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

The Kingdom of Morocco has submitted films intermittently for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film since 1977 . 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.[1]

To date, Morocco has submitted a total of fourteen films for Oscar consideration, but none have yet succeeded in receiving 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 secret ballot to determine the five nominees for the award.[1] Below is a list of the films that have been submitted by Morocco for review by the Academy for the award by year and the respective Academy Awards ceremony.

Blood Wedding was primarily a French language production, while Morocco's 1998-2006 and 2009 submissions were primarily in Arabic. Adieu mères is evenly divided between French and Arabic.

Year
(Ceremony)		Film title used in nominationOriginal titleDirectorResult
1977
(50th)		 Blood Wedding Noces de sang
Souheil Ben-Barka Not Nominated
1998
(71st)		 Mektoub Mektoub
مكتوب		 Nabil Ayouch Not Nominated
2000
(73rd)		 Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets Ali Zaoua, prince de la rue Nabil Ayouch Not Nominated
2006
(79th)		 The Moroccan Symphony La symphonie marocaine Kamal Kamal Not Nominated
2008
(81st)		 Goodbye Mothers Adieu mères
Mohamed Ismaïl Not Nominated
2009
(82nd)		 Casanegra Casanegra
كزا نكرا		 Nour-Eddine Lakhmari Not Nominated
2011
(84th)		 Omar Killed Me[2] Omar m'a tuer Roschdy Zem Made January Shortlist[3]
2012
(85th)		 Death for Sale[4] موت للبيع Faouzi Bensaïdi Not Nominated
2013
(86th)		 Horses of God[5] يا خيل الله Nabil Ayouch Not Nominated
2014
(87th)		 The Red Moon[6] القمر الأحمر Hassan Benjelloun Not Nominated
2015
(88th)		 Aida[7] عايدة Driss Mrini Not Nominated
2016
(89th)		 A Mile in My Shoes[8] مسافة ميل بحذائي Said Khallaf Not Nominated
2017
(90th)		 Razzia[9] غزية Nabil Ayouch Not Nominated
2018
(91st)		 Burnout[10] بورن أوت Nour-Eddine Lakhmari
TBD

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Rule Thirteen: Special Rules for the Foreign Language Film Award". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 22 August 2013. Retrieved 2013-08-26.
  2. ↑ "Le film "Omar m'a tuer" candidat aux Oscars 2012". aufaitmaroc.com. Archived from the original on 26 August 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
  3. ↑ "9 Foreign Language Films Vie for Oscar". Archived from the original on 21 May 2012. Retrieved 2012-01-19.
  4. ↑ ""Mort à Vendre" de Faouzi Bensaidi représentera le Maroc aux Oscars 2013". www.libe.ma. Retrieved 2012-08-17.
  5. ↑ "Morocco Selects 'Horses' for Oscars". Variety. Retrieved 2013-09-11.
  6. ↑ "Un film marocain aux Oscars 2015". Medias24. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  7. ↑ Richford, Rhonda (21 September 2015). "Oscars: Morocco Selects 'Aida' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  8. ↑ "Oscars: Morocco Selects 'A Mile in My Shoes' As Foreign Language Entry". Morocco World News. 8 September 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  9. ↑ Dale, Martin (17 September 2017). "Nabil Ayouch's 'Razzia' is Morocco's Foreign-Language Academy Awards Entry". Variety. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  10. ↑ Senoussi, Zoubida (18 September 2018). "Moroccan Movie "Burn Out" Makes Oscars' 2019 Pre-selection List". Morocco World News. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
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