Best International Feature Film

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Best International Feature Film is an Academy Award category honoring outstanding feature-length movies produced outside the United States with primarily non-English dialogue.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Academy Award category
film award
international film award
alsoKnownAs Best Foreign Language Film
Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
surface form: Oscar for Best International Feature Film
awardCategoryOf Academy Award
surface form: Academy Awards
awardedFor feature-length films with primarily non-English dialogue
outstanding feature-length films produced outside the United States
awardLevel major Academy Award
awardType competitive award
categoryType international feature film category
ceremonyFrequency annual
ceremonyLocationTypical Los Angeles
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dialogueCriterion primarily non-English
domain film industry
eligibilityScope non-U.S. productions
formerName Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
surface form: Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
genreScope feature film
hasAwardStatue Academy Awards statuette
surface form: Oscar statuette
hasEligibilityPeriod fixed annual release window
hasMedium cinema
hasOfficialAbbreviation Best International Feature
Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
surface form: International Feature Oscar
hasOfficialLanguage English (for rules and administration)
inception 1956
languageRequirement primarily non-English dialogue
minimumRunningTime 40 minutes
notableCharacteristic limited to one submission per country per year
recognizes non-English-language cinema
organizer Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
partOf Academy Awards ceremony
presenter Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
productionRequirement produced outside the United States
recognitionScope global cinema
renamedInYear 2019
renamedTo Best International Feature Film
ruleAuthority Academy Board of Governors
surface form: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Board of Governors
selectionBody national film organizations of each submitting country
selectionProcess one film submitted per country
submissionFormat feature-length motion picture
typicalAnnouncementTime during Academy Awards nominations announcement
votingBody Academy members

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Academy Award notableCategory Best International Feature Film
Academy Award for Best International Feature Film renamedAs Best International Feature Film