San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Foreign Language Film
The San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Foreign Language Film is an annual film award given by the San Diego Film Critics Society.
Winners
[edit]1990s
[edit]| Year | Winner | Country | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Ridicule | France | Patrice Leconte |
| 1998 | Life Is Beautiful (La vita è bella) | Italy | Roberto Benigni |
| 1999 | Tango (Tango, no me dejes nunca) | Argentina / Spain | Carlos Saura |
2000s
[edit]| Year | Winner | Country | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | The Colour of Paradise (Rang-e khoda) | Iran | Majid Majidi |
| 2001 | Amélie (Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain) | France / Germany | Jean-Pierre Jeunet |
| 2002 | Talk to Her (Hable con ella) | Spain | Pedro Almodóvar |
| 2003 | The Barbarian Invasions (Les invasions barbares) | Canada / France | Denys Arcand |
| Irréversible | France | Gaspar Noé | |
| 2004 | The Sea Inside (Mar adentro) | Spain / France / Italy | Alejandro Amenábar |
| 2005 | Innocent Voices (Voces inocentes) | Mexico / Puerto Rico / USA | Luis Mandoki |
| 2006 | Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles (Qian li zou dan qi) | China / Hong Kong / Japan | Zhang Yimou |
| 2007 | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le scaphandre et le papillon) | France / USA | Julian Schnabel |
| 2008 | Let the Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in) | Sweden | Tomas Alfredson |
| 2009 | Il Divo | Italy | Paolo Sorrentino |
2010s
[edit]| Year | Winner | Country | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | I Am Love (Io sono l'amore) | Italy | Luca Guadagnino |
| 2011 | Le quattro volte | Italy | Michelangelo Frammartino |
| 2012 | The Kid with a Bike (Le gamin au vélo) | Belgium / France / Italy | Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne |
| 2013 | Drug War (Du zhan) | China / Hong Kong | Johnnie To |
| 2014 | Force Majeure (Turist) | Sweden | Ruben Östlund |
| 2015 | Taxi | Iran | Jafar Panahi |
| 2016 | Mountains May Depart | China | Jia Zhangke |
| 2017 | Thelma | Norway | Joachim Trier |
| 2018 | Shoplifters | Japan | Hirokazu Kore-eda |
| 2019 | Parasite | South Korea | Bong Joon-ho |
2020s
[edit]| Year | Winner | Country | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | The Life Ahead (La vita davanti a sé) | Italy | Edoardo Ponti |
| 2021 | Parallel Mothers | Spain | Pedro Almodóvar |
| 2022 | All Quiet on the Western Front | Germany | Edward Berger |
| 2023 | Anatomy of a Fall | France | Justine Triet |