List_of_Fijian_submissions_for_the_Academy_Award_for_Best_International_Feature_Film
List of Fijian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
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Fiji is one of the one hundred countries that has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film,[nb 1] with their first and only submission made in 2005. The award 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.[3] 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.[4]
Fiji's first-ever feature film,[5] The Land Has Eyes, was submitted for Oscar consideration in 2005, but was not nominated for an Oscar.[6][7]
Fiji is the only Pacific Island nation ever to enter the competition.