Bolivia has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film since 1995. The award is handed out annually by the United States Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non-English dialogue. It was not created until the 1956 Academy Awards, in which a competitive Academy Award of Merit, known as the Best Foreign Language Film Award, was created for non-English speaking films, and has been given annually since.

As of 2026, Bolivia has submitted nineteen films, but none of them were nominated.

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 International Feature Film since 1956. The International Feature Film 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.

The Bolivian submission is designated by the Asociación de Cineastas Bolivianos (Asocine).Article title

is the most submitted filmmaker with three films selected. Legendary Bolivian filmmaker only had one film submitted, Insurgents (2012), but it was withdrawn shortly before the voting process.

Say Good Morning to Dad (2005) and Los Andes no creen en Dios (2007) were both disqualified.

All films are spoken primarily in Spanish or native local languages, Aymara and Quechua. Below is a list of the films that have been submitted by Bolivia for review by the academy for the award by year and the respective Academy Awards ceremony.

Year(Ceremony) Film title used in nomination Original title Language(s) Director(s) Result 1995(68th) Jonah and the Pink Whale Jonás y la ballena rosada Spanish 2003(76th) Sexual Dependency Dependencia sexual Spanish, English Rodrigo Bellott 2005(78th) Say Good Morning to Dad Di buen día a papá Spanish Fernando Vargas 2006(79th) American Visa 2007(80th) Los Andes no creen en Dios Antonio Eguino 2009(82nd) Zona Sur Spanish, Aymara 2012(85th) Insurgents Insurgentes Spanish, Aymara, Quechua 2014(87th) Forgotten Olvidados Spanish 2016(89th) Sealed Cargo Carga Sellada 2017(90th) Dark Skull Viejo calavera Kiro Russo 2018(91st) The Goalkeeper Muralla Rodrigo Patiño 2019(92nd) Tu me manques Spanish, English Rodrigo Bellott 2020(93rd) Chaco Aymara, Quechua, Spanish Diego Mondaca 2021(94th) The Great Movement El Gran Movimiento Spanish Kiro Russo 2022(95th) Utama Quechua, Spanish Alejandro Loayza Grisi 2023(96th) The VisitorEl visitante Spanish Martín Boulocq 2024(97th) Own Hand Mano propia Rodrigo Patiño 2025(98th) The Southern House La casa del sur Carina Oroza Daroca and Ramiro Fierro 2026(99th) The Condor Daughter La Hija Cóndor Quechua, Spanish Álvaro Olmos Torrico

See also List of Academy Award winners and nominees for Best International Feature Film List of Academy Award-winning foreign language films

Notes Bolivia's submission to the 78th Academy Awards, Say Good Morning to Dad, was disqualified because it did not arrive at the academy on time. Bolivia submitted Los Andes no creen en Dios for review by the academy at the 80th Academy Awards, but it did not appear on the list of official submissions.

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References

External links The Official Academy Awards Database The Motion Picture Credits Database IMDb Academy Awards Page