- 1. Which country is excluded from submitting a film to the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film?
A) United States
B) Brazil
C) Canada
D) United Kingdom
- 2. How many films is each country allowed to submit?
A) Two
B) Five
C) Three
D) One
- 3. Who must compose the organization, jury, or committee that designates a country's official submission?
A) Academy members from the United States
B) Government politicians
C) General cinema audiences
D) People from the film industry
- 4. Which organization submits the official British entry?
A) Ministry of Culture
B) Museum of Civilization
C) International Feature Film Committee
D) British Academy of Film and Television Arts
- 5. Which body submits the official Brazilian entry?
A) Foreign Language Film Award Committee
B) A committee under its Ministry of Culture
C) British Academy of Film and Television Arts
D) TIFF Bell lightbox
- 6. What must be sent to the academy regarding the selecting group?
A) Financial statements
B) Box office records
C) Names of the members
D) Actor contracts
- 7. What language must the submitted copies of all films feature?
A) French
B) Dubbed in English
C) English-subtitled
D) No subtitles required
- 8. How do members of the Foreign Language Film Award Committee(s) select the five official nominations?
A) By secret ballot
B) By public voting
C) By coin toss
D) By open discussion
- 9. In what year did the 79th Academy Awards take place, bringing a modification to the selection procedure?
A) 2014
B) 2020
C) 2027
D) 2006
- 10. How many films were included in the shortlist published one week before nominations for the 2006 Academy Awards?
A) Five
B) Nine
C) Thirty
D) Fifteen
- 11. How many members were on the smaller committee that viewed the shortlisted films for three days for the 2006 awards?
A) 30
B) 15
C) 9
D) 5
- 12. How many New York City-based Academy members were part of the special committee for the 2006 awards?
A) 10
B) 15
C) 5
D) 30
- 13. For which Academy Awards edition was the selection procedure amended to allow all Academy members to participate?
A) 99th Academy Awards
B) 29th Academy Awards
C) 93rd Academy Awards
D) 79th Academy Awards
- 14. In what year did the 93rd Academy Awards take place?
A) 2014
B) 2006
C) 2020
D) 2022
- 15. As of what year had the two-committee system been reinstated?
A) 2022
B) 2020
C) 2006
D) 2014
- 16. What is the name of the committee that shortlists fifteen films in the reinstated system as of 2022?
A) International Feature Film Preliminary Committee
B) British Academy of Film and Television Arts
C) Foreign Language Film Award Committee
D) International Feature Film Nominating Committee
- 17. What is the name of the committee that narrows down the final five nominees in the reinstated system as of 2022?
A) Foreign Language Film Award Committee
B) International Feature Film Preliminary Committee
C) Ministry of Culture
D) International Feature Film Nominating Committee
- 18. How many films does the International Feature Film Preliminary Committee shortlist?
A) Five
B) Thirty
C) Nine
D) Fifteen
- 19. Unlike the Academy Award for Best Picture, who is the Best International Feature Film award considered a collective award for?
A) Only the producers
B) Only the screenwriters
C) Only the lead actors
D) The submitting country and the film creatives as a whole
- 20. Who is the official recipient of the International Feature Film Award?
A) The film director
B) The submitting country's culture minister
C) The lead actor
D) The film producer
- 21. Where is the director's name written on the Oscar statuette?
A) It is not written on the statuette
B) On the plaque after the country name and movie title
C) On the base before the country name
D) On the back of the statuette's head
- 22. Which Canadian film won an Oscar that was displayed at the Museum of Civilization and later at the TIFF Bell lightbox?
A) The Barbarian Invasions was not Canadian
B) Federico Fellini's masterwork
C) The British Entry
D) The Barbarian Invasions
- 23. In what year was the Canadian film The Barbarian Invasions released?
A) 2022
B) 1956
C) 2003
D) 2014
- 24. Where is the Oscar statuette won by The Barbarian Invasions currently on display?
A) Museum of Civilization in Quebec City
B) The British Academy of Film and Television Arts
C) The Academy headquarters in Los Angeles
D) TIFF Bell lightbox
- 25. Until recently, where was the Oscar statuette won by The Barbarian Invasions on display?
A) Museum of Civilization in Quebec City
B) TIFF Bell lightbox
C) Ministry of Culture in Brazil
D) New York City Academy
- 26. According to the rules, who accepts the statuette on behalf of the film’s creative talents during the ceremony?
A) The committee chairperson
B) The producer
C) The director
D) The lead actor
- 27. For Academy Awards purposes, what is credited as the nominee?
A) The director
B) The country
C) The studio
D) The producer
- 28. Since what year has the movie director been included as an official recipient on the Oscar award?
A) 2027 change
B) 1956 change
C) 2014 change
D) 2003 change
- 29. At which Academy Awards were the names of producers included in the nomination for Best Foreign Language Film?
A) 2006 (79th) Academy Awards
B) 2020 (93rd) Academy Awards
C) 1956 (29th) Academy Awards
D) 2014 Academy Awards
- 30. How many Academy Awards did Federico Fellini's films win collectively in the Best Foreign Language Film category?
A) Four
B) One
C) Five
D) Nine
- 31. What was the only Oscar that Federico Fellini won individually?
A) 2003 Best International Feature Film
B) 1956 Foreign Language Film Award
C) 2014 Director Award
D) 1992 Honorary Award
- 32. Who is the BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language awarded to?
A) Only the producer
B) The director and producer
C) Only the submitting country
D) Only the director
- 33. What is the maximum number of individuals that may be nominated per film for the BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language?
A) Only one individual
B) A maximum of three individuals
C) Four individuals
D) A maximum of two individuals
- 34. In what year was it announced that the director's name would be engraved onto the Oscar statuette in addition to the country's name?
A) 2020
B) 2014
C) 1956
D) 2027
- 35. Beginning at what Academy Awards will the film be credited as the nominee/winner rather than the country or region?
A) 99th Academy Awards (2027)
B) 79th Academy Awards (2006)
C) 29th Academy Awards (1956)
D) 93rd Academy Awards (2020)
- 36. Why will the film be credited instead of the country or region beginning at the 99th Academy Awards?
A) Due to a lack of country submissions
B) Due to changes in eligibility criteria
C) Due to the abolition of the director category
D) Due to budget cuts
- 37. If a winner at the 99th Academy Awards was originally nominated via a national selection, what will still happen?
A) The director will be stripped of the award
B) The country will still receive a statuette on its behalf
C) The country will be banned from future entries
D) The film will be disqualified
- 38. What will still credit the country even after the 2027 eligibility changes for nationally selected winners?
A) The BAFTA award
B) The theatrical trailer
C) The plaque
D) The movie poster
- 39. What is one of the primary requirements regarding the dialogue track for a film to be eligible for this award?
A) Must include English subtitles or dubbing
B) Exclusively silent with no dialogue
C) Must be spoken in the submitting country's official language
D) Predominantly non-English dialogue track
- 40. When was the first Academy Awards ceremony held?
A) March 10, 1928
B) April 15, 1927
C) May 20, 1930
D) May 16, 1929
- 41. In what year was no Special or Honorary foreign language award given during the early post-war era?
A) 1953
B) 1950
C) 1955
D) 1948
- 42. Who are the official recipients of the International Feature Film Oscar today?
A) Submitting countries
B) Lead actors
C) Directors
D) Producers
- 43. Which region has received the vast majority of the awards handed out to foreign language films since 1947?
A) The Americas
B) Asia
C) Europe
D) Africa
- 44. How many awards have gone to European films out of the seventy-seven awards handed out by 2024?
A) 50
B) 65
C) 45
D) 59
- 45. How many awards have gone to films from the Americas since 1947?
A) 12
B) 9
C) 3
D) 6
- 46. How many awards have gone to African films since 1947?
A) 1
B) 9
C) 6
D) 3
- 47. Which filmmaker holds the record for directing the most Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award–winning motion pictures?
A) Ingmar Bergman
B) Vittorio De Sica
C) Federico Fellini
D) Akira Kurosawa
- 48. Which filmmaker's record for winning films is tied with Federico Fellini if Special Awards are taken into account?
A) Ingmar Bergman
B) Jean Renoir
C) Akira Kurosawa
D) Vittorio De Sica
- 49. Which foreign country is the most awarded, with 14 awards won?
A) Spain
B) France
C) Japan
D) Italy
- 50. Which foreign country has the most nominations with 41 nominations for 12 wins?
A) France
B) Italy
C) Israel
D) Japan
- 51. Which foreign country has the most nominations without ever winning an award?
A) Canada
B) Belarus
C) Israel
D) Portugal
- 52. Which foreign country has the most submissions without receiving a single nomination?
A) Portugal
B) Uruguay
C) Belarus
D) Israel
- 53. Which film became the first International Feature Film winner to also win Best Picture in 2020?
A) Parasite
B) La Strada
C) Shoeshine
D) Roma
- 54. Who argued that an international award would promote a closer relationship between American film craftsmen and those of other countries?
A) Jean Hersholt
B) Yul Brynner
C) Orson Welles
D) Federico Fellini
- 55. What was the very first foreign language film honored with a Special or Honorary Academy Award?
A) La Strada
B) Rashomon
C) The Bicycle Thief
D) Shoeshine
- 56. What was the first competitive recipient of the Best Foreign Language Film Award in 1956?
A) Shoeshine
B) Monsieur Vincent
C) The Bicycle Thief
D) La Strada
- 57. During which academy board meeting was it decided to rename the category to Best International Feature Film?
A) December 31, 2018
B) January 10, 2020
C) May 16, 2019
D) April 23, 2019
- 58. How many consecutive days must a film be exhibited in a commercial movie theater to meet eligibility criteria?
A) Seven consecutive days
B) One day
C) Fourteen consecutive days
D) Thirty consecutive days
- 59. What was the most recent Nigerian film disqualified for containing too much English dialogue?
A) Parasite
B) Lionheart
C) Flow
D) Bluebird
- 60. What was Belarus's entry for the 93rd Academy Awards that was declared ineligible due to insufficient artistic control?
A) Persian Lessons
B) Bluebird
C) A Place in the World
D) Lionheart
- 61. Which Italian film was disqualified prior to the 2006 rule change simply because its main spoken languages were Arabic and Hebrew?
A) La Strada
B) Shoeshine
C) Private
D) The Bicycle Thief
- 62. Following the 2006 rule change, which Hindi-language film was Canada able to receive a nomination for?
A) Flow
B) A Bullet in the Head
C) Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner
D) Water
- 63. What was Canada's Inuktitut language film submitted in 2001?
A) Private
B) Water
C) Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner
D) A Bullet in the Head
- 64. Which Mayan-language film directed in the United States was ineligible for the Best Foreign Language Film category?
A) Parasite
B) Shoeshine
C) La Strada
D) Apocalypto
- 65. Which U.S. unincorporated territory used to be eligible to submit films to the category despite its residents having American citizenship since 1917?
A) Uruguay
B) Puerto Rico
C) Belarus
D) Canada
- 66. In what year did the academy decide to no longer allow submissions from Puerto Rico?
A) 2011
B) 2020
C) 2014
D) 2006
- 67. Which international film festival's top jury award is the Golden Bear?
A) Busan
B) Venice
C) Berlin
D) Cannes
- 68. Which international film festival's top award is the Palme d'Or?
A) Sundance
B) Cannes
C) Venice
D) Berlin
- 69. Which international film festival's top award is the Golden Lion?
A) Venice
B) Cannes
C) Toronto
D) Berlin
- 70. Which festival awards the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize included in the 2026 eligibility update?
A) Busan
B) Berlin
C) Sundance
D) Toronto
- 71. Which festival awards the Platform Prize included in the 2026 eligibility update?
A) Sundance
B) Venice
C) Toronto
D) Busan
- 72. Which festival awards the Best Film Award included in the 2026 eligibility update?
A) Sundance
B) Berlin
C) Toronto
D) Busan
- 73. Which Indian film's director accused the Indian selection committee of bias in 2007?
A) Ran
B) Eklavya: The Royal Guard
C) Dharm
D) Parasite
- 74. Who directed the film Dharm (2007)?
A) Justine Triet
B) Akira Kurosawa
C) Bhavna Talwar
D) Alissa Wilkinson
- 75. Which 2007 film was chosen by the Indian selection committee over Dharm?
A) Eklavya: The Royal Guard
B) The Seed of the Sacred Fig
C) Paradise Now
D) Divine Intervention
- 76. Through which co-producing country was the Iranian film The Seed of the Sacred Fig (2024) successfully selected?
A) Germany
B) India
C) France
D) Japan
- 77. Who directed Anatomy of a Fall (2023)?
A) Hany Abu-Assad
B) Will Smith
C) Bhavna Talwar
D) Justine Triet
- 78. Why did Variety suspect Anatomy of a Fall was snubbed by France?
A) Because the director was unpopular in Hollywood
B) Retaliation for Justine Triet's statements supporting pension reform protests
C) Because it was not predominantly in a foreign language
D) Because it was co-produced by Germany
- 79. Who produced the Palestinian film Divine Intervention (2002)?
A) Guy Lodge
B) Hany Abu-Assad
C) Humbert Balsan
D) Alissa Wilkinson
- 80. According to Electronic Intifada, the rejection of Divine Intervention triggered accusations of what against the academy?
A) Double standards
B) Nepotism
C) Financial bias
D) Political censorship
- 81. Which Palestinian-Arab film succeeded in getting nominated for the Foreign Language Film Award three years after Divine Intervention?
A) Dharm
B) The Seed of the Sacred Fig
C) Paradise Now
D) It Was Just an Accident
- 82. Who directed Paradise Now (2005)?
A) Justine Triet
B) Hany Abu-Assad
C) Akira Kurosawa
D) Bhavna Talwar
- 83. What is the name of the academy rule criticized by some filmmakers that limits submissions?
A) Cannes winner ban rule
B) Palestine recognition rule
C) English language exclusion rule
D) One-country-one-film rule
- 84. Who wrote in The Guardian in 2015 that the Best Foreign Language Film category has a 'fundamentally flawed premise'?
A) Alissa Wilkinson
B) Justine Triet
C) Guy Lodge
D) Bhavna Talwar
- 85. According to The Guardian article in 2015, after how many years had the Academy never honored a film not predominantly in English as the year's best?
A) 50 years
B) 75 years
C) 87 years
D) 100 years
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