List of Hong Kong submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
Year ( Ceremony ) Film title used in nomination Chinese title Languages Director Result
1959 ( 32nd ) For Better , for Worse 雨過天青 Mandarin Yueh Feng Not Nominated
1960 ( 33rd ) The Enchanting Shadow 倩女幽魂 Mandarin Han Hsiang Li Not Nominated
1963 ( 36th ) The Love Eterne 梁山伯与祝英台 Mandarin Han Hsiang Li Not Nominated
1964 ( 37th ) Between Tears and Smiles 新啼笑姻缘 Mandarin Ho Meng Hua , Yueh Feng , Doe Ching Luo Zhen , Yen Chun , Hsieh Chun Not Nominated
1966 ( 39th ) Come Drink with Me 大醉俠 Mandarin King Hu Not Nominated
1969 ( 42nd ) The Arch 董夫人 Mandarin Tang Shu Shuen Not Nominated
1976 ( 49th ) The Last Tempest 瀛台泣血 Mandarin Han Hsiang Li Not Nominated
1979 ( 52nd ) Raining in the Mountain 空山灵雨 Mandarin King Hu Not Nominated
1984 ( 57th ) Homecoming 似水流年 Cantonese Yim Ho Not Nominated
1989 ( 62nd ) Painted Faces 七小福 Cantonese Alex Law Not Nominated
1990 ( 63rd ) Eight Taels of Gold 八兩金 Cantonese Mabel Cheung Not Nominated
1991 ( 64th ) Raise the Red Lantern 大紅燈籠高高掛 Mandarin Zhang Yimou Nominated
1993 ( 66th ) Farewell My Concubine 霸王別姬 Mandarin Chen Kaige Nominated
1994 ( 67th ) The Day the Sun Turned Cold 天国逆子 Mandarin Yim Ho Not Nominated
1995 ( 68th ) Summer Snow 女人，四十 Cantonese Ann Hui Not Nominated
1996 ( 69th ) Hu-Du-Men 虎度門 Cantonese Shu Kei Not Nominated
1998 ( 71st ) Made in Hong Kong 香港製造 Cantonese Fruit Chan Not Nominated
1999 ( 72nd ) Ordinary Heroes 千言萬語 Cantonese Ann Hui Not Nominated
2000 ( 73rd ) In the Mood for Love 花樣年華 Cantonese and Shanghainese Wong Kar-wai Not Nominated
2001 ( 74th ) Fulltime Killer 全职杀手 Cantonese , Japanese and English Wai Ka-Fai and Johnnie To Not Nominated
Submissions
Every year , each country is invited by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to submit its best film for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film . 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 . [ 3 ] Below is a list of the films that have been submitted by Hong Kong for review by the Academy for the award .
Hong Kong has submitted 36 films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film[nb 1] since first entering the Oscar competition in 1959. 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. Hong Kong's submission is decided annually by Hong Kong's Motion Picture Industry Association. China, Hong Kong and Taiwan are recognized as separate entities by AMPAS and each one routinely sends a film to the competition. Two Hong Kong submissions have been selected as Oscar nominees, both of these films were directed by Mainland-directors. Although one of the hallmarks of Hong Kong Cinema has been its use of the distinctive Cantonese language, less than half of Hong Kong's Oscar submissions have been in Cantonese. Although The Departed was awarded the Oscar for Best Picture in 2007, the HK movie it was based on, Infernal Affairs, did not manage an Oscar nomination. Johnnie To and Han Hsiang Li have had their films selected three times while Yueh Feng, Wai Ka-Fai, King Hu, Ann Hui and Yim Ho have each been selected twice. Hong Kong's most internationally famous director, Wong Kar-wai has been selected by Hong Kong twice, in 2000 and 2013 (The Grandmaster). In 2002 and 2004, Hong Kong's submissions were rejected by the Academy for not conforming to AMPAS rules.