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Afghanistan has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film [nb 1] since 2002, following the fall of the country's previous Taliban government. . 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.
Opened at the Rome Film Festival, where it won the Golden Marc'Aurelio Critics' Award for Best Film 2012: Buzkashi Boys: Sam French: Fawad Mohammadi, Jawanmard Paiz, Wali Talash: Drama/Action short film: 85th Academy Awards – Nominated for: Best Live Action Short Film Buz-e-Chini: Abbas Ali: Hussain Ali Yousafi: Animated
List of Afghan submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film; List of Afghan Asia Pacific Screen Award winners and nominees
Wajma (An Afghan Love Story) is a 2013 Afghan drama film written and directed by Barmak Akram. [2] The film was selected as the Afghan entry to compete for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar at the 86th Academy Awards .
Buzkashi Boys is a 2012 film directed by Sam French, and co-produced in Afghanistan and the United States. It was nominated for the 2013 Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. [6] [7] [8] After being nominated for an Oscar, the film was released along with all the other 15 Oscar-nominated short films in theaters by ShortsHD. [3] [4]
The film was selected for screening as Afghanistan's entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards [1] [3] [4] but didn't make the January shortlist. [5] Two songs featured in the film, "Forever One Love" and "Freedom Song", were also in contention for the Best Original Song Academy Award .
This is a list of countries by number of Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (known as Best Foreign Language Film before 2020), a table showing the total number of submissions, nominations, and awards of the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film received by each country. It follows Academy convention by not grouping ...
Rona, Azim's Mother is a 2018 Persian-language Afghan drama film written and directed by Jamshid Mahmoudi. It was selected as the Afghan entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards , but it was not nominated.