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List of Lebanese submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

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Lebanon has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film[nb 1] since 1978. The award is handed out annually by the United States Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non-English dialogue.[3] As of 2021, Lebanon has submitted eighteen films for the award, with The Insult being the first film nominated for the award.

Submissions edit

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited the film industries of various countries to submit their best film for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film since 1956. The Foreign Language Film Award Committee oversees the process and reviews all the submitted films. Following this, they vote via secret ballot to determine the five nominees for the award.[3] Below is a list of the films that have been submitted by Lebanon for review by the academy for the award by year and the respective Academy Awards ceremony.

Year
(Ceremony)		 Film title used in nomination French & Arabic titles Director Result
1978
(51st) 		Promise of Love[4] وعد الحب Sarky Mouradian Not nominated
1998
(71st) 		West Beirut بيروت الغربية Ziad Doueiri Not nominated
1999
(72nd) 		Around the Pink House البيت الزهري Joana Hadjithomas
& Khalil Joreige 		Not nominated
2002
(75th) 		When Maryam Spoke Out لمّا حكيت مريم Assad Fouladkar Not nominated
2003
(76th) 		The Kite طيّارة من ورق Randa Chahal Sabag Not nominated
2006
(79th) 		Bosta بوسطة Philippe Aractingi Not nominated
2007
(80th) 		Caramel سكر بنات Nadine Labaki Not nominated
2008
(81st) 		Under the Bombs تحت القصف Philippe Aractingi Not nominated
2011
(84th) 		Where Do We Go Now?[5] و هلّق لوين Nadine Labaki Not nominated
2013
(86th) 		Blind Intersections[6] قصة ثواني Lara Saba Not nominated
2014
(87th) 		Ghadi[7] غدي Amin Dora Not nominated
2015
(88th) 		Void[8] وينن Tarek Korkomaz, Zeina Makki, Jad Beyrouthy, Christelle Ighniades, Salim Habr, Maria Abdel Karim, Naji Bechara Not nominated
2016
(89th) 		Very Big Shot[9] فيلم كتير كبير Mir-Jean Bou Chaaya Not nominated
2017
(90th) 		The Insult[10] قضية رقم ٢٣ Ziad Doueiri Nominated[11]
2018
(91st) 		Capernaum[12] کفرناحوم Nadine Labaki Nominated[13]
2019
(92nd) 		1982[14] 1982 Oualid Mouaness Not nominated
2020
(93rd) 		Broken Keys[15] مفاتيح مكسرة Jimmy Keyrouz Not nominated
2021
(94th) 		Costa Brava, Lebanon[16] كوستابرافا Mounia Akl Not nominated
2022
(95th) 		Memory Box دفاتر مايا Joana Hadjithomas, Khalil Joreige Not nominated

Lebanon's submitted for the first time with Promise of Love, a US co-production in Armenian. Twenty years later, Lebanon began submitting Arabic language films on a regular basis, many of which also featured French.

Recent Lebanese history, particularly the country's wars and ethnic divisions, has been featured prominently in their national submissions. West Beyrouth is about friendship between Muslim and Christian teenagers during the 1975 Civil War, while Autour de la Maison Rouge deals with a community re-building itself afterwards. Under the Bombs takes place amidst the rubble of Lebanon's brief 2006 war with Israel while The Kite focuses on a once tight-knit community, split in two by the current Lebanese-Israeli border. Caramel, a comedy-drama about a women's beauty salon, and Bosta, a musical about a modern-day troupe of travelling musicians, were major box-office hits at home about close friends from different religious backgrounds. When Maryam Spoke Out did not fit the above profile, and instead featured a loving couple whose marriage is threatened by the wife's infertility.

Caramel, the first Lebanese film to get a major theatrical release in the United States, was often cited as a dark horse favorite for a nomination, but did not make it to the next stage.

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ The category was previously named the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but this was changed to the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film in April 2019, after the Academy deemed the word "Foreign" to be outdated.[1][2]

References edit

  1. ^ "Academy announces rules for 92nd Oscars". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 23 April 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Academy Announces Rule Changes For 92nd Oscars". Forbes. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Rule Thirteen: Special Rules for the Foreign Language Film Award". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 22 August 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
  4. ^ "The 51ST Academy Awards, 1979". The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  5. ^ "63 Countries Vie for 2011 Foreign Language Film Oscar". oscars.org. Archived from the original on 18 May 2012. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  6. ^ "Lebanese Filmmaker, Between Beirut and the Oscars". al-Monitor. Archived from the original on 8 October 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
  7. ^ "Araiji nomme "Ghadi" pour représenter le Liban aux Oscars 2014". Lebanese Ministry of Information. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  8. ^ "Georges Khabbaz' new film 'Waynon' to represent Lebanon at the Oscars". Entertainment. 18 September 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  9. ^ Salazar, Francisco (20 September 2016). "Oscar 2017 Predictions: Lebanon selects TIFF film 'Very Big Shot'". Latin Post. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  10. ^ Tartaglione, Nancy (11 September 2017). "'The Insult' Director Ziad Doueiri Detained in Lebanon After Venice Win". Deadline. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  11. ^ "Oscars 2018: The list of nominees in full". BBC News. 23 January 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  12. ^ Kozlov, Vladimir (18 September 2018). "Oscars: Lebanon Selects 'Capharnaum' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  13. ^ "Oscars 2019: The nominees in full". BBC News. 22 January 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  14. ^ Kozlov, Vladimir (28 September 2019). "Oscars: Lebanon Selects '1982' for International Feature Film Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  15. ^ "مفاتيح مكسرة".. تعرف على الفيلم اللبناني المرشح لجائزة الأوسكار". MENA Media Monitor. 25 November 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  16. ^ "'Costabrava' will represent Lebanon in the 2022 Oscars". Middle East in 24. 1 November 2021. Retrieved 1 November 2021.

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