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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] It was not created until the 1956 Academy Awards, in which a competitive Academy Award of Merit, known as the Best Foreign Language Film Award, was created for non-English speaking films, and has been given annually since.[4]Two South African films have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film: Darrell Roodt’s Yesterday and Gavin Hood’s Tsotsi.[5][6] Hood’s Tsotsi won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 78th Academy Awards, being the only South African film to do so.[6]       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Table of ContentsSubmissions[edit]See also[edit]References[edit]External links[edit]Submissions[edit]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.[4] 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] Below is a list of the films that have been submitted by South Africa for review by the Academy for the award by year and the respective Academy Awards ceremony.Year(Ceremony)Film titleLanguage(s)DirectorResult1989(62nd)Mapantsula [7][8]Zulu, Afrikaans, Sesotho, EnglishOliver SchmitzNot nominated1997(70th)PaljasAfrikaansKatinka HeynsNot nominated2004(77th)YesterdayZuluDarrell RoodtNominated2005(78th)TsotsiSesotho, Tswana, Afrikaans, EnglishGavin HoodWon Academy Award2008(81st)JerusalemaSesotho, English, TsotsitaalRalph  ZimanNot nominated2009(82nd)White WeddingZulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, EnglishJann TurnerNot nominated2010(83rd)Life, Above AllNorthern SothoOliver SchmitzMade shortlist[9]2011(84th)Beauty[10]AfrikaansOliver HermanusNot nominated2012(85th)Little One[11]ZuluDarrell RoodtNot nominated2013(86th)Four Corners[12]AfrikaansIan GabrielNot nominated2014(87th)Elelwani[13]VendaNtshavheni wa LuruliNot nominated2015(88th)The Two of Us[14]ZuluErnest NkosiNot nominated2016(89th)Call Me Thief[15]AfrikaansDaryne JoshuaNot nominated2017(90th)The Wound[16]XhosaJohn TrengoveMade shortlist[17]2018(91st)Sew the Winter to My Skin[18]Afrikaans, Xhosa, EnglishJahmil X.T. QubekaNot nominated2019(92nd)Knuckle City[19]XhosaJahmil X.T. QubekaNot nominated2020(93rd)Toorbos[20]AfrikaansRene van RooyenNot nominated2021(94th)Barakat[21]Afrikaans, EnglishAmy JephtaNot nominatedSee also[edit]^ 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]References[edit]External links[edit]Awards of MeritSpecial awardsFormer awardsCeremonies\u2021\u2021 Dates and years listed for each ceremony were the eligibility period of film release in Los Angeles County. For the first five ceremonies, the eligibility period was done on a seasonal basis, from August to July. For the 6th ceremony, held in 1934, the eligibility period lasted from August 1, 1932, to December 31, 1933. From the 7th ceremony, held in 1935, through the 92nd ceremony, held in 2020, the period of eligibility became the full previous calendar year from January 1 to December 31. For the 93rd ceremony, held in 2021, the eligibility period was from January 1, 2020, to February 28, 2021. For the 94th ceremony, held in 2022, the eligibility period was from March 1, 2021, to December 31, 2021.       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