How many United Kingdom, New Zealand, or Australian films have been nominated in the 'Best Foreign Film' category at the annual Academy Awards (Oscars)?

The UK has had 4 (1 winner), Australia has had 1, and New Zealand has had 0.

Although this may come as a surprise, only foreign language films are eligible, which means English-speaking countries are largely ineligible to contribute nominees.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_number_of_Academy_Awards_for_Best_International_Feature_Film

Here is the criteria for a Foreign Film to be nominated for an Academy Award (aka, an Oscar)

DEFINITION
An international film is defined as a feature-length motion picture (over 40 minutes) produced outside the United States of America and its territories with a predominantly (more than 50%) non-English dialogue track. Animated and documentary feature films are permitted.

https://www.oscars.org/sites/oscars/files/2024-04/97_international_feature_rules.pdf

Indeed, the four nominated British films were not predominantly in English:

Hedd Wyn (1993, in Welsh)
Solomon & Gaenor (1999, Welsh & English)
The Zone of Interest (2023, German, Polish & Yiddish)
Santosh (2024, Hindi)

Other British submissions that were not nominated include films in Bemba, Irish, Russian, Turkish, Urdu and many more.


The only Australian film to be nominated was "Tanna" (2016), spoken in South West Tanna.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_British_submissions_for_the_Academy_Award_for_Best_International_Feature_Film

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Australian_submissions_for_the_Academy_Award_for_Best_International_Feature_Film