finalists: A Battle of Wits, Invisible Target, Eye in the Sky, The Detective, The Sun Also Rises (2007 film) and Protégé (film). Source: http://www.chinapost.com.tw/art/2007/09/26/124130/Johnnie-To's.htm
- ↑ Hollywood Reporter Hong Kong, Taiwan make Oscar picks 8 September 2009. Retrieved 2011-10-15
- ↑ "Hong Kong, China announce foreign-language Oscar submissions". screendaily. Retrieved 2010-10-03.
- ↑ "9 Foreign Language Films Continue to Oscar Race". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-01-19.
- ↑ "63 Countries Vie for 2011 Foreign Language Film Oscar". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-10-14.
- ↑ "Greece picks 'Unfair World' for Oscar race". Hollywood Reporter. 21 September 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
- ↑ "Oscars: Hong Kong Nominates Wong Kar-wai's 'The Grandmaster' for Foreign Language Category". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2013-09-23.
- ↑ "9 Foreign Language Films Advance in Oscar Race". Oscars. Retrieved 2013-12-20.
- ↑ "Oscars: Hong Kong Nominates 'The Golden Era' in Foreign-Language Category". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
- ↑ Frater, Patrick (21 September 2015). "Hong Kong Selects 'To The Fore' as Oscar Contender". Variety. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
- ↑ Chu, Karen (22 September 2016). "Oscars: Hong Kong Selects 'Port of Call' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
