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Countries
with the most nominations
France -29
Italy - 26
Spain - 17
Sweden - 11
Japan - 10
Russia (ex-USSR) - 10
Winning countries
(with total number of awards won)
Italy
- 10
France
- 9
Netherlands
- 3
Sweden
- 3
Czechoslovakia
- 2
Denmar
k- 2
Russia
- 2
Spain
- 2
Switzerland
- 2
USSR -
2
Algeria
- 1
Argentina
- 1
Czech
Republic - 1
Germany
- 1
Hungary
- 1
Ivory
Coast - 1
Foreign language
pass notes
Life
Is Beautiful was the first foreign language film to get
seven nominations. Das Boot (1982) and Fanny
And Alexander (1983) got six.
Life Is
Beautiful was the second film to be nominated in both the
Best Foreign Language Film and Best Picture categories in the same
year. The other was 1969's Z. The Emigrants
was nominated in both categories, but in different years (1971 and
1972 respectively).
Roberto Benigni's
Oscar for best actor was the first win for an acting performance
in a foreign language film since Sophia Loren's in Two Women
(1961).
Benigni is only
the second person to direct himself to an Oscar. The first was Laurence
Olivier, in Hamlet (1948).
A record 47
countries have submitted films for consideration as the Best Foreign
Language Film of 1999. The previous record was 45 countries in 1994
and 1998.
Bhutan, Nepal
and Tadjikistan have entered films for consideration for the first
time.
Five films have
won the Foreign Language Film Oscar and another award as well: 81¼2
(Costume Design, 1963); A Man And A Woman (Original
Screenplay, 1966); Z (Film Editing, 1969); Fanny
And Alexander (Costume, Art Direction, Cinematography, 1983);
Life Is Beautiful (Actor, Score, 1998).
Six foreign
language films have been nominated for best picture: Grand
Illusion (France, 1938); Z (Algeria, 1969);
The Emigrants (Sweden, 1972); Cries And Whispers
(Sweden, 1973); Il Postino (Italy, 1995);
and Life Is Beautiful (Italy, 1998).
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