Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

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Academy Award category film award

The Academy Award for Best International Feature Film is an Oscar category honoring feature-length movies produced outside the United States with primarily non-English dialogue.

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Label	Occurrences
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film	236
Academy Award for Best International Feature Film canonical	32
Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film	4
Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film	4
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (Spanish submission)	3
Oscar for Best International Feature Film	3
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (South Korean submission)	2
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film nomination	2
Best International Feature Film	2
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (79th Academy Awards)	1
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (Dutch submission)	1
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (German submission)	1
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (Germany submission)	1
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (Italian submission)	1
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (Norwegian submission)	1
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (Pan's Labyrinth nominations)	1
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (Swiss submission)	1
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (as producer of In a Better World)	1
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (as producer of La Strada)	1
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (for Closely Watched Trains)	1
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (submission by Finland)	1
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (submission by France)	1
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (through its productions)	1
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film for A War	1
Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (Icelandic submission)	1
Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (as producer of All Quiet on the Western Front)	1
Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards	1
International Feature Oscar	1
Rules for the International Feature Film Award	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T120321 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
Context triple: [Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, awardsPresented, Academy Award for Best International Feature Film]

A. Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
The Academy Award for Best Animated Feature is a prestigious Oscar category honoring outstanding achievement in feature-length animated filmmaking.
B. Academy Award for Best Picture
The Academy Award for Best Picture is the film industry's most prestigious Oscar, honoring the overall best feature-length motion picture of the year.
C. Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama
The Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama is a major annual film honor presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding achievement in dramatic feature filmmaking.
D. Academy Award
The Academy Award is a prestigious film industry honor presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence in cinematic achievements.
E. Jury Prize
The Jury Prize is one of the top official awards at the Cannes Film Festival, given by the festival’s jury to recognize a film of special merit.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
Target entity description: The Academy Award for Best International Feature Film is an Oscar category honoring feature-length movies produced outside the United States with primarily non-English dialogue.

A. Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
The Academy Award for Best Animated Feature is a prestigious Oscar category honoring outstanding achievement in feature-length animated filmmaking.
B. Academy Award for Best Picture
The Academy Award for Best Picture is the film industry's most prestigious Oscar, honoring the overall best feature-length motion picture of the year.
C. Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama
The Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama is a major annual film honor presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding achievement in dramatic feature filmmaking.
D. Academy Award
The Academy Award is a prestigious film industry honor presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence in cinematic achievements.
E. Jury Prize
The Jury Prize is one of the top official awards at the Cannes Film Festival, given by the festival’s jury to recognize a film of special merit.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Academy Award category ⓘ film award ⓘ
administeredBy	International Feature Film Award Executive Committee ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film ⓘ linked to: Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
awardFor	best feature-length film produced outside the United States ⓘ feature film with primarily non-English dialogue ⓘ
awardGivenTo	producer of the winning film ⓘ
categoryType	non-English-language film category ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
domain	international cinema ⓘ
eligibilityCriterion	country of origin must have creative control ⓘ feature-length running time ⓘ primarily non-English dialogue track ⓘ produced outside the United States ⓘ
firstAwarded	1957 ⓘ
formerStatus	special or honorary award before 1956 ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
governingBody	Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ⓘ linked to: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
hasCulturalImpact	increases visibility of non-English-language cinema ⓘ promotes international films in the U.S. market ⓘ
hasLanguageFocus	non-English-language cinema ⓘ
hasOfficialAbbreviation	Oscar for Best International Feature Film ⓘ linked to: Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
hasPrecursor	Honorary Foreign Language Film Award ⓘ
inception	1956 ⓘ
industry	film industry ⓘ
isSubsetOf	feature film awards ⓘ
languageRequirement	non-English dialogue must predominate ⓘ
notableChange	name changed to avoid term "foreign" ⓘ
organizer	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ⓘ
originalName	Best Foreign Language Film ⓘ
partOf	Academy Awards ⓘ linked to: Academy Award
presentedAt	annual Academy Awards ceremony ⓘ
presentedBy	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ⓘ
relatedTo	Academy Award for Best Animated Feature ⓘ Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature ⓘ Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ
renamedAs	Best International Feature Film ⓘ
renamingEffectiveFrom	92nd Academy Awards ⓘ
renamingYear	2019 ⓘ
selectionLimit	one film per country per year ⓘ
selectionProcess	AMPAS committee screens and shortlists films ⓘ final nominees chosen by Academy members ⓘ national selection committees choose submissions ⓘ one film submitted per country ⓘ
typicalSubmitter	government cultural agencies ⓘ national film academies ⓘ national film boards ⓘ

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Referenced by (308)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences → awardsPresented → Academy Award for Best International Feature Film ⓘ

Pan’s Labyrinth → awardNominated → Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film ⓘ