As of 2022, movies from Argentina had been nominated seven times for International Feature Film at the Academy Awards, having won this category twice. Mexican productions were nominated nine times and won that Oscar once. In 2022, the Academy did not select any movie from Latin American countries as a finalist in the International Feature Film category.
Number of Latin American films nominated for or awarded an Academy Award for International Feature Film from 1956 to 2022, by country
* Films produced in the U.S.'s overseas territories are eligible to apply for Best International Feature Film.
The film "A Place in the World" (1992) submitted by Uruguay was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film but was later declared ineligible and removed from the nominations ballot.
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The Academy. (March 30, 2022). Number of Latin American films nominated for or awarded an Academy Award for International Feature Film from 1956 to 2022, by country [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/813011/oscars-category-best-foreign-language-film-latin-america-country/
The Academy. "Number of Latin American films nominated for or awarded an Academy Award for International Feature Film from 1956 to 2022, by country." Chart. March 30, 2022. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/813011/oscars-category-best-foreign-language-film-latin-america-country/
The Academy. (2022). Number of Latin American films nominated for or awarded an Academy Award for International Feature Film from 1956 to 2022, by country. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/813011/oscars-category-best-foreign-language-film-latin-america-country/
The Academy. "Number of Latin American Films Nominated for or Awarded An Academy Award for International Feature Film from 1956 to 2022, by Country." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Mar 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/813011/oscars-category-best-foreign-language-film-latin-america-country/
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Number of Latin American films nominated for or awarded an Academy Award for International Feature Film from 1956 to 2022, by country [Graph], The Academy, March 30, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/813011/oscars-category-best-foreign-language-film-latin-america-country/
