# List of Ecuadorian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

Ecuador has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film on an irregular basis since 2000. 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. As of 2021, ten Ecuadorian films have been submitted for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and none has yet been nominated for an Oscar.

## 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 Ecuador for review by the Academy for the award by year and the respective Academy Awards ceremony. Both films were in Spanish.
Ecuador's first submission, Dreams from the Middle of the World, told three stories featuring mysterious woman in rural Ecuador: a Spanish woman suddenly arrives in a small secluded town to give piano lessons, a professor believes a blonde stranger has something to do with a series of strange events, and a vacationing couple confront a native demon-spirit called a guadagnó. Producer Alfredo Marcovici told The New York Times in February 2001 "Here in Ecuador it means a lot to be in the Academy because it is so difficult to make movies here. If [a nomination] happens, it would be like a gift from God."
Ecuador's second submission, Crónicas, was a thriller about a group of tabloid journalists who journey to Ecuador to investigate a serial killer. The film was set and filmed in Ecuador by an Ecuadorian director, and featured an international cast from the United States (John Leguizamo), Mexico (Damián Alcázar and José María Yazpik), the UK (Alfred Molina) and Spain (Leonor Watling). The film was given a limited US theatrical release, and released on DVD with English subtitles.
| Year (Ceremony) | Film title used in nomination | Spanish title | Director | Result |
| 2000 (73rd) | Dreams from the Middle of the World | Sueños en la mitad del mundo | Carlos Naranjo Estrella | Not nominated |
| 2004 (77th) | Chronicles | Crónicas | Sebastián Cordero | Not nominated |
| 2013 (86th) | Porcelain Horse | Mejor no hablar (de ciertas cosas) | Javier Andrade | Not nominated |
| 2014 (87th) | Silence in Dreamland | Silencio en la tierra de los sueños | Tito Molina | Not nominated |
| 2016 (89th) | Such Is Life in the Tropics | Sin muertos no hay carnaval | Sebastián Cordero | Not nominated |
| 2017 (90th) | Alba | Alba | Ana Cristina Barragán | Not nominated |
| 2018 (91st) | A Son of Man | A Son of Man: La maldición del tesoro de Atahualpa | Jamaicanoproblem, Pablo Agüero | Not nominated |
| 2019 (92nd) | The Longest Night | La mala noche | Gabriela Calvache | Not nominated |
| 2020 (93rd) | Emptiness | Vacío | Paul Venegas | Not nominated |
| 2021 (94th) | Submersible | Sumergible | Alfredo León León | Not nominated |
| 2022 (95th) | Lo Invisible | Lo Invisible | Javier Andrade | Not nominated |
| 2024 (97th) | Behind the Mist | Al otro lado de la niebla | Sebastián Cordero | Not nominated |