Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Iwu ndị na-achịkwa ụdị ihe nkiri International Feature Film ugbu a na-ekwu na "a ga-enye ihe nkiri ahụ ihe osise Academy (Oscar) ma 'onye nduzi ahụ ga-anakwere ya n'aha nkà ihe nkiri ahụ.' Ya mere, onye nduzi anaghị enweta ihe nrite ahụ n'onwe ya, kama ọ na-anabata ya n'oge emume ahụ. N'ezie, ọ dịghị mgbe e jikọtara onyinye ahụ na otu onye, ma e wezụga maka
1956 (nke iri abụọ na itoolu) Academy Awards mgbe aha ndị na-emepụta ihe gụnyere na nhọpụta maka ụdị ihe nkiri asụsụ mba ọzọ. N'ụzọ gọọmentị, a na-ewere na onye nduzi dịka Federico Fellini enwetụbeghị ihe nrite Academy Award nke Merit n'oge ndụ ya, n'agbanyeghị na ihe nkiri ya anọ natara Onyinye Nkiri Asụsụ Mba Ọzọ (naanị Academy Award nke Fellini n'onwe ya meriri bụ Onyinye Honorary ya nke 1992). Agbanyeghị, ndị na-emepụta ihe Dino De Laurentiis na Carlo Ponti ka a na-ewere na ha meriri 1956 Foreign Language Film Award nyere Fellini's "La Strada" (1954) n'ihi na aha ha doro anya gụnyere na nhọpụta ahụ.