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

Chile has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film since 1990. 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 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.

## Statistics

The Chilean submission is selected annually by the Consejo del Arte y la Industria Audiovisual, which chooses a nominee for the Spanish Goya Awards at the same time. The Goya nominee is usually the same film as the Oscar nominee (1991, 1993, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009) but not always (1990, 2005, 2008, 2012).
The 2009 race was particularly controversial in Chile when The Maid, one of the most awarded films in Chile's cinematic history, was passed over in favor of a historical drama Dawson, Island 10 by Miguel Littin. The Chilean Cultural Council released a statement in November 2009, defending the decision.
The 2020 film The Mole Agent made the shortlist for Best International Feature Film, but ended up being nominated in another category, Best Documentary Feature.
Chile has submitted twenty-nine films for Oscar consideration, with their first film being nominated for an Academy Award in 2013. Chile won its first Foreign Language Oscar in 2018, with A Fantastic Woman.
| Number of submissions | Name | Films |
| 4 | Pablo Larraín | Tony Manero · No · The Club · Neruda |
| 3 | Silvio Caiozzi | The Moon in the Mirror · Coronation · And Suddenly the Dawn |
| 3 | Andrés Wood | Machuca · Violeta Went to Heaven · Spider |
| 2 | Maite Alberdi | The Mole Agent · In Her Place |
| 2 | Matías Bize | In Bed · The Life of Fish |
| 2 | Sebastián Lelio | Gloria · A Fantastic Woman |

## Submissions

Below is a list of the films that have been submitted by Chile for review by the academy for the award by year and the respective Academy Awards ceremony. All films selected are primary spoken in Spanish.
| Year (Ceremony) | Film title used in nomination | Original title | Language(s) | Director | Result |
| 1990 (63rd) | The Moon in the Mirror | La luna en el espejo | Spanish | Silvio Caiozzi | Not nominated |
| 1991 (64th) | The Frontier | La frontera | Spanish | Ricardo Larraín | Not nominated |
| 1993 (66th) | Johnny 100 Pesos | Johnny 100 Pesos | Spanish | Gustavo Graef Marino | Not nominated |
| 1994 (67th) | Amnesia | Amnesia | Spanish | Gonzalo Justiniano | Not nominated |
| 2000 (73rd) | Coronation | Coronación | Spanish | Silvio Caiozzi | Not nominated |
| 2001 (74th) | A Cab for Three | Taxi para tres | Spanish | Orlando Lubbert | Not nominated |
| 2002 (75th) | Ogu and Mampato in Rapa Nui | Ogú y Mampato en Rapa Nui | Spanish | Alejandro Rojas | Not nominated |
| 2003 (76th) | Los Debutantes | Los Debutantes | Spanish | Andrés Waissbluth | Not nominated |
| 2004 (77th) | Machuca | Machuca | Spanish | Andrés Wood | Not nominated |
| 2005 (78th) | Play | Play | Spanish | Alicia Scherson | Not nominated |
| 2006 (79th) | In Bed | En la cama | Spanish | Matías Bize | Not nominated |
| 2007 (80th) | Padre Nuestro | Padre Nuestro | Spanish, English | Rodrigo Sepúlveda | Not nominated |
| 2008 (81st) | Tony Manero | Tony Manero | Spanish | Pablo Larraín | Not nominated |
| 2009 (82nd) | Dawson, Island 10 | Dawson, Isla 10 | Spanish | Miguel Littín | Not nominated |
| 2010 (83rd) | The Life of Fish | La vida de los peces | Spanish | Matías Bize | Not nominated |
| 2011 (84th) | Violeta Went to Heaven | Violeta se fue a los cielos | Spanish | Andrés Wood | Not nominated |
| 2012 (85th) | No | No | Spanish, English | Pablo Larraín | Nominated |
| 2013 (86th) | Gloria | Gloria | Spanish | Sebastián Lelio | Not nominated |
| 2014 (87th) | To Kill a Man | Matar a un hombre | Spanish | Alejandro Fernández Almendras | Not nominated |
| 2015 (88th) | The Club | El Club | Spanish | Pablo Larraín | Not nominated |
| 2016 (89th) | Neruda | Neruda | Spanish | Pablo Larraín | Not nominated |
| 2017 (90th) | A Fantastic Woman | Una mujer fantástica | Spanish | Sebastián Lelio | Won Academy Award |
| 2018 (91st) | And Suddenly the Dawn | ...Y de pronto el amanecer | Spanish | Silvio Caiozzi | Not nominated |
| 2019 (92nd) | Spider | Araña | Spanish, German, Haitian Creole | Andrés Wood | Not nominated |
| 2020 (93rd) | The Mole Agent | El agente topo | Spanish | Maite Alberdi | Made shortlist |
| 2021 (94th) | White on White | Blanco en blanco | Spanish, English | Théo Court | Not nominated |
| 2022 (95th) | Blanquita | Blanquita | Spanish | Fernando Guzzoni | Not nominated |
| 2023 (96th) | The Settlers | Los colonos | Spanish, English | Felipe Gálvez Haberle | Not nominated |
| 2024 (96th) | In Her Place | El lugar de la otra | Spanish | Maite Alberdi | Not nominated |

## Shortlisted films

Since 2000, Chile has announced a list of finalists or eligible films that varied in number over the years (from 2 to 14 films) before announcing their official Oscar nominee, except in the years 2002, 2006, 2013–2015 and 2018 where an official list was not announced. The following films have been shortlisted by the Audiovisual Art and Industry Council, a collegiate committee of audiovisual specialists brought together by the CNCA between 2003 and 2019, and by the Chilean Film Academy from 2020:
| Year | Films |
| 2000 | Somewhere in the Night · Tierra del Fuego |
| 2001 | Loco Fever |
| 2003 | Cesante · Eternal Blood · Sex with Love |
| 2004 | Azul y blanco · B-Happy · Bad Blood · The Chosen One · Underground · XS: The Worst Size |
| 2005 | Decent People · Juego de verano · My Best Enemy · Time Off · Unfaithful Women |
| 2007 | Casa de remolienda · Fiestapatria · The King of San Gregorio · Scrambled Beer · Ugly Me |
| 2008 | 31 minutos, la película · 199 Tips to Be Happy · The Good Life · Life Kills Me · Mansacue · Microfilia · Mirageman · South Desert · The Toast |
| 2009 | Christmas · El regalo · The Maid · Muñeca |
| 2010 | Huacho · Optical Illusions · Tendida mirando las estrellas · Tourists |
| 2011 | Post mortem · Ulysses |
| 2012 | Bonsái · Old Cats · Sal |
| 2016 | Chicago Boys · The Inca Prince · Inside the Mind of a Psychopath · The Pearl Button · No Filter · Sex Life of Plants · Talion |
| 2017 | Damn Kids |
| 2019 | Dry Martina · Ema · The Man of the Future · Too Late to Die Young |
| 2020 | Jailbreak Pact · Kill Pinochet · Lina from Lima · My Tender Matador |
| 2021 | Bad Neighbor · The Eternal Moment · Fever Dream · Forgotten Roads · The Journey of Monalisa · My Brothers Dream Awake · The Promise of Return · Superno · Take a Spin in the Air · Three Souls · La Verónica |
| 2022 | 130 Children · 1976 · Burning Patience · The Cow Who Sang a Song Into the Future · Gaucho Americano · Immersion · (Im)Patient · Karnawal · My Imaginary Country · A Place Called Dignity · La Provisoria · The Punishment · Songs of Repression |
| 2023 | El Conde · The Eternal Memory · Meeting Point · El vacío |
| 2024 | Analogues · History and Geography · Malas costumbres · Maybe It's True What They Say About Us · Prison in the Andes |