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

Since the inaugural award in 1956, Denmark has submitted fifty-nine films for consideration for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, fourteen of which succeeded in getting nominated for the Academy Award: Qivitoq (1958), Paw (1959), Harry and the Butler (1960), Babette's Feast (1987), Pelle the Conqueror (1988), Memories of a Marriage (1989), After the Wedding (2006), In a Better World (2010), A Royal Affair (2012), The Hunt (2013), A War (2015), Land Of Mine (2016), Another Round (2020) and Flee (2021). Four Danish films have won the Oscar: Babette's Feast (1987), Pelle the Conqueror (1988), In a Better World (2010) and Another Round (2020).

The official Danish submission is selected annually in late summer by the Danish Film Institute

In 1957, Denmark became the first country to send a film with a female director to the Foreign Oscar competition (Annelise Hovmand's Be Dear to Me). Two years later, Astrid Henning-Jensen's Paw became to the first film directed by a woman to receive a nomination in the category.

Between 1998 and 2002, four out of five Danish submissions were made according to the austere Dogme 95 principles. None were nominated and none have been submitted since.

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 Denmark for review by the Academy for the award by year.

Shortlisted films

Each year since 2010, the Danish Film Institute has announced a three-film shortlist prior to announcing the official Danish Oscar candidate. The following films were shortlisted by Denmark but not selected as the final candidate:

See also

• List of Greenlandic submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

Notes

References

1. List of Indian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
2. List of submissions to the 96th Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film
3. List of submissions to the 95th Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film
4. List of submissions to the 94th Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film
5. List of submissions to the 93rd Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film
6. List of Academy Award winners and nominees for Best International Feature Film
7. List of Greenlandic submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
8. List of countries by number of Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film
9. List of Iranian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
10. List of submissions for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
11. List of Swedish submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
12. List of submissions to the 92nd Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film
13. Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film
14. Flee (film)
15. List of Academy Award–winning films
16. Queen of Hearts (2019 film)
17. The Promised Land (2023 film)
18. Academy Award for Best Actor
19. Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
20. Another Round