The Oscar chronicles

2005

Gavin Hood’s ‘Tsotsi’ wins the Foreign Language Film category

2004

Darrell Roodt’s ‘Yesterday’ is nominated

2010

Oliver Schmitz’s ‘Life, Above All’ is shortlisted

2017

John Trengove’s ‘The Wound’ is shortlisted

2022

This year the National Film and Video Foundation selects ‘Barakat’ as SA’s official submission for Best International Feature but the film does not make the shortlist