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

Belgium has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film since 1967. 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. The "Best Foreign Language Film" category 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. Between 1947 and 1955, the academy presented a non-competitive Honorary Award for the best foreign language films released in the United States.
As of 2023, eight Belgian films have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Of these films, two have been directed by Gérard Corbiau: The Music Teacher and Farinelli. The six other Belgian directors to have films accepted as nominees are Jacques Boigelot, Stijn Coninx, Dominique Deruddere, Michaël R. Roskam, Felix Van Groeningen and Lukas Dhont. Boigelot's Peace in the Fields was accepted as a nominee at the 43rd Academy Awards, Stijn Coninx's Daens was a nominee in 1993, Deruddere's Everybody's Famous! was a nominee at the 73rd Academy Awards, Roskam's Bullhead for the 84th, Van Groeningen's The Broken Circle Breakdown for the 86th, and Dhont's Close for the 95th.

## 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 Belgium 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 | Result |
| 1967 (40th) | Le Départ | Le Départ | French | Jerzy Skolimowski | Not nominated |
| 1969 (42nd) | Palaver | Palaver | Swahili, Dutch, French, English, German, Latin | Emile Degelin | Not nominated |
| 1970 (43rd) | Peace in the Fields | Paix sur les champs | French | Jacques Boigelot | Nominated |
| 1972 (45th) | The Lonely Killers | Les tueurs fous | French | Boris Szulzinger | Not nominated |
| 1974 (47th) | The Conscript | De loteling | Dutch | Roland Verhavert | Not nominated |
| 1976 (49th) | High Street | Rue Haute | French | André Ernotte | Not nominated |
| 1977 (50th) | Rubens | Rubens, schilder en diplomaat | Dutch | Roland Verhavert | Not nominated |
| 1979 (52nd) | Woman in a Twilight Garden | Een vrouw tussen hond en wolf | Dutch | André Delvaux | Not nominated |
| 1981 (54th) | Le Grand Paysage d'Alexis Droeven | Le Grand Paysage d'Alexis Droeven | French | Jean-Jacques Andrien | Not nominated |
| 1982 (55th) | Minuet | Menuet | Dutch | Lili Rademakers | Not nominated |
| 1985 (58th) | Dust | Dust | French, English | Marion Hänsel | Not nominated |
| 1986 (59th) | Jumping | Springen | Dutch | Jean-Pierre De Decker | Not nominated |
| 1987 (60th) | The Cruel Embrace | Les noces barbares | French | Marion Hänsel | Not nominated |
| 1988 (61st) | The Music Teacher | Le maître de musique | French | Gérard Corbiau | Nominated |
| 1989 (62nd) | The Sacrament | Het Sacrament | Dutch | Hugo Claus | Not nominated |
| 1991 (64th) | Toto the Hero | Toto le héros | French | Jaco Van Dormael | Not nominated |
| 1992 (65th) | Daens | Daens | Flemish, Dutch, French, Latin, Spanish | Stijn Coninx | Nominated |
| 1993 (66th) | Just Friends | Just Friends | Dutch, French | Marc-Henri Wajnberg | Not nominated |
| 1994 (67th) | Farinelli | Farinelli, Il Castrato | Italian, French | Gérard Corbiau | Nominated |
| 1995 (68th) | Manneken Pis | Manneken Pis | Dutch | Frank Van Passel | Not nominated |
| 1996 (69th) | The Eighth Day | Le huitième jour | French | Jaco Van Dormael | Not nominated |
| 1997 (70th) | My Life in Pink | Ma vie en rose | French | Alain Berliner | Not nominated |
| 1998 (71st) | Rosie | Rosie | Dutch | Patrice Toye | Not nominated |
| 1999 (72nd) | Rosetta | Rosetta | French | Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne | Not nominated |
| 2000 (73rd) | Everybody's Famous! | Iedereen beroemd! | Flemish, English, Spanish | Dominique Deruddere | Nominated |
| 2001 (74th) | Pauline & Paulette | Pauline & Paulette | Dutch, French | Lieven Debrauwer | Not nominated |
| 2002 (75th) | The Son | Le fils | French | Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne | Not nominated |
| 2003 (76th) | Sea of Silence | Verder dan de maan | Dutch | Stijn Coninx | Not nominated |
| 2004 (77th) | The Alzheimer Case | De zaak Alzheimer | Dutch, French, Flemish | Erik Van Looy | Not nominated |
| 2005 (78th) | The Child | L'Enfant | French | Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne | Not nominated |
| 2006 (79th) | Someone Else's Happiness | Een ander zijn geluk | Dutch | Fien Troch | Not nominated |
| 2007 (80th) | Ben X | Ben X | Flemish, Dutch | Nic Balthazar | Not nominated |
| 2008 (81st) | Eldorado | Eldorado | French | Bouli Lanners | Not nominated |
| 2009 (82nd) | The Misfortunates | De helaasheid der dingen | Dutch, Flemish | Felix Van Groeningen | Not nominated |
| 2010 (83rd) | Illegal | Illègal | French, Russian, English | Olivier Masset-Depasse | Not nominated |
| 2011 (84th) | Bullhead | Rundskop | Dutch, French, Limburgish, West Flemish | Michaël R. Roskam | Nominated |
| 2012 (85th) | Our Children | À perdre la raison | French, Arabic | Joachim Lafosse | Not nominated |
| 2013 (86th) | The Broken Circle Breakdown | Alabama Monroe | Flemish, English, Dutch | Felix Van Groeningen | Nominated |
| 2014 (87th) | Two Days, One Night | Deux jours, une nuit | French | Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne | Not nominated |
| 2015 (88th) | The Brand New Testament | Le Tout Nouveau Testament | French | Jaco Van Dormael | Made shortlist |
| 2016 (89th) | The Ardennes | D'Ardennen | Flemish, French, Dutch | Robin Pront | Not nominated |
| 2017 (90th) | Racer and the Jailbird | Le Fidèle | Flemish, French, Dutch | Michaël R. Roskam | Not nominated |
| 2018 (91st) | Girl | Girl | Flemish, Dutch, French, English | Lukas Dhont | Not nominated |
| 2019 (92nd) | Our Mothers | Nuestras madres | Spanish | César Díaz | Not nominated |
| 2020 (93rd) | Working Girls | Filles de joie | French | Frédéric Fonteyne, Anne Paulicevich | Not nominated |
| 2021 (94th) | Playground | Un monde | French | Laura Wandel | Made shortlist |
| 2022 (95th) | Close | Close | French | Lukas Dhont | Nominated |
| 2023 (96th) | Omen | Augure | French | Baloji | Not nominated |
| 2024 (97th) | Julie Keeps Quiet | Julie zwijgt | Dutch, French | Leonardo Van Dijl | Not nominated |