Foreign Language Film Submissions from Slovakia to the Academy Awards to Compete for an Oscar Nomination or Win in the Best International Feature Film Category
by CineasticusBorealis | created - 30 Sep 2014 | updated - 19 Oct 2021 | PublicA detailed text on Slovakian 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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1. 107 Mothers (2021)
93 min | Drama
Follows the real-life stories of 107 mothers in the Odesa prison in Ukraine.
Director: Peter Kerekes | Stars: Maryna Klimova, Iryna Kiryazeva, Lyubov Vasylyna, Vyacheslav Vygovskyi
Votes: 437
94th ACADEMY AWARDS (2021) ░░░░ Status: submitted
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2. The Auschwitz Report (2021)
94 min | Drama, History, War
A fictionalized tale of the escape by Rudolf Vrba and Alfred Wetzler, based on the novel by Wetzler called 'What Dante did not See.' They hide for 3 days and escape once the search for them is over. They report their experiences.
Director: Peter Bebjak | Stars: Noel Czuczor, Peter Ondrejicka, Florian Panzner, Jan Nedbal
Votes: 2,870
93rd ACADEMY AWARDS (2020/21) ░░░░ Status: submitted
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3. Let There Be Light (2019)
93 min | Drama
Milan (40) has three children and does construction work in Germany in order to provide for his family in Slovakia. While visiting his home over Christmas he discovers that his eldest son ... See full summary »
Director: Marko Skop | Stars: Milan Ondrík, Frantisek Beles, Zuzana Konecná, Lubomír Paulovic
Votes: 505
92nd ACADEMY AWARDS (2019) ░░░░ Status: submitted
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4. The Interpreter (2018)
113 min | Comedy, Drama
Ali Ungar discovers in his 80s a book written by an SS soldier describing how he killed his parents back in Slovakia. He decides to take revenge, but when he arrives at the soldier's house he finds his son instead.
Director: Martin Sulík | Stars: Peter Simonischek, Jirí Menzel, Zuzana Mauréry, Anita Szvrcsek
Votes: 580
91st ACADEMY AWARDS (2018) ░░░░ Status: submitted
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5. The Line (2017)
108 min | Crime, Thriller
There are borders you cross only once... Criminal thriller about traffickers and smugglers from Ukrainian border. The feature film about the borders and the life on their edge.
Director: Peter Bebjak | Stars: Tomas Mastalir, Emília Vásáryová, Andrej Hryc, Jevgenij Libeznuk
Votes: 976
90th ACADEMY AWARDS (2017) ░░░░ Status: submitted
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6. Eva Nová (2015)
106 min | Drama
Eva would do anything to regain the love of the one she hurt the most - her son. She is a recovered alcoholic but decades ago she was a famous actress.
Director: Marko Skop | Stars: Milan Ondrík, Emília Vásáryová, Anikó Varga, Dusan Jamrich
Votes: 350
89th ACADEMY AWARDS (2016) ░░░░ Status: submitted
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7. Goat (2015)
75 min | Drama
A former Olympic boxer on a quest for his last defeat.
Director: Ivan Ostrochovský | Stars: Peter Baláz, Nikola Bongilajová, Stanislava Bongilajová, Ján Franek
Votes: 219
88th ACADEMY AWARDS (2015) ░░░░ Status: submitted
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8. A Step Into the Dark (2014)
120 min | Drama
A period drama about a young physician who was forced to carry out execution during the war.Is he a hero or a murder?
Director: Miloslav Luther | Stars: Kristýna Boková, Slávka Daubnerová, Miroslav Donutil, Zdenek Dvorák
Votes: 42
87th ACADEMY AWARDS (2014) ░░░░ Status: submitted
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9. My Dog Killer (2013)
90 min | Drama
In the absence of a true family, a young skinhead lets his life revolve around his cherished pit bull dog.
Director: Mira Fornay | Stars: Irena Bendová, Patrik Czanik, Ladislav Dirda, Emilia Dirdová
Votes: 349
86th ACADEMY AWARDS (2013) ░░░░ Status: submitted
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10. Made in Ash (2012)
84 min | Drama
A poignant story about a young girl named Dorotka, who hails from eastern Slovakia. Full of determination and naive expectations regarding her new life; she takes on the job of a seamstress... See full summary »
Director: Iveta Grofova | Stars: Dorotka Billa, Maria Billa, Jarka Bucincova, Jan Cina
Votes: 86
85th ACADEMY AWARDS (2012) ░░░░ Status: submitted
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11. Gypsy (2011)
100 min | Drama
Gypsy tells the story of Adam, a boy who, after his father dies, tries to cross the boundary of his Roma shantytown and to improve the lives of his brothers and sisters. He encounters ... See full summary »
Director: Martin Sulík | Stars: Peter Cizmar, Beáta Dubielová, Miroslav Gulyas, Igor Hudec
Votes: 420
84th ACADEMY AWARDS (2011) ░░░░ Status: submitted
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12. Hranica (2009)
72 min | Documentary, Drama, History
A documentary about a village that was during one night in 1947 separated by force into a Soviet and a Czechoslovak part in a way, that the border runs through the middle of the village, separating properties and families.
Director: Jaroslav Vojtek | Stars: Peter Lizák, Tibor Tóth, Stefan Tóth, Pál Bocsárszky
Votes: 56
83rd ACADEMY AWARDS (2010) ░░░░ Status: submitted
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13. Broken Promise (2009)
TV-14 | 129 min | Biography, Drama, Family
The true story of Jewish boy, and talented soccer player, Martin, who has to make risky lifetime decisions in order to survive in WWII when he sees his family is taken to Poland one by one.
Director: Jirí Chlumský | Stars: Samuel Spisák, Ondrej Vetchý, Vladimir Cerny, Lubomír Bukový
Votes: 465
82nd ACADEMY AWARDS (2009) ░░░░ Status: submitted
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14. Blind Loves (2008)
77 min | Documentary, Drama
A poetic story about love and happiness between doc and fiction.
Director: Juraj Lehotsky
Votes: 376
81st ACADEMY AWARDS (2008) ░░░░ Status: submitted
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15. Návrat bocianov (2007)
96 min | Drama, Romance
Returning to her grandmother, in the country of her roots, Slovakia, a young woman falls in love with a smuggler of illegal immigrants.
Director: Martin Repka | Stars: Katharina Lorenz, Florian Stetter, Lukás Latinák, Zuzana Mauréry
Votes: 95
80th ACADEMY AWARDS (2007) ░░░░ Status: submitted
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16. The City of the Sun (2005)
95 min | Comedy, Drama
Set in the present, the four ordinary men in this story find themselves at crossroads in their lives. Karel, Tomas, Milan, and Vinc were once seduced by the possibility of making money in ... See full summary »
Director: Martin Sulík | Stars: Oldrich Navrátil, Ivan Martinka, Lubo Kostelný, Igor Bares
Votes: 363
78th ACADEMY AWARDS (2005) ░░░░ Status: submitted
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17. König der Diebe (2003)
101 min | Drama
Two amateur circus kids from a poor Ukrainian village, 10-year-old Barbu and his older sister Mimma, are sold to a circus artist called Caruso who promises them a career in the West. Caruso... See full summary »
Director: Ivan Fíla | Stars: Lazar Ristovski, Iakov Kultiasov, Katharina Thalbach, Julia Khanverdieva
Votes: 418
76th ACADEMY AWARDS (2003) ░░░░ Status: submitted
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18. Kruté radosti (2002)
104 min | Comedy, Drama
This simple story is the feature debut for well-known Slovak theater and television director Juraj Nvota. Set in a Slovak village at the turn of the last century, the story teems with ... See full summary »
Director: Juraj Nvota | Stars: Tatiana Pauhofová, Ondrej Vetchý, Lukás Latinák, Emília Doseková
Votes: 99
75th ACADEMY AWARDS (2002) ░░░░ Status: submitted
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19. Krajinka (2000)
106 min | Drama
A doctor performs a small miracle with cigar smoke. A soldier performs heroics in his lovemaking. A deaf man awakens to discover a snake has slithered down his throat. A poacher becomes his own victim.
Director: Martin Sulík | Stars: Juraj Paulen, Anton Vaculík, Vilma Cibulková, Csongor Kassai
Votes: 346
73rd ACADEMY AWARDS (2000) ░░░░ Status: submitted
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20. All My Loved Ones (1999)
91 min | Drama, War
Told from the perspective of man reflecting on his childhood in Prague in the early years of World War 2 and the eventual destruction of his family as the Nazis rise to power.
Director: Matej Minac | Stars: Rupert Graves, Josef Abrhám, Jirí Bartoska, Libuse Safránková
Votes: 583
72nd ACADEMY AWARDS (1999) ░░░░ Status: submitted
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21. Rivers of Babylon (1998)
102 min | Comedy, Drama
This tragicomic parable is about the increasing power of an un-educated, ill-mannered and dishonest stoker working at a hotel in Bratislava. Making advantage of the confused political and ... See full summary »
Director: Vlado Balco | Stars: Andrej Hryc, Vladimír Hajdu, Diana Mórová, Barbora Kodetová
Votes: 98
71st ACADEMY AWARDS (1998) ░░░░ Status: submitted
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22. Orbis Pictus (1997)
107 min | Drama, Fantasy
In Slovakia, the sixteen year-old Terezka is discharged from her school with a letter to her mother. Along her surrealistic journey to find her mother, Terezka entwines reality and fantasy ... See full summary »
Director: Martin Sulík | Stars: Dorota Nvotová, Emília Vásáryová, Frantisek Kovár, Marián Labuda
Votes: 364
70th ACADEMY AWARDS (1997) ░░░░ Status: submitted
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23. The Garden (1995)
99 min | Comedy
A disillusioned 30-something teacher falls out with his father and moves to a derelict house in their family garden. He is then visited by a stunningly beautiful neighbour, famous philosophers, his ex-lover and.
Director: Martin Sulík | Stars: Roman Luknár, Zuzana Sulajová, Jana Svandová, Marián Labuda
Votes: 2,184
68th ACADEMY AWARDS (1995) ░░░░ Status: submitted
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24. Angel of Mercy (1993)
95 min | Romance, War, Drama
The story about events during the First World War. The wife of an officer of the Austrian army decides to surprise her husband and to visit him in his unit at Christmas time. She is ... See full summary »
Director: Miloslav Luther | Stars: Ingrid Timková, Juraj Simko, Josef Vajnar, Peter Simun
Votes: 59
67th ACADEMY AWARDS (1994) ░░░░ Status: submitted
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25. Vsetko co mam rad (1993)
90 min | Drama
At 38, Thomas is at a crossroads in his life. His parents are nonstop guilt-inducers, his ex-wife is always on his back, and his son is far from inspirational. Thomas himself is almost too ... See full summary »
Director: Martin Sulík | Stars: Juraj Nvota, Gina Bellman, Zdena Studenková, Jirí Menzel
Votes: 219
66th ACADEMY AWARDS (1993) ░░░░ Status: submitted
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