Egypt has submitted films for consideration for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film[nb 1] since 1958, when Youssef Chahine's Cairo Station became both the first African and the first Arab film to contend for the award.
The Foreign Film 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. The award was created for the 1956 Academy Awards, succeeding the non-competitive Honorary Academy Awards which were presented between 1947 and 1955 to the best foreign language films released in the United States.
Egypt has submitted thirty-six films to the Foreign Oscar competition but has never yet achieved a coveted Oscar nomination. They virtually disappeared from the competition during the sixteen-year period between 1982 and 2001 (sending a total of three films), but returned as a regular participant in 1999. Youssef Chahine represented Egypt four times, more than any other director.
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Submissions
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.[3] 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.[4] Below is a list of the films that have been submitted by Egypt for review by the academy for the award by year.
Submissions between 1958 and 1960 were submitted under the name of the United Arab Republic, which was the formal name of Egypt at the time.
All films were in Arabic.
The Egyptian Academy has been known in recent years for choosing topical films that are controversial at home. Coptic Christians launched an unsuccessful court case against 2004 submission I Love Cinema[15] while dozens of Egyptian parliamentarians and a number of Muslim clerics similarly tried to ban The Yacoubian Building for depicting its depictions of Islamic fundamentalism and particularly homosexuality.[16] 2002's Secret of the Young Girl a drama about teenage pregnancy,[17] and 2003's Sleepless Nights, an examination of sex, divorce and relationships inside and outside of marriage[18] also courted controversy among conservatives in Egypt.
In 2022, Egypt's Oscar Selection Committee announced a shortlist of five films: The Crime by Sherif Arafa, Full Moon by Hadi El Bagoury, Kira & El Gin by Marwan Hamed, 2 Talaat Harb by Magdy Ahmed Ali and Villa 19-B by Ahmad Abdalla.,[19] although Ahmed Ali withdrew his film prior to the vote. On 29 September, it was announced that a majority of the selection committee voted not to enter any of the shortlisted films.[20]
See also
- List of Academy Award winners and nominees for Best International Feature Film
- List of Academy Award-winning foreign language films
Notes
References
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- ^ "Academy Announces Rule Changes For 92nd Oscars". Forbes. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
- ^ "History of the Academy Awards – Page 2". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 22 June 2008. Retrieved 22 August 2008.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Messages From The Sea represents Egypt in Oscar". alarabiacinema. Archived from the original on 19 July 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
- ^ "9 Foreign Language Films Continue to Oscar Race". oscars.org. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
- ^ "63 Countries Vie for 2011 Foreign Language Film Oscar". oscars.org. Archived from the original on 18 May 2012. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
- ^ "Egypt Pics "Winter" as its Oscar Contender". Variety. 29 September 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
- ^ "Oscars: Egypt Selects 'Factory Girl' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
- ^ Ritman, Alex (1 September 2016). "Oscars: Egypt Selects 'Clash' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
- ^ Vlessing, Etan (11 September 2017). "Oscars: Egypt Selects 'Sheikh Jackson' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
- ^ Kozlov, Vladimir (13 September 2018). "Oscars: Egypt Selects 'Yomeddine' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
- ^ ""When We're Born" chosen to represent Egypt at the Oscars for Best International Film". Filfan. 23 November 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
- ^ "Souad represents Egypt at the Oscars". Middle East in 24. 29 October 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
- ^ "They don't love this movie". Archived from the original on 24 July 2009. Retrieved 15 June 2009.
- ^ "Interviews".
- ^ "Girls' secrets aired in Egypt". BBC News. 5 May 2001. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
- ^ Frater, Patrick (12 September 2003). "Egyptian Oscar nominee courts controversy".
- ^ "غدا.. إعلان الفيلم المرشح لتمثيل مصر فى "أوسكار ٩٥"". 28 September 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
- ^ "عدم ترشيح أى فيلم مصرى لمسابقة أوسكار أفضل فيلم أجنبى". 29 September 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
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