Montenegro submitted a film for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film for the first time in 2013. 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. 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.
As of 2026, Montenegro has submitted thirteen films, but none of them were nominated.
Submissions 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 International Feature Film since 1956. The International Feature Film 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.
Below is a list of the films that have been submitted by Montenegro for review by the Academy for the award by year and the respective Academy Awards ceremony.
Year(Ceremony) Film title used in nomination Original title Language(s) Director Result 2013(86th) Ace of Spades: Bad Destiny As pik - loša sudbina Serbo-Croatian Draško Đurović 2014(87th) The Kids from the Marx and Engels Street Dječaci iz Ulice Marksa i Engelsa Nikola Vukčević 2015(88th) You Carry Me Ti mene nosiš Croatian Ivona Juka 2016(89th) The Black Pin Igla ispod praga Serbian Ivan Marinovic 2018(91st) Iskra Gojko Berkuljan 2019(92nd) Neverending Past Između dana i noći Andro Martinovic 2020(93rd) Breasts Grudi Serbo-Croatian Marija Perović 2021(94th) After the Winter Poslije zime Ivan Bakrač 2022(95th) The Elegy of Laurel Elegija lovora Serbian Dušan Kasalica 2023(96th) Sirin Serbo-Croatian Senad Šahmanović 2024(97th) Supermarket Nemanja Bečanović 2025(98th) The Tower of Strength Obraz Montenegrin, Albanian Nikola Vukčević 2026(99th) To Hold a Mountain Planina Montenegrin Biljana Tutorov and Petar Glomazić
Shortlists Year Title 2024 Forever Hold Your Peace
See also List of Serbian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (Montenegro and Serbia formed a single state from 1992 to 2006; its submissions are listed in this article) List of Yugoslav submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film List of Academy Award winners and nominees for Best International Feature Film List of Academy Award-winning foreign language films
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References
External links The Official Academy Awards Database The Motion Picture Credits Database IMDb Academy Awards Page