List of Egyptian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Egypt has submitted films for consideration for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film 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-one 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 1982-2001 (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.
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.[1] 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.[2] 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 1966 and 1971 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.
Year (Ceremony) | Film title used in nomination | Original title | Director | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
1958 (31st) |
Cairo Station | باب الحديد | Chahine, YoussefYoussef Chahine | Not Nominated |
1959 (32nd) |
The Nightingale's Prayer | دعاء الكروان | Barakat, HenryHenry Barakat | Not Nominated |
1960 (33rd) |
Teenagers | المراهقات | Diaeddin, AhmedAhmed Diaeddin | Not Nominated |
1961 (34th) |
Love and Faith | وا إسلاماه | Bomba, EnricoEnrico Bomba, Andrew Marton | Not Nominated |
1962 (35th) |
Chased by the Dogs | اللص والكلاب | El Sheikh, KamalKamal El Sheikh | Not Nominated |
1964 (37th) |
Mother of the Bride | أم العروسة | Salem, AtefAtef Salem | Not Nominated |
1965 (38th) |
The Impossible | المستحيل | Kamal, HusseinHussein Kamal | Not Nominated |
1966 (39th) |
Cairo 30 | القاهرة 30 | Seif, Salah AbuSalah Abu Seif | Not Nominated |
1970 (43rd) |
The Night of Counting the Years | المومياء | Abdel Salam, ShadiShadi Abdel Salam | Not Nominated |
1971 (44th) |
A Woman and a Man | امرأة و رجل | Mostafa, Houssam EddineHoussam Eddine Mostafa | Not Nominated |
1972 (45th) |
My Wife and the Dog | زوجتي و الكلب | Marzouk, SaidSaid Marzouk | Not Nominated |
1973 (46th) |
Empire M | إمبراطورية ميم | Kamal, HusseinHussein Kamal | Not Nominated |
1974 (47th) |
Enslaved by the Past | Not Nominated | ||
1975 (48th) |
I Want a Solution | أريد حلاً | Marzouk, SaidSaid Marzouk | Not Nominated |
1976 (49th) |
Whom Should We Shoot? | على من نطلق الرصاص | El Sheikh, KamalKamal El Sheikh | Not Nominated |
1979 (52nd) |
Alexandria... Why? | إسكندرية... ليه؟ | Chahine, YoussefYoussef Chahine | Not Nominated |
1981 (54th) |
People on the Top | أهل القمة | Badrakhan, AliAli Badrakhan | Not Nominated |
1990 (63rd) |
Alexandria Again and Forever | اسكندرية كمان وكمان | Chahine, YoussefYoussef Chahine | Not Nominated |
1994 (67th) |
Land of Dreams | أرض الاحلام | Sayed, Daoud AbdelDaoud Abdel Sayed | Not Nominated |
1997 (70th) |
Destiny | المصير | Chahine, YoussefYoussef Chahine | Not Nominated |
2002 (75th) |
The Secret of the Young Girl | أسرار البنات | Aly, Magdy AhmedMagdy Ahmed Aly | Not Nominated |
2003 (76th) |
Sleepless Nights | سهر الليالى | Khalifa, HanyHany Khalifa | Not Nominated |
2004 (77th) |
I Love Cinema | بحب السيما | Fawzy, OsamaOsama Fawzy | Not Nominated |
2006 (79th) |
The Yacoubian Building | عمارة يعقوبيان | Hamed, MarwanMarwan Hamed | Not Nominated |
2007 (80th) |
In the Heliopolis Flat | في شقة مصر الجديدة | Khan, MohamedMohamed Khan | Not Nominated |
2008 (81st) |
The Island | الجزيرة | Arafa, SherifSherif Arafa | Not Nominated |
2010 (83rd) |
Messages from the Sea[3] | رسائل بحر | Sayed, Daoud AbdelDaoud Abdel Sayed | Not Nominated[4] |
2011 (84th) |
Lust[5] | الشوق | Hagar, Khaled ElKhaled El Hagar | Not Nominated |
2013 (86th) |
Winter of Discontent[6] | الشتا إللى فات | El Batout, IbrahimIbrahim El Batout | Not Nominated |
2014 (87th) |
Factory Girl[7] | فتاة المصنع | Khan, MohamedMohamed Khan | Not Nominated |
2016 (87th) |
Clash[8] | اشتباك | Diab, MohamedMohamed Diab | TBD |
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 [9] 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.[10] 2002's Secret of the Young Girl a drama about teenage pregnancy,[11] and 2003's Sleepless Nights, an examination of sex, divorce and relationships inside and outside of marriage [12] also courted controversy among conservatives in Egypt.
See also
- List of Academy Award winners and nominees for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Academy Award-winning foreign language films
References
- ↑ "History of the Academy Awards - Page 2". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 2008-06-22. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
- ↑ "Rule Thirteen: Special Rules for the Foreign Language Film Award". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2013-08-26.
- ↑ "Messages From The Sea represents Egypt in Oscar". alarabiacinema. Retrieved 2010-10-01.
- ↑ "9 Foreign Language Films Continue to Oscar Race". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-01-19.
- ↑ "63 Countries Vie for 2011 Foreign Language Film Oscar". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-10-14.
- ↑ "Egypt Pics "Winter" as its Oscar Contender". Variety. Retrieved 2013-09-29.
- ↑ "Oscars: Egypt Selects 'Factory Girl' for Foreign-Language Category". 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.
- ↑ http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/699/eg7.htm
- ↑ http://www.aljadid.com/interviews/Alaa-al-Aswany-interview.html
- ↑ "Girls' secrets aired in Egypt". BBC News. 5 May 2001. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
- ↑ http://www.screendaily.com/egyptian-oscar-nominee-courts-controversy/4014993.article