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has submitted films for the
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since 1980. The award is handed out annually by the
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to a
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motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non-
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dialogue. Thirty-nine Portuguese films have been submitted to the Academy for consideration for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. As of the
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, no Portuguese film has been nominated for the award; Portugal currently holds the record of the most submissions without an Oscar nomination. Almost one-fourth of Portugal's submissions (8 out of 37) have been directed by the prolific
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. However, the animated short film ''
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'', by João Gonzalez, was nominated for the
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at the
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, becoming the first Portuguese film production to do so.


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 Portugal for review by the Academy for the award by year and the respective Academy Awards ceremony. Each year, the Portuguese nominee is selected by a jury selected by the ''Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual'' (in English, the
Portugal Film Commission Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a Sovereign state, country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southern Europe, Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes ...
)., but 2012 was the first year the choice was made by the newly Portuguese Academy of Cinema. All films were filmed in
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except for 2007's
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''Belle Toujours''. In 2003 Portugal submitted ''A Talking Picture'' which was filmed in a combination of English, French, Greek, Italian and Portuguese. In 2013 the candidate ''Lines of Wellington'' was filmed in a combination of Portuguese, English and French.


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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Cinema of Portugal The Cinema of Portugal started with the birth of the medium in the late 19th century. Cinema was introduced in Portugal in 1896 with the screening of foreign films and the first Portuguese film was '' Saída do Pessoal Operário da Fábrica Co ...


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The Official Academy Awards DatabaseIMDb Academy Awards Page
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Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...
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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 ...