Ka cika wannan magana: Sa'ad da aka gudanar da bikin Academy Awards na farko a ranar 16 ga Mayu, 1929, don girmama fina-finai da aka saki a shekara ta 1927/28, ba a da wani rukuni na musamman don fina-finai na harsunan waje ba saboda yawancin fina-finai da aka saki a shekara ta 1927 da kuma a shekara ta 1928 ba su da fina-finai. Tsakanin 1947 da 1955, Kwalejin ta ba da &lt;a href="Academy%20Honorary%20Award"&gt; Kyaututtuka na Musamman / Kyauta &lt;/a&gt; ga mafi kyawun finafinan yare na waje da aka saki a Amurka. Wadannan kyaututtuka, duk da haka, ba a ba da kyauta ba a kai a kai (ba a ba da kyauta a cikin
1953), kuma ba su da gasa tun da babu wadanda aka zaba amma kawai fim daya ya lashe a kowace shekara. Don 1956 (29th) Academy Awards, an ba da lambar yabo ta Academy Award of Merit, wanda aka fi sani da Kyautar Kyautar Kyauta ta Kasashen waje, don fina-finan da ba Turanci ba, kuma ana ba da ita kowace shekara tun daga lokacin.