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List of Danish submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

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List of Danish submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
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nameBest International Feature Film submissions from Denmark
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award1_typeDebut
award1_winner1956
award2_typeSubmissions
award2_winner63
award3_typeNominations
award3_winner15
award4_typeOscar winners
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Since the inaugural award in 1956, Denmark has submitted fifty-nine films for consideration for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. The official Danish submission is selected annually in late summer by the Danish Film Institute.

As of 2025, Denmark won four times, for: Babette's Feast (1987), Pelle the Conqueror (1988), In a Better World (2010) and Another Round (2020).

Submissions

[[Susanne Bier]] was the first Danish woman to win the award, for ''[[In a Better World]]''.

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.

In 1957, Denmark became the first country to send a film with a female director to the Foreign Oscar competition with Annelise Hovmand's Be Dear to Me. Two years later, Astrid Henning-Jensen's Paw became to the first film directed by a woman to receive a nomination in the category.

Between 1998 and 2002, four out of five Danish submissions were made according to the austere Dogme 95 movement principles. None were nominated and none have been submitted since.

Besides the four wins, fifteen films also succeeded in getting nominations: Qivitoq (1958), Paw (1959), Harry and the Butler (1960), Babette's Feast (1987), Pelle the Conqueror (1988), Memories of a Marriage (1989), After the Wedding (2006), In a Better World (2010), A Royal Affair (2012), The Hunt (2013), A War (2015), Land Of Mine (2016), Another Round (2020), Flee (2021) and The Girl with the Needle (2024).

Below is a list of the films that have been submitted by Denmark for review by the Academy for the award by year.

Year
(Ceremony)Film title used in nominationOriginal titleDirectorResult1956
(29th)1957
(30th)1958
(31st)1959
(32nd)1961
(34th)1964
(37th)1965
(38th)1966
(39th)1967
(40th)1968
(41st)1969
(42nd)1970
(43rd)1971
(44th)1972
(45th)1974
(47th)1975
(48th)1976
(49th)1977
(50th)1978
(51st)1979
(52nd)1982
(55th)1983
(56th)1984
(57th)1985
(58th)1986
(59th)1987
(60th)1988
(61st)1989
(62nd)1990
(63rd)1991
(64th)1992
(65h)1993
(66th)1994
(67th)1996
(69th)1997
(70th)1998
(71st)1999
(72nd)2000
(73rd)2001
(74th)2002
(75th)2003
(76th)2004
(77th)2005
(78th)2006
(79th)2007
(80th)2008
(81st)2009
(82nd)2010
(83rd)2011
(84th)2012
(85th)2013
(86th)2014
(87th)2015
(88th)2016
(89th)2017
(90th)2018
(91st)2019
(92nd)2020
(93rd)2021
(94th)2022
(95th)2023
(96th)2024
(97th)2025
(98th)
Qivitoq
Be Dear to MeIngen tid til kærtegn
The Girls Are WillingGuld og grønne skove
Paw
Harry and the ButlerHarry og Kammertjeneren
SextetSekstet
Gertrud
HungerSult
Once There Was a WarDer var engang en krig
People Meet and Sweet Music Fills the HeartMänniskor möts och ljuv musik uppstår i hjärtat
Ballad of Carl-HenningBalladen om Carl-Henning, Sven Grønlykke
Re: LoneAng. Lone
The Missing ClerkDen forsvundne fuldmægtig
Oh, to Be on the Bandwagon!Man sku' være noget ved musikken
The Olsen Gang's Last EscapadeOlsen-bandens sidste bedrifter
Per
The Olsen Gang Sees RedOlsen-banden ser rødt
BoysDrenge
Me and CharlyMig og Charly, Henning Kristiansen
Johnny LarsenJohnny Larsen
Tree of KnowledgeKundskabens Træ
Zappa
Tukuma
Twist and ShoutTro, håb og kærlighed
The Dark Side of the MoonManden i Månen
Babette's FeastBabettes Gæstebud
Pelle the ConquerorPelle Erobreren
Memories of a MarriageDansen med Regitze
Dance of the Polar BearsLad isbjørnene danse
The Great Day on the BeachDen Store Badedag
Sofie
Black HarvestSort Høst
Carl, My Childhood SymphonyMin fynske barndom
Hamsun
Barbara
The CelebrationFesten
Mifune's Last SongMifunes sidste sang
A Place NearbyHer i Nærheden
Italian for BeginnersItaliensk for begyndere
Open HeartsElsker dig for evigt
Reconstruction
The Five ObstructionsDe Fem Benspænd, Jørgen Leth
Adam's ApplesAdams Æbler
After the WeddingEfter Brylluppet
The Art of CryingKunsten at græde i Kor
Worlds ApartTo verdener
Terribly HappyFrygtelig lykkelig
In a Better WorldHævnen
SuperClásico
A Royal AffairEn kongelig affæreurl=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-20959604title=Oscars: Hollywood announces 85th Academy Award nominationsaccess-date=2013-01-10publisher=BBC Newsdate=10 January 2013archive-date=29 November 2017archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171129104857/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-20959604url-status=live }}
The HuntJagtenurl=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25757345title=Oscars: Main nominations 2014work=BBC Newsdate=16 January 2014access-date=2014-01-16archive-date=16 January 2014archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116162828/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25757345url-status=live }}
url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscars-denmark-nominates-sorrow-joy-733984title=Oscars: Denmark Nominates 'Sorrow and Joy' in Foreign-Language Categoryaccess-date=18 September 2014work=The Hollywood Reporterdate=18 September 2014archive-date=24 September 2014archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140924121736/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscars-denmark-nominates-sorrow-joy-733984url-status=live }}Sorg og glæde
url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/sydneylevine/denmark-picks-tobias-lindholms-searing-drama-a-war-as-oscar-entry-20150923title=Denmark Picks Tobias Lindholm's Searing Drama 'A War' as Oscar Entrypublisher=IndieWiredate=23 September 2015access-date=4 September 2015archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150927115030/http://blogs.indiewire.com/sydneylevine/denmark-picks-tobias-lindholms-searing-drama-a-war-as-oscar-entry-20150923archive-date=27 September 2015url-status=dead }}Krigenurl=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscar-nominations-2016-full-list-855670title=Oscar Nominations: The Complete Listwork=The Hollywood Reporterlast=Fordfirst=Rebeccadate=14 January 2016access-date=14 January 2016archive-date=12 September 2019archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190912213503/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/oscars-nominations-complete-list-855398url-status=live }}
url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscars-denmarks-land-mine-picked-930779title=Oscars: Denmark Selects 'Land of Mine' for Foreign-Language Categoryfirst=Scottlast=Roxboroughwork=The Hollywood Reporterdate=19 September 2016access-date=19 September 2016archive-date=19 September 2016archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919224651/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscars-denmarks-land-mine-picked-930779url-status=live }}Under sandeturl=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38716725title=Oscars 2017: The full nominationspublisher=BBC Newsdate=24 January 2017access-date=24 January 2017archive-date=11 November 2020archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111214113/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38716725url-status=live }}
url=https://variety.com/2017/film/global/denmark-selects-you-disappear-as-foreign-language-oscar-entry-1202564359/title=Denmark Selects 'You Disappear' as Foreign-Language Oscar Entrywork=Varietyfirst=Elsalast=Keslassydate=20 September 2017access-date=20 September 2017archive-date=21 September 2017archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921001219/http://variety.com/2017/film/global/denmark-selects-you-disappear-as-foreign-language-oscar-entry-1202564359/url-status=live }}Du forsvinder
The GuiltyDen skyldige
Queen of HeartsDronningen
Another RoundDruk
FleeFlugt
url=https://deadline.com/2022/09/oscars-denmark-submits-ali-abbasis-cannes-winning-title-holy-spider-international-feature-1235127751/title=Oscars: Denmark Submits Ali Abbasi's Cannes-Winning Title 'Holy Spider' To International Feature Racefirst=Zaclast=Ntimwork=Deadline Hollywooddate=27 September 2022access-date=27 September 2022}}عنکبوت مقدسAli Abbasi
The Promised LandBastardenNikolaj Arcel
The Girl with the NeedlePigen med nålenMagnus von Horn
Mr. Nobody Against PutinDavid Borenstein

Shortlisted films

Each year since 2010, the Danish Film Institute has announced a three-film shortlist prior to announcing the official Danish Oscar candidate. The following films were shortlisted by Denmark but not selected as the final candidate:

YearFilms2010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
R · Submarino
A Family · A Funny Man
Love Is All You Need, The Passion of Marie
The Act of Killing, Northwest
Someone You Love, Speed Walking
The Look of Silence, Men & Chicken
The Commune, Walk with Me
Darkland, Word of God
A Fortunate Man, Winter Brothers
Before the Frost, Daniel
A Perfectly Normal Family, Enforcement
Margrete: Queen of the North, The Shadow in My Eye
As in Heaven, Forever
Apolonia, Apolonia ·
Echo of You · Sons
Beginnings · The Last Viking

Notes

References

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  13. "9 Foreign Language Films Vie for Oscar".
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  15. (16 January 2014). "Oscars: Main nominations 2014". BBC News.
  16. (18 September 2014). "Oscars: Denmark Nominates 'Sorrow and Joy' in Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter.
  17. (23 September 2015). "Denmark Picks Tobias Lindholm's Searing Drama 'A War' as Oscar Entry". IndieWire.
  18. Ford, Rebecca. (14 January 2016). "Oscar Nominations: The Complete List". [[The Hollywood Reporter]].
  19. Roxborough, Scott. (19 September 2016). "Oscars: Denmark Selects 'Land of Mine' for Foreign-Language Category". [[The Hollywood Reporter]].
  20. (24 January 2017). "Oscars 2017: The full nominations". BBC News.
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  22. Holdsworth, Nick. (20 September 2018). "Oscars: Denmark Selects 'The Guilty' for Foreign-Language Category". [[The Hollywood Reporter]].
  23. (17 December 2018). "Academy Unveils 2019 Oscar Shortlists". [[The Hollywood Reporter]].
  24. Roxborough, Scott. (24 September 2019). "Oscars: Denmark Selects 'Queen of Hearts' for International Feature Category". The Hollywood Reporter.
  25. Keslassy, Elsa. (18 November 2020). "'Another Round' to Represent Denmark in Oscar Race". Variety.
  26. Landrum, Jonathan Jr.. (15 April 2021). "'Another Round' wins best international film at the Oscars". [[Associated Press News]].
  27. (25 October 2021). "'Flee' selected as Danish Oscar entry". Danish Film Institute.
  28. (8 February 2022). "Oscars: Full List of Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter.
  29. Ntim, Zac. (27 September 2022). "Oscars: Denmark Submits Ali Abbasi's Cannes-Winning Title 'Holy Spider' To International Feature Race". Deadline Hollywood.
  30. Goodfellow, Melanie. (26 September 2023). "Oscars: Denmark Submits 'The Promised Land' For Best International Film Feature". Deadline Hollywood.
  31. (September 19, 2024). "Oscars 2025: Denmark Picks 'The Girl With the Needle' for International Feature Race".
  32. Tartaglione, Nancy. (2025-09-17). "Oscars: Denmark Selects 'Mr. Nobody Against Putin' For Best International Feature Film Race".
  33. "Three films advance to Danish Oscar shortlist".
  34. (August 22, 2024). "Three films selected to Danish Oscar shortlist".
  35. (2025-08-21). "Three films selected to Danish Oscar shortlist". [[Danish Film Institute]].
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