List of Icelandic submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

Iceland has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film since 1981. The first film to be sent to AMPAS by Iceland was Land and Sons which was released in Iceland in 1980. Since then, Iceland has sent in a film every year.

Only one Icelandic film, Börn náttúrunnar (Children of Nature), directed by Friðrik Þór Friðriksson, has received a nomination for Best Foreign Language Film. Three others have made the shortlist, and a short film titled Síðasti bærinn (The Last Farm) by Rúnar Rúnarsson was nominated for Best Live Action Short in 2006.

Friðrik Þór Friðriksson's films have been selected to represent Iceland six times- more than any other Icelandic director. Ágúst Guðmundsson, Baltasar Kormákur and Hrafn Gunnlaugsson have each represented Iceland four times. In 1990, Guðný Halldórsdóttir became the first Icelandic woman to represent the country.

Submissions

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. 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. Below is a list of the films that have been submitted by Iceland for review by the Academy for the award by year.

The Icelandic nominee is chosen annually in September by the Icelandic Film and Television Academy, which is also responsible for the Edda Awards. All films were primarily in Icelandic.

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References

1. List of submissions to the 96th Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film
2. List of submissions to the 95th Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film
3. List of Academy Award winners and nominees for Best International Feature Film
4. List of submissions to the 94th Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film
5. List of countries by number of Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film
6. List of submissions to the 93rd Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film
7. List of submissions to the 92nd Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film
8. Lamb (2021 film)
9. Godland (film)
10. List of submissions to the 88th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
11. 2024 in Iceland
12. List of submissions to the 84th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
13. List of submissions to the 91st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
14. List of A24 films
15. List of submissions to the 90th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
16. List of submissions to the 75th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
17. Rams (2015 film)
18. 2025 in Iceland
19. A White, White Day
20. List of submissions to the 89th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film