List Of Finnish Submissions For The Academy Award For Best Foreign Language Film
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Finland has submitted thirty-five films for consideration in the
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category. The Award is handed out annually by the United States
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to a
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motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non-English dialogue. The Finnish Academy Awards submission is selected by an expert jury which is chosen by the
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.http://www.ses.fi/en/news_news.asp?id=2470 All films listed below were accepted by
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, although two films- '' Drifting Clouds'' and ''
Lights in the Dusk ''Lights in the Dusk'' ( fi, Laitakaupungin valot) is a 2006 Finnish comedy-drama film written, produced, and directed by Aki Kaurismäki. Starring Janne Hyytiäinen, Ilkka Koivula, and Maria Järvenhelmi, the film was presented at the 2006 Can ...
''- were withdrawn by director Aki Kaurismäki after the films were sent to Hollywood in both 1996 and 2006. According to Mark Johnson, the chairman of the academy's foreign-language committee, he was told by the Finnish selection committee that Kaurismäki does not like film competitions. , only one Finnish film has been nominated for the Foreign Film Oscar- their 2002 submission ''
The Man Without a Past ''The Man Without a Past'' ( fi, Mies vailla menneisyyttä) is a 2002 Finnish comedy-drama film produced, written, and directed by Aki Kaurismäki. Starring Markku Peltola, Kati Outinen and Juhani Niemelä, it is the second installment in Kauri ...
'' was nominated for an Oscar in January 2003. Ironically, ''The Man Without a'' ''Past'' was also directed by Kaurismäki, but was not withdrawn. However, Kaurismäki boycotted the Academy Awards ceremony as protest over the U.S. involvement in the
2003 invasion of Iraq The 2003 invasion of Iraq was a United States-led invasion of the Republic of Iraq and the first stage of the Iraq War. The invasion phase began on 19 March 2003 (air) and 20 March 2003 (ground) and lasted just over one month, including 26 ...
. Because of Kaurismäki's withdrawals, Klaus Härö has represented Finland more than any other Finnish director - four times.


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
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to determine the five nominees for the award. Below is a list of the films that have been submitted by Finland for review by the academy for the award by the year of the submission and the respective Academy Award ceremony. All films were in Finnish except for their 2000 submission ''Seven Songs from the Tundra'' which was in Nenets and 2011 submission ''Le Havre'' which was in French. Their 2003 & 2005 submissions were half in Swedish (also an official language of Finland), and their 1973 submission was in a Finnish dialect native to the Northern part of the country. The 2015 submission was in Estonian.


See also

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The Official Academy Awards DatabaseIMDb Academy Awards Page
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Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film The Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (known as Best Foreign Language Film prior to 2020) is one of the Academy Awards handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given to a ...