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Kuwait Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the nort ...
is one of a hundred countries that have submitted films for the
Academy Award for Best International Feature Film The Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (known as Best Foreign Language Film prior to 2020) is one of the Academy Awards handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given to a ...
. The Foreign Language Film award is handed out annually by the United States
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to a
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motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non-English dialogue. Kuwait has submitted two films to the Oscars, most recently in 1978. Both films were dramas directed by Khalid Al-Siddiq. Neither received an Oscar nomination.


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. The Foreign Language Film Award Committee oversees the process and reviews all the submitted films. Following this, they vote via
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to determine the five nominees for the award. Below is a list of the films that have been submitted by Kuwait for review by the Academy for the award by year and the respective Academy Awards ceremony. ''The Cruel Sea'' is the first feature film ever to be made in one of the GCC countries and Kuwait became the first GCC nation to submit a movie to the Academy Awards, in 1972. ''The Cruel Sea'' played at the
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and concerns the story of a young man from a poor,
pearl diving Pearl hunting, also known as pearling, is the activity of recovering pearls from wild molluscs, usually oysters or mussels, in the sea or freshwater. Pearl hunting was prevalent in the Persian Gulf region and Japan for thousands of years. On the ...
family who loves a young woman from a merchant family who is betrothed to an elderly man. Six years later, Kuwait submitted ''The Wedding of Zein'', about a pious village idiot who becomes the object of affection of a beautiful local girl. Since 1978, Kuwait has not submitted any more films in the best international film category, making its submission the oldest amongst other countries. Although Kuwait has submitted in other categories since then, in 2019 the short animated film Falafel Cart directed by Abdullah Al-Wazzan was submitted for the
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in the short animated film category making it Kuwait's first submission in any short film category and the third film overall to be submitted from Kuwait in any category.


See also

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List of Academy Award winners and nominees for Best Foreign Language Film The Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (formerly known as Best Foreign Language Film prior to 2020) is handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to a feature-length motion picture produced ...
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List of Academy Award-winning foreign language films A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union ...
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Cinema of Kuwait Cinema in Kuwait was introduced in the mid-20th century. The dominance of American cinema posed a problem in the formation of Arab cinema in general and of Kuwaiti cinema in particular. French film critic Guy Hennebelle argued that Arab intellectu ...


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The Official Academy Awards DatabaseIMDb Academy Awards Page
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Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film The Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (known as Best Foreign Language Film prior to 2020) is one of the Academy Awards handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given to a ...
Lists of films by country of production
Academy Award The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment ind ...