BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language
The BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language is given annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts and presented at the British Academy Film Awards. The award was first given at the 36th British Academy Film Awards, recognising the films of 1982, and until 1990 was known as the Best Foreign Language Film. Prior to this, films recorded in a language other than English were often recognised in the category BAFTA Award for Best Film, known between 1949 and 1969 as Best Film from any Source, also, in the 1980s there were only European films that the language originally recorded spoken in the film is not English, except Ran, between winners and nominees films in this category.
| BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Excellence in world cinema |
| Location | London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Presented by | British Academy of Film and Television Arts |
| First awarded | 1983 |
| Currently held by | Parasite (2020) |
| Website | http://www.bafta.org/ |
In the following lists, the titles and names in bold with a dark grey background are the winners and recipients respectively; those not in bold are the nominees. The years given are those in which the films under consideration were released, not the year of the ceremony, which always takes place the following year.
1980s
1990s
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2000s
2010s
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2020s
| Film | Director(s) | Producer(s) | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 (73rd) | ||||
| Parasite (기생충, Gisaengchung) | Bong Joon-ho | Bong Joon-ho Kwak Sin-ae Moon Yang-kwon Jang Young-hwan |  South Korea | |
| The Farewell | Lulu Wang | Lulu Wang Daniele Tate Melia Anita Gou Jane Zheng |  United States | |
| For Sama (من أجل سما, ‘min ajl sama‘) | Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts | Waad Al-Kateab |  Syria United Kingdom | |
| Pain and Glory (Dolor y gloria) | Pedro Almodóvar | Agustín Almodóvar Esther García Ricardo Marco Budé Ignacio Salazar-Simpson |  Spain | |
| Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Portrait de la jeune fille en feu) | Céline Sciamma | Bénédicte Couvreur |  France | |
Awards by nation
| Country | Number of winning films | Number of nominated films |
|---|---|---|
| France |
7 | 49 |
| Spain |
5 | 8 |
 Italy |
4 | 9 |
 Germany[nb 1] |
3 | 11 |
 Mexico |
3 | 3 |
 China |
3 | 1 |
 Sweden |
2 | 4 |
 Argentina |
2 | 2 |
| South Korea |
2 | 0 |
 Denmark |
1 | 4 |
 Taiwan |
1 | 3 |
 Brazil |
1 | 2 |
| United Kingdom[nb 2] |
1 | 2 |
 Japan |
1 | 2 |
 Poland |
1 | 1 |
 Hungary |
1 | 0 |
 India |
0 | 6 |
| United States of America[nb 3] |
0 | 4 |
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0 | 3 |
 Russia |
0 | 3 |
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0 | 2 |
 Hong Kong |
0 | 2 |
 Iran |
0 | 2 |
 Netherlands |
0 | 2 |
 Cambodia |
0 | 1 |
 Czech Republic |
0 | 1 |
 Israel |
0 | 1 |
 Jordan |
0 | 1 |
 Lebanon |
0 | 1 |
 Mauritania |
0 | 1 |
 Norway |
0 | 1 |
 Saudi Arabia |
0 | 1 |
 South Africa |
0 | 1 |
| Syria |
0 | 1 |
 Turkey |
0 | 1 |
Notes
- Includes films of West Germany.
- Films which contain primarily non-English dialogue.
- Films which contain primarily non-English dialogue with the exception of Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart (1985).
- Films which contain primarily French dialogue.