César Award for Best Foreign Film
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The César Award for Best Foreign Film is a prestigious French film award presented annually by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma to honor outstanding non-French-language feature films released in France.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| César Award for Best Foreign Film canonical | 26 |
| César du meilleur film étranger | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2351047 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: César Award for Best Foreign Film Context triple: [Ken Loach, awardReceived, César Award for Best Foreign Film]
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A.
César Award for Best Film
The César Award for Best Film is France’s premier national film prize honoring the most outstanding feature film of the year.
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B.
César Award for Best Director
The César Award for Best Director is a prestigious French film honor presented annually by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma to recognize outstanding achievement in film directing.
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C.
César Award for Best Foreign Actor
The César Award for Best Foreign Actor was a former category of France's national film awards honoring outstanding performances by non-French male actors in cinema.
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D.
César Award for Best Documentary Film
The César Award for Best Documentary Film is a prestigious French cinema prize presented annually by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma to honor outstanding achievement in documentary filmmaking.
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E.
César Award for Best Music Written for a Film
The César Award for Best Music Written for a Film is a prestigious French cinema honor presented annually by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma to recognize outstanding original film scores.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: César Award for Best Foreign Film Target entity description: The César Award for Best Foreign Film is a prestigious French film award presented annually by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma to honor outstanding non-French-language feature films released in France.
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A.
César Award for Best Film
The César Award for Best Film is France’s premier national film prize honoring the most outstanding feature film of the year.
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B.
César Award for Best Director
The César Award for Best Director is a prestigious French film honor presented annually by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma to recognize outstanding achievement in film directing.
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C.
César Award for Best Foreign Actor
The César Award for Best Foreign Actor was a former category of France's national film awards honoring outstanding performances by non-French male actors in cinema.
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D.
César Award for Best Documentary Film
The César Award for Best Documentary Film is a prestigious French cinema prize presented annually by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma to honor outstanding achievement in documentary filmmaking.
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E.
César Award for Best Music Written for a Film
The César Award for Best Music Written for a Film is a prestigious French cinema honor presented annually by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma to recognize outstanding original film scores.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
César Award category
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film award ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
César Award for Best Foreign Film
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surface form:
César du meilleur film étranger
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| awardCeremonyLanguage | French ⓘ |
| awardFor |
best foreign film
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non-French-language feature film ⓘ |
| awardLevel | national film award of France ⓘ |
| awardNameInFrench |
César Award for Best Foreign Film
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
César du meilleur film étranger
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| categoryType | foreign-language film category ⓘ |
| ceremony |
César Awards ceremony
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surface form:
César Awards
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| country | France ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | major French recognition for foreign cinema ⓘ |
| eligibility |
feature-length films
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produced outside France ⓘ theatrically released in France ⓘ |
| firstAwarded |
César Awards ceremony
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surface form:
1976 César Awards ceremony
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| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| genre | cinema ⓘ |
| hasAwardedMedium | film ⓘ |
| hasFormat | trophy ⓘ |
| inception | 1976 ⓘ |
| industry | film industry ⓘ |
| languageCriterion | non-French-language ⓘ |
| location | Paris ⓘ |
| namedAfter | César Baldaccini ⓘ |
| namedInLanguage | French ⓘ |
| notableFor | recognizing international cinema in France ⓘ |
| organizer | Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma ⓘ |
| partOf |
César Award
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surface form:
César Awards
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| presentedBy | Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma ⓘ |
| region | Europe ⓘ |
| relatedAward |
Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
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BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language ⓘ César Award for Best Film ⓘ |
| scope | foreign films released in France ⓘ |
| selectionBody |
Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma
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surface form:
Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma members
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| selectionProcess | voting by members of the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma ⓘ |
| status | active ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: César Award for Best Foreign Film Description of subject: The César Award for Best Foreign Film is a prestigious French film award presented annually by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma to honor outstanding non-French-language feature films released in France.
Referenced by (29)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
César Award for Best Foreign Film (as part of film cast of Four Weddings and a Funeral)
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receivedAward
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César Award for Best Foreign Film
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subject surface form:
Four Weddings and a Funeral
César Award for Best Foreign Film (as part of film cast of Four Weddings and a Funeral)
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alsoKnownAs
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César Award for Best Foreign Film
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subject surface form:
César Award for Best Foreign Film
this entity surface form:
César du meilleur film étranger
this entity surface form:
César du meilleur film étranger
César Award for Best Foreign Film
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awardNameInFrench
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César Award for Best Foreign Film
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
César du meilleur film étranger
Akira Kurosawa’s film Ran (1985), loosely based on King Lear
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awardReceived
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César Award for Best Foreign Film
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subject surface form:
Ran