List of Algerian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Algeria has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film since 1969. The 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.cite web | title = Special Rules for the Best Foreign Language Film Award|publisher = Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences | url = http://www.oscars.org/80academyawards/rules/rule14.html | accessdate = 2008-08-21] It was not created until the 1956 Academy Awards, in which a competitive Academy Award of Merit, known as the Best Foreign Language Film Award, was created for non-English speaking films, and has been given annually since.cite web | title = History of the Academy Awards - Page 2| publisher = Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences | url = http://www.oscars.org/aboutacademyawards/history02.html | accessdate = 2008-08-21]

As of 2008, four Algerian films have been nominated for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and One of these films, Costa Gavras' "Z", has won the award.cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/07/24/costagavras.tsr/index.html|title=Legend Costa-Gavras shoots new film on home turf|publisher=CNN|author=Mackay, Mairi|date=2008-07-26|accessdate=2008-08-22] The other two Algerian directors to have films accepted as nominees are Ettore Scola and Rachid Bouchareb. Scola's "The Ball" was accepted as a nominee at the 56th Academy Awards.cite web|url=http://movies.nytimes.com/person/110524/Ettore-Scola/awards|title=Ettore Scola - Awards|publisher="The New York Times"|accessdate=2008-08-21] Bouchareb has had two films accepted as nominees: "Dust of Life" at the 68th Academy Awards and "Days of Glory" at the 79th Academy Awards, but neither of his other submissions were accepted as nominees.cite web|url=http://movies.nytimes.com/person/82569/Rachid-Bouchareb/awards|title=Rachid Bouchareb - Awards|publisher="The New York Times"|accessdate=2008-08-21]

ubmissions

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 secret ballot to determine the five nominees for the award. Below is a list of the films that have been submitted by Algeria for review by the Academy for the award by year and the respective Academy Awards ceremony.

ee also

*List of Academy Award winners and nominees for Best Foreign Language Film
*List of Academy Award-winning foreign language films

References

External links

* [http://www.oscars.org/awardsdatabase/ The Official Academy Awards Database]
* [http://www.oscars.org/impc_site2/index.html The Motion Picture Credits Database]
* [http://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Academy_Awards_USA/ IMDb Academy Awards Page]