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

Cuba has submitted films for consideration in the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film category at the Oscars since 1978. 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, Cuba has submitted twenty-two films. Cuba received their first and only Oscar nomination for their 1994 submission, Strawberry and Chocolate, a gay-themed comedy-drama.
The Cuban nominee is selected annually by the Cuban Film Institute, the Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematográficos (ICAIC).

## Submissions

Every year, each country is invited by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to submit its best film for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. 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.
The following is a list of the films submitted by Cuba in the Best Foreign Language Film category at the Academy Awards. All films were produced in Spanish.
| Year (Ceremony) | English title | Original title | Language(s) | Director | Result |
| 1978 (51st) | Viva el Presidente | El recurso del método | Spanish | Miguel Littín | Not nominated |
| 1987 (60th) | A Successful Man | Un hombre de éxito | Spanish | Humberto Solás | Not nominated |
| 1988 (61st) | Letters from the Park | Cartas del parque | Spanish | Tomás Gutiérrez Alea | Not nominated |
| 1989 (62nd) | Supporting Roles | Papeles secundarios | Spanish | Orlando Rojas | Not nominated |
| 1990 (63rd) | The Beauty of the Alhambra | La bella del Alhambra | Spanish | Enrique Pineda Barnet | Not nominated |
| 1991 (64th) | Hello Hemingway | Hello Hemingway | Spanish | Fernando Perez | Not nominated |
| 1992 (65th) | Adorable Lies | Adorables mentiras | Spanish | Gerardo Chijona | Not nominated |
| 1994 (67th) | Strawberry and Chocolate | Fresa y chocolate | Spanish | Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Juan Carlos Tabío | Nominated |
| 1996 (69th) | Think of Me | Pon tu pensamiento en mí | Spanish | Arturo Sotto Díaz | Not nominated |
| 1997 (70th) | Vertical Love | Amor vertical | Spanish | Arturo Sotto Díaz | Not nominated |
| 2002 (75th) | Nothing More | Nada | Spanish | Juan Carlos Cremata | Not nominated |
| 2003 (76th) | Suite Habana | Suite Habana | No dialogue | Fernando Perez | Not nominated |
| 2005: (78th) | Viva Cuba | Viva Cuba | Spanish | Juan Carlos Cremata | Not nominated |
| 2006 (79th) | El Benny | El Benny | Spanish | Jorge Luis Sánchez | Not nominated |
| 2007 (80th) | The Silly Age | La edad de la peseta | Spanish | Pavel Giroud | Not nominated |
| 2009 (82nd) | Fallen Gods | Los dioses rotos | Spanish, Yoruba | Ernesto Daranas | Not nominated |
| 2011 (84th) | Habanastation | Habanastation | Spanish | Ian Padrón | Not nominated |
| 2014 (87th) | Behavior | Conducta | Spanish | Ernesto Daranas | Not nominated |
| 2016 (89th) | The Companion | El acompañante | Spanish | Pavel Giroud | Not nominated |
| 2018 (91st) | Sergio and Sergei | Sergio & Sergei | Spanish, English, Russian | Ernesto Daranas | Not on the final list |
| 2019 (92nd) | A Translator | Un traductor | Spanish, Russian | Rodrigo Barriuso, Sebastián Barriuso | Not nominated |
| 2020 (93rd) | Buscando a Casal | Buscando a Casal | Spanish | Jorge Luis Sánchez | Not nominated |
| 2023 (96th) | Nelsito's World | El mundo de Nelsito | Spanish | Fernando Pérez | Disqualified |
Cuba's first submission was directed by Miguel Littin, a leftist Chilean director who was nominated in this category twice, representing Mexico in 1975/76 (for Letters from Marusia) and Nicaragua in 1982/83 (for Alsino and the Condor). He also represented his native Chile in 2009.
In addition to the above films, the Dominican Republic submitted Guaguasi – a drama directed by a Cuban-American exile, set amidst the turmoil of the 1956 Cuban Revolution and filmed in the Dominican Republic – for consideration in 1983,