ACADEMY AWARDS HISTORY


This is the thirty-first Academy Award nomination (including nine wins) for France. Previous nominations were:
  • EAST-WEST (1999) -- Nominee, Foreign Language Film
  • RIDICULE (1996) -- Nominee, Foreign Language Film
  • INDOCHINE (1992) -- Winner, Foreign Language Film
  • CYRANO DE BERGERAC (1990) -- Nominee, Foreign Language Film
  • CAMILLE CLAUDEL (1989) -- Nominee, Foreign Language Film
  • AU REVOIR LES ENFANTS (GOODBYE, CHILDREN) (1987) -- Nominee, Foreign
Language Film
  • BETTY BLUE (1986) -- Nominee, Foreign Language Film
  • THREE MEN AND A CRADLE (1985) -- Nominee, Foreign Language Film
  • ENTRE NOUS (1983) -- Nominee, Foreign Language Film
  • COUP DE TORCHON (CLEAN SLATE) (1982) -- Nominee, Foreign Language Film
  • THE LAST METRO (1980) -- Nominee, Foreign Language Film
  • A SIMPLE STORY (1979) -- Nominee, Foreign Language Film
  • GET OUT YOUR HANDKERCHIEFS (1978) -- Winner, Foreign Language Film
  • MADAME ROSA (1977) -- Winner, Foreign Language Film
  • COUSIN, COUSINE (1976) -- Nominee, Foreign Language Film
  • LACOMBE, LUCIEN (1974) -- Nominee, Foreign Language Film
  • DAY FOR NIGHT (1973) -- Winner, Foreign Language Film
  • THE DISCREET CHARM OF THE BOURGEOISIE (1972) -- Winner, Foreign Language
Film
  • HOA-BINH (1970) -- Nominee, Foreign Language Film
  • MY NIGHT WITH MAUD (1969) -- Nominee, Foreign Language Film
  • STOLEN KISSES (1968) -- Nominee, Foreign Language Film
  • LIVE FOR LIFE (1967) -- Nominee, Foreign Language Film
  • A MAN AND A WOMAN (1966) -- Winner, Foreign Language Film
  • THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG (1964) -- Nominee, Foreign Language Film
  • SUNDAYS AND CYBELE (1962) -- Winner, Foreign Language Film
  • LA VÉRITÉ (1960) -- Nominee, Foreign Language Film
  • BLACK ORPHEUS (1959) -- Winner, Foreign Language Film
  • MY UNCLE (1958) -- Winner, Foreign Language Film
  • GATES OF PARIS (1957) -- Nominee, Foreign Language Film
  • GERVAISE (1956) -- Nominee, Foreign Language Film

Additionally, France received three Special/Honorary Awards prior to the establishment of Foreign Language Film as a regular category in 1956:
  • FORBIDDEN GAMES (1952) -- Honorary Foreign Language Film Award
  • THE WALLS OF MALAPAGA (1950) -- Honorary Foreign Language Film Award [shared with Italy]
  • MONSIEUR VINCENT (1948) -- Special Foreign Language Film Award