List of South African submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Submissions
Columns: Year (Ceremony) | Film title | Language(s) | Director | Result
1989 (62nd) | Mapantsula | Zulu , Afrikaans , Sesotho , English | Oliver Schmitz Category:Articles with hCards | Not Nominated | 1997 (70th) | Paljas | Afrikaans | Katinka Heyns Category:Articles with hCards | Not Nominated | 2004 (77th) | Yesterday | Zulu | Darrell Roodt Category:Articles with hCards | Nominee | 2005 (78th) | Tsotsi | Zulu , Xhosa , Afrikaans , English | Gavin Hood Category:Articles with hCards | Won Academy Award | 2008 (81st) | Jerusalema | Afrikaans , English , Tsotsitaal | Ralph Ziman Category:Articles with hCards | Not Nominated | 2009 (82nd) | White Wedding | Zulu , Xhosa , Afrikaans , English | Jann Turner Category:Articles with hCards | Not Nominated | 2010 (83rd) | Life, Above All | Northern Sotho | Oliver Schmitz Category:Articles with hCards | Made January Shortlist | 2011 (84th) | Beauty | Afrikaans | Oliver Hermanus Category:Articles with hCards | Not Nominated | 2012 (85th) | Little One | Zulu | Darrell Roodt Category:Articles with hCards | Not Nominated | 2013 (86th) | Four Corners | Afrikaans | Ian Gabriel Category:Articles with hCards | TBD