Search results
Mar 24, 2015 · Walter Huston and John Huston. Supporting Actor and Directing winners for The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. Dorothy Jeakins. Costume Design winner for Joan of Arc. Claire Trevor. Supporting Actress winner for Key Largo, with presenter Edmund Gwenn. View More Memorable Moments.
Feb 5, 2014 · special foreign language film award To The Bicycle Thief – voted by the Academy Board of Governors as the most outstanding foreign language film released in the United States during 1949. DOCUMENTARY (Feature)
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has given Academy Awards to foreign language films since 1945. The Academy defines a foreign language film as a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non- English dialogue.
Special/Honorary Award Winning Movies: Shoe-Shine (1947), Monsieur Vincent (1948), The Bicycle Thief (1949), The Walls of Malapaga (1950), Rashomon (1951), Forbidden Games (1952), Gate of Hell (1954), Samurai, The Legend of Musashi (1955).
For the 1956 Academy Awards, 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 then. Unlike other Academy Awards, the Best International Feature Film Award is not presented to a specific individual.
Special Foreign Language Film Award Monsieur Vincent Note: …voted by the Academy Board of Governors as the most outstanding foreign language film released in the United States during 1948.
It was also honored with a Special Academy Award as the "most outstanding foreign film released in the United States during 1949" - many years before an official category was created. [The film served as the impetus for the creation of an official Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 1956.]
