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has submitted films for the

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since 1978. The award is handed out annually by the

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to a

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dialogue. , Lebanon has submitted eighteen films for the award, with '' The Insult'' being the first film nominated for the award.

Submissions

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to determine the five nominees for the award. 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. Lebanon's submitted for the first time with ''Promise of Love'', a US co-production in

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. Twenty years later, Lebanon began submitting

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films on a regular basis, many of which also featured

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. Recent Lebanese

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, 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 Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

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.

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Submissions

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