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

Poland has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film on a regular basis since 1963. The Oscar 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. 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.

## 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.
As of 2022, 54 Polish films have been submitted for the award. Thirteen of these submissions resulted in nominations for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, with Ida winning in 2015. Director Andrzej Wajda represented Poland for a record nine times, and four of his films received nominations, also a record. Below is a list of the films that have been submitted by Poland 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 | Director | Result |
| 1963 (36th) | Knife in the Water | Nóż w wodzie | Roman Polanski | Nominated |
| 1964 (37th) | Passenger | Pasażerka | Andrzej Munk & Witold Lesiewicz | Not nominated |
| 1966 (39th) | Pharaoh | Faraon | Jerzy Kawalerowicz | Nominated |
| 1968 (41st) | Matthew's Days | Żywot Mateusza | Witold Leszczyński | Not nominated |
| 1969 (42nd) | Everything for Sale | Wszystko na sprzedaż | Andrzej Wajda | Not nominated |
| 1970 (43rd) | The Taste of Black Earth | Sól ziemi czarnej | Kazimierz Kutz | Not nominated |
| 1971 (44th) | Family Life | Życie rodzinne | Krzysztof Zanussi | Not nominated |
| 1972 (45th) | Pearl in the Crown | Perła w koronie | Kazimierz Kutz | Not nominated |
| 1973 (46th) | Copernicus | Kopernik | Ewa Petelska & Czesław Petelski | Not nominated |
| 1974 (47th) | The Deluge | Potop | Jerzy Hoffman | Nominated |
| 1975 (48th) | The Promised Land | Ziemia Obiecana | Andrzej Wajda | Nominated |
| 1976 (49th) | Nights and Days | Noce i dnie | Jerzy Antczak | Nominated |
| 1977 (50th) | Camouflage | Barwy ochronne | Krzysztof Zanussi | Not nominated |
| 1978 (51st) | Death of a President | Śmierć prezydenta | Jerzy Kawalerowicz | Not nominated |
| 1979 (52nd) | The Maids of Wilko | Panny z Wilka | Andrzej Wajda | Nominated |
| 1980 (53rd) | Olympics 40 | Olimpiada 40 | Andrzej Kotkowski | Not nominated |
| 1981 (54th) | Man of Iron | Człowiek z żelaza | Andrzej Wajda | Nominated |
| 1985 (58th) | Yesterday | Yesterday | Radosław Piwowarski | Not nominated |
| 1986 (59th) | Axiliad | Siekierezada | Witold Leszczyński | Not nominated |
| 1987 (60th) | Hero of the Year | Bohater roku | Feliks Falk | Not nominated |
| 1988 (61st) | A Short Film About Love | Krótki film o miłości | Krzysztof Kieślowski | Not nominated |
| 1989 (62nd) | Kornblumenblau | Kornblumenblau | Leszek Wosiewicz | Not nominated |
| 1990 (63rd) | Korczak | Korczak | Andrzej Wajda | Not nominated |
| 1991 (64th) | The Double Life of Véronique | Podwójne życie Weroniki | Krzysztof Kieślowski | Not nominated |
| 1992 (65th) | All That Really Matters | Wszystko, co najważniejsze | Robert Gliński | Not nominated |
| 1993 (66th) | Squadron | Szwadron | Juliusz Machulski | Not nominated |
| 1994 (67th) | Three Colours: White | Trzy kolory. Biały | Krzysztof Kieślowski | Not nominated |
| 1995 (68th) | Crows | Wrony | Dorota Kędzierzawska | Not nominated |
| 1996 (69th) | At Full Gallop | Cwał | Krzysztof Zanussi | Not nominated |
| 1997 (70th) | Love Stories | Historie miłosne | Jerzy Stuhr | Not nominated |
| 1999 (72nd) | Pan Tadeusz | Pan Tadeusz | Andrzej Wajda | Not nominated |
| 2000 (73rd) | Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease | Życie jako śmiertelna choroba przenoszona drogą płciową | Krzysztof Zanussi | Not nominated |
| 2001 (74th) | Quo Vadis | Quo Vadis | Jerzy Kawalerowicz | Not nominated |
| 2002 (75th) | Edi | Edi | Piotr Trzaskalski | Not nominated |
| 2003 (76th) | Pornografia | Pornografia | Jan Jakub Kolski | Not nominated |
| 2004 (77th) | The Welts | Pręgi | Magdalena Piekorz | Not nominated |
| 2005 (78th) | The Collector | Komornik | Feliks Falk | Not nominated |
| 2006 (79th) | Retrieval | Z odzysku | Sławomir Fabicki | Not nominated |
| 2007 (80th) | Katyń | Katyń | Andrzej Wajda | Nominated |
| 2008 (81st) | Tricks | Sztuczki | Andrzej Jakimowski | Not nominated |
| 2009 (82nd) | Reverse | Rewers | Borys Lankosz | Not nominated |
| 2010 (83rd) | All That I Love | Wszystko, co kocham | Jacek Borcuch | Not nominated |
| 2011 (84th) | In Darkness | W ciemności | Agnieszka Holland | Nominated |
| 2012 (85th) | 80 Million | 80 milionów | Waldemar Krzystek | Not nominated |
| 2013 (86th) | Walesa: Man of Hope | Wałęsa. Człowiek z nadziei | Andrzej Wajda | Not nominated |
| 2014 (87th) | Ida | Ida | Paweł Pawlikowski | Won Academy Award |
| 2015 (88th) | 11 Minutes | 11 minut | Jerzy Skolimowski | Not nominated |
| 2016 (89th) | Afterimage | Powidoki | Andrzej Wajda | Not nominated |
| 2017 (90th) | Spoor | Pokot | Agnieszka Holland | Not nominated |
| 2018 (91st) | Cold War | Zimna wojna | Paweł Pawlikowski | Nominated |
| 2019 (92nd) | Corpus Christi | Boże Ciało | Jan Komasa | Nominated |
| 2020 (93rd) | Never Gonna Snow Again | Śniegu już nigdy nie będzie | Małgorzata Szumowska, Michał Englert | Not nominated |
| 2021 (94th) | Leave No Traces | Żeby nie było śladów | Jan P. Matuszyński | Not nominated |
| 2022 (95th) | EO | Io | Jerzy Skolimowski | Nominated |
| 2023 (96th) | The Peasants | Chłopi | DK Welchman and Hugh Welchman | Not nominated |
| 2024 (97th) | Under the Volcano | Pod wulkanem | Damian Kocur | Not nominated |

## Shortlisted Films

Since 2020, Poland has announced a list of finalists or eligible films that varied in number over the years (from 5 to 10 films) before announcing their official Oscar nominee. The following films have been shortlisted by the Polish Film Institute:
| Year | Films |
| 2020 | Clergyman ·The Hater · Kill It and Leave This Town · Supernova · Sweat · 25 Years of Innocence |
| 2021 | The Getaway King · Operation Hyacinth · Prime Time |
| 2022 | The Balcony Movie · Broad Peak · Filip · Fucking Bornholm · Illusion · Silent Land · Woman on the Roof |
| 2023 | Green Border · In the Rearview · Pianoforte · Woman Of... |
| 2024 | Go Against the Flow · Life And Deaths Of Max Linder · Minghun · Next to Nothing · One Soul · People · Scarborn · Silent Trees · Woman Of... |