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List of Dutch submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

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Fons Rademakers was the first Dutch director to win the award, for The Assault in 1987.

The Netherlands has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film[nb 1] since 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.[3] The award was created for the 1956 Academy Awards, succeeding the non-competitive Honorary Academy Awards which were presented between 1947 and 1955 to the best foreign language films released in the United States.[4]

As of 2021, seven Dutch films have been nominated for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, three of which have won the award: The Assault in 1987, Antonia's Line in 1996 and Character in 1998.[5] Two Dutch submissions were disqualified: The Vanishing in 1989 because more than half of the film was spoken in French and Bluebird in 2006 because it had aired on television.[6]

Fons Rademakers represented the Netherlands in the competition five times, achieving two Oscar nominations, including one win.

Submissions

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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.[7] 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.[3] Before the award was created, the Board of Governors of the academy voted on a film every year that was considered the best foreign language film released in the United States, and there were no submissions.[4] Below is a list of the films that have been submitted by the Netherlands for review by the academy for the award since its first entry in 1959.

Year Film title used in nomination Original title Main Language(s) Director Result
1959
(32nd)
The Village on the River Dorp aan de rivier Dutch Fons Rademakers Nominated[8]
1963
(36th)
Like Two Drops of Water Als twee druppels water Not nominated
1964
(37th)
The Human Dutch Alleman Bert Haanstra Not nominated
1969
(42nd)
Monsieur Hawarden Monsieur Hawarden Harry Kümel Not nominated
1971
(44th)
Mira Fons Rademakers Not nominated
1973
(46th)
Turkish Delight Turks Fruit Paul Verhoeven Nominated[9]
1974
(47th)
Help! The Doctor Is Drowning Help, de dokter verzuipt! Nikolai van der Heyde Not nominated
1975
(48th)
Dr. Pulder Sows Poppies Dokter Pulder zaait papavers Bert Haanstra Not nominated
1976
(49th)
Max Havelaar Dutch, Indonesian Fons Rademakers Not nominated
1977
(50th)
Soldier of Orange Soldaat van Oranje Dutch, German, English Paul Verhoeven Not nominated
1978
(51st)
Pastorale 1943 Dutch, German Wim Verstappen Not nominated
1979
(52nd)
A Woman Like Eve Een Vrouw als Eva Dutch, English Nouchka van Brakel Not nominated
1980
(53rd)
In for Treatment Opname Dutch Marja Kok & Erik van Zuylen Not nominated
1981
(54th)
Come-Back! Jonne Severijn Not nominated
1982
(55th)
The Cool Lakes of Death Van de koele meren des doods Dutch, English, French Nouchka van Brakel Not nominated
1983
(56th)
The Fourth Man De vierde man Dutch Paul Verhoeven Not nominated
1984
(57th)
Army Brats Schatjes! Ruud van Hemert Not nominated
1985
(58th)
The Dream De Dream West Frisian Pieter Verhoeff Not nominated
1986
(59th)
The Assault De Aanslag Dutch, German, English Fons Rademakers Won Academy Award[10]
1987
(60th)
Count Your Blessings Van geluk gesproken Dutch Pieter Verhoeff Not nominated
1988
(61st)
The Vanishing Spoorloos Dutch, French George Sluizer Disqualified[A]
1989
(62nd)
Polonaise Leedvermaak Dutch Frans Weisz Not nominated
1990
(63rd)
Evenings De Avonden Rudolf van den Berg Not nominated
1991
(64th)
Eline Vere Eline Vere Dutch, French, English Harry Kümel Not nominated
1992
(65th)
The Northerners De Noorderlingen Dutch Alex van Warmerdam Not nominated
1993
(66th)
The Little Blonde Death De Kleine Blonde Dood Jean van de Velde Not nominated
1994
(67th)
06 Theo van Gogh Not nominated
1995
(68th)
Antonia's Line Antonia Marleen Gorris Won Academy Award[11]
1996
(69th)
Long Live the Queen Lang leve de koningin Esmé Lammers Not nominated
1997
(70th)
Character Karakter Mike van Diem Won Academy Award[12]
1998
(71st)
The Polish Bride De Poolse bruid Dutch, Polish Karim Traidia Not nominated
1999
(72nd)
Scratches in the Table Madelief: Krassen in het tafelblad Dutch Ineke Houtman Not nominated
2000
(73rd)
Little Crumb Kruimeltje Maria Peters Not nominated
2001
(74th)
The Moving True Story of a Woman Ahead of Her Time Nynke Dutch, West Frisian Pieter Verhoeff Not nominated
2002
(75th)
Zus & Zo Dutch Paula van der Oest Nominated[13]
2003
(76th)
Twin Sisters De Tweeling Dutch, German Ben Sombogaart Nominated[14]
2004
(77th)
Simon Dutch Eddy Terstall Not nominated
2005
(78th)
Bluebird Mijke de Jong Disqualified[B]
2006
(79th)
Black Book Zwartboek Dutch, German, English Paul Verhoeven Made shortlist[15]
2007
(80th)
Duska Dutch, Russian Jos Stelling Not nominated
2008
(81st)
Dunya & Desie Dutch, Arabic Dana Nechushtan Not nominated
2009
(82nd)
Winter in Wartime [C] Oorlogswinter Dutch, German, English Martin Koolhoven Made shortlist[16]
2010
(83rd)
Tirza[17] Dutch Rudolf van den Berg Not nominated[18]
2011
(84th)
Sonny Boy[19] Maria Peters Not nominated
2012
(85th)
Kauwboy[20] Boudewijn Koole Not nominated
2013
(86th)
Borgman[21] Alex van Warmerdam Not nominated
2014
(87th)
Accused[22] Lucia de B. Paula van der Oest Made shortlist[23]
2015
(88th)
The Paradise Suite[24] Bulgarian, Swedish, French, Bosnian, Serbian, Dutch Joost van Ginkel Not nominated
2016
(89th)
Tonio[25] Dutch Paula van der Oest Not nominated
2017
(90th)
Layla M.[26] Mijke de Jong Not nominated
2018
(91st)
The Resistance Banker[27] Bankier van het Verzet Joram Lürsen Not nominated
2019
(92nd)
Instinct[28] Halina Reijn Not nominated
2020
(93rd)
Buladó[29] Papiamento Éche Janga Not nominated
2021
(94th)
Do Not Hesitate[30] Dutch, English, Arabic Shariff Korver Not nominated
2022
(95th)
Narcosis[31] Dutch Martijn de Jong Not nominated
2023
(96th)
Sweet Dreams[32] Ena Sendijarević Not nominated
2024
(97th)
Memory Lane[33] De Terugreis Jelle de Jonge Pending

See also

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Notes

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A^ : The Vanishing was disqualified because the Academy determined that there was too much French dialogue in the film to meet the requirements. Although the film was produced in the Netherlands by French-Dutch filmmaker and a mostly Dutch cast, AMPAS deemed that the film was unsuitable to represent the Netherlands. The Dutch declined to send another film, leaving them unrepresented for the first time since 1972.[6]
B^ : Bluebird was rejected by the Academy because the film previously aired on Dutch television. The Academy was not persuaded by the fact that the film had been newly edited for cinema since the broadcasting, stating "there was not enough difference between the two versions." Because of the late notification the Netherlands was unable to submit a new entry.[6]
C^ : The Dutch selection committee originally announced The Silent Army, by Jean van de Velde as their official Oscar submission. Several people within the Dutch film industry protested that the film was not eligible since it contained too much English dialogue and because it had screened in Dutch theatres in an alternate version, in violation of AMPAS rules. The committee withdrew the submission and agreed to reconvene. They then chose The Silent Army a second time. After conferring with AMPAS and being told that the film was, in fact, going to be disqualified, they met a third time and selected Winter in Wartime.[6]

Notes

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  1. ^ The category was previously named the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but this was changed to the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film in April 2019, after the Academy deemed the word "Foreign" to be outdated.[1][2]

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