Foreign Language Film Submissions from Sweden to the Academy Awards to Compete for an Oscar Nomination or Win in the Best International Feature Film Category
A detailed text on Swedish submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film will follow as soon as I have some more time to create it. Please be patient!
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This list is chronologically sorted in reverse by years of participation!
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This list is chronologically sorted in reverse by years of participation!
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- DirectorRonnie SandahlStarsErik EngeAlfred EnochMaurizio LombardiThe true story of teenage football talent Martin Bengtsson's life-and-death journey through a modern-day football industry where everything, and everyone, has a price tag.94th ACADEMY AWARDS (2021) ░░░░ Status: submitted
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorAmanda KernellStarsAne Dahl TorpSverrir GudnasonTroy LundkvistAfter a divorce, Alice hasn't seen her children in two months as she awaits a custody verdict. When her son calls her in the middle of the night, Alice takes action, abducting the children on an illicit charter trip to the Canary Islands.93rd ACADEMY AWARDS (2020/21) ░░░░ Status: submitted
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorLevan AkinStarsLevan GelbakhianiBachi ValishviliAna JavakishviliA passionate coming-of-age tale set amidst the conservative confines of modern Tbilisi, the film follows Merab, a competitive dancer who is thrown off balance by the arrival of Irakli, a fellow male dancer with a rebellious streak.92nd ACADEMY AWARDS (2019) ░░░░ Status: submitted
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorAli AbbasiStarsEva MelanderEero MilonoffJörgen ThorssonA customs officer who can smell fear develops an unusual attraction to a strange traveler while aiding a police investigation which will call into question her entire existence.91st ACADEMY AWARDS (2018) ░░░░ Status: submitted
...................................................................................................................... - DirectorRuben ÖstlundStarsClaes BangElisabeth MossDominic WestA prestigious Stockholm museum's chief art curator finds himself in times of both professional and personal crisis as he attempts to set up a controversial new exhibit.90th ACADEMY AWARDS (2017) | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorHannes HolmStarsRolf LassgårdBahar ParsFilip BergOve, an ill-tempered, isolated retiree who spends his days enforcing block association rules and visiting his wife's grave, has finally given up on life just as an unlikely friendship develops with his boisterous new neighbors.89th ACADEMY AWARDS (2016) | Status: nominated
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorRoy AnderssonStarsHolger AnderssonNils WestblomViktor GyllenbergSam and Jonathan, a pair of hapless novelty salesmen, embark on a tour of the human condition in reality and fantasy that unfold in a series of absurdist episodes.88th ACADEMY AWARDS (2015) | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorRuben ÖstlundStarsJohannes KuhnkeLisa Loven KongsliClara WettergrenA family vacationing in the French Alps is confronted with a devastating avalanche.87th ACADEMY AWARDS (2014) | Status: shortlisted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorGabriela PichlerStarsNermina LukacMilan DragisicJonathan LampinenA young Eastern European immigrant, working in Sweden, is faced with a painful choice when she's laid off from her factory in the name of efficiencies.86th ACADEMY AWARDS (2013) | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorLasse HallströmStarsTobias ZilliacusMikael PersbrandtLena OlinA detective pairs himself with a famous psychologist on a case involving a traumatized young witness to a crime.85th ACADEMY AWARDS (2012) | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorPernilla AugustStarsNoomi RapaceOla RapaceOuti MäenpääA drama set in 1970s Sweden and centered on a young woman's experiences growing up in a home riddled with abuse and alcoholism.84th ACADEMY AWARDS (2011) | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorAndreas ÖhmanStarsBill SkarsgårdMartin WallströmCecilia ForssA younger brother with Aspergers syndrome helps his older brother find a girlfriend.83rd ACADEMY AWARDS (2010) | Status: shortlisted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorRuben ÖstlundStarsVillmar BjörkmanLola EwerlundMaria LundqvistIn several unrelated stories, the consequences of putting one's foot down - or failing to do so - are explored.82nd ACADEMY AWARDS (2009) | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorJan TroellStarsMaria HeiskanenMikael PersbrandtJesper ChristensenIn a time of social change and unrest, war and poverty, a young working class woman, Maria, wins a camera in a lottery. The decision to keep it alters her whole life.81st ACADEMY AWARDS (2008) | Status: shortlisted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorRoy AnderssonStarsElisabeth HelanderJörgen NohallJan WikbladhYou, the Living is a film about humankind, its greatness and its baseness, joy and sorrow, its self-confidence and anxiety, its desire to love and be loved.80th ACADEMY AWARDS (2007) | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorJesper GanslandtStarsJohn Axel ErikssonHolger ErikssonDavid JohnsonThe last summer the five boys are together in Falkenberg. They are now grown up to be young men, on their way out into the world. At least most of them.79th ACADEMY AWARDS (2006) | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorJosef FaresStarsImad CreidiAntoinette TurkElias GergiA Lebanese boy gets separated from his family during the civil war and ends up in Sweden.78th ACADEMY AWARDS (2005) | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorKay PollakStarsMichael NyqvistFrida HallgrenHelen SjöholmA famous international conductor returns to his small childhood town in Sweden for early retirement. He's asked to help with the church choir. He affects the lives of all in the choir.77th ACADEMY AWARDS (2004) | Status: nominated
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorMikael HåfströmStarsAndreas WilsonHenrik LundströmGustaf SkarsgårdA teenage boy expelled from school for fighting arrives at a boarding school where the systematic bullying of younger students is encouraged as a means to maintain discipline, and decides to fight back.76th ACADEMY AWARDS (2003) | Status: nominated
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorLukas MoodyssonStarsOksana AkinshinaArtyom BogucharskiyPavel PonomaryovSixteen-year-old Lilja and her only friend, the young boy Volodja, live in Russia, fantasizing about a better life. One day, Lilja falls in love with Andrej, who is going to Sweden, and invites Lilja to come along and start a new life.75th ACADEMY AWARDS (2002) | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorJosef FaresStarsFares FaresTorkel PeterssonTuva NovotnyRoro, a foreign worker in Swedish parks, loves his girlfriend and wants to marry her, but he is about to marry another girl to prevent her from being sent back to her homeland, Lebanon. Meanwhile, Roro's best friend Måns has serious problems getting an erection.74th ACADEMY AWARDS (2001) | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorRoy AnderssonStarsLars NordhStefan LarssonBengt C.W. CarlssonWhere are we humans going? A film poem inspired by the Peruvian poet César Vallejo. We meet people in the city. People trying to communicate, searching compassion and get the connection of small and large things.73rd ACADEMY AWARDS (2000) | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorColin NutleyStarsRolf LassgårdHelena BergströmJohan WiderbergOlof lives alone on a farm after the death of his mother. Unable to read and write, he is dependent on his younger friend, Erik. Olof advertises for a housekeeper, and Ellen arrives. During summer Olof's heart and Erik's desires develops.72nd ACADEMY AWARDS (1999) | Status: nominated
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorLukas MoodyssonStarsAlexandra DahlströmRebecka LiljebergErica CarlsonTwo teenage girls in small-town Sweden. Elin is beautiful, popular, and bored with life. Agnes is friendless, sad, and secretly in love with Elin.71st ACADEMY AWARDS (1998) | Status: submitted
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[white]......................................................./white] - DirectorDaniel AlfredsonStarsOliver LoftéenTuva NovotnyJacob NordensonIn a single night the paths of a random few cross, which inevitably seals their respective destinies. By dawn the city of Stockholm, though seemingly unchanged, to some is very different--if they live to see it.70th ACADEMY AWARDS (1997) | Status: submitted
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