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

Cameroon submitted a film for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film[nb 1] for the first time in 1980.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5]

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.[5] 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.[4] Below is a list of the films that have been submitted by Cameroon for review by the Academy for the award by year and the respective Academy Awards ceremony.

Year
(Ceremony)		Film title used in nominationOriginal titleLanguage(s)DirectorResult
1980
(53rd)		 Our Daughter Notre fille French Daniel Kamwa Not Nominated
2016
(89th)		 Yahan Ameena Bikti Hai[6] Yahan Ameena Bikti Hai Hindi Kumar Raj Not on the final list[7]
2020
(93rd)		 The Fisherman's Diary[8] The Fisherman's Diary Cameroonian Pidgin English Enah Johnscot Pending

See also

Notes
  1. The category was previously named the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but this was changed to the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film in April 2019, after the Academy deemed the word "Foreign" to be outdated.[1][2]

References
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  2. "Academy Announces Rule Changes For 92nd Oscars". Forbes. Archived from the original on 27 May 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  3. "Africa At The Oscars: Best Foreign Language Film Submissions From The Continent – Cameroon". IndieWire. 4 September 2016. Archived from the original on 29 August 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  4. "Rule Thirteen: Special Rules for the Foreign Language Film Award" (PDF). Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 August 2014. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
  5. "History of the Academy Awards - Page 2". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 22 June 2008. Retrieved 21 August 2008.
  6. "Indian film Cameroon's entry for Oscars". The Times of India. 11 October 2016. Archived from the original on 15 January 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  7. "85 Countries In Competition For 2016 Foreign Language Film Oscar". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 11 October 2016. Archived from the original on 2 January 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  8. "Fisherman's Diary Puts Cameroon Film Industry on Global Map With Oscars Representation". Pan African Visions. Archived from the original on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
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