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List of Israeli submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

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Ephraim Kishon directed Sallah (1964), Israel's first film nominated for the award.
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Israel has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film[nb 1] since 1964. Despite its relatively small film-making industry, ten Israeli films have been nominated for the Foreign Language Oscar, placing it in the Top Ten most nominated countries of all time. However, as of 2024, no Israeli film has ever won the coveted award.

Since 1991, the Israeli Ophir Award winner for Best Film is automatically designated the Israeli submission for the Oscar. In 2007, Aviva My Love and Sweet Mud tied for the award, necessitating a second round of voting which resulted in the submission of Sweet Mud. In 2008 The Band's Visit won the Ophir Award for Best Film but was disqualified by AMPAS for containing too much English dialogue. The runner-up Beaufort was submitted in its place, resulting in Israel's first Oscar nomination in 23 years.

The most successful Israeli director is this category is Moshé Mizrahi who received two Oscar nominations representing Israel, and whose 1977 film Madame Rosa won the Oscar, representing France. Ephraim Kishon represented Israel twice, and was nominated both times. Joseph Cedar and Savi Gavison have represented Israel in the competition three times each, and Cedar was nominated twice.

Submissions

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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.[3] Below is a list of the films that have been submitted by Israel for review by AMPAS for the Foreign Film Oscar along with the year of the submission and the year of the respective Academy Award ceremony.

In most of the Israeli submissions, the majority of the dialogue was in Hebrew. Films which notably used another language as a primary spoken language are The Glass Cage and Moments (French), Late Marriage (Georgian) and Ajami (the local dialect of Arabic). Many others, including Yana's Friends and Saint Clara, feature a heavy dose of Russian.

The missing years are those in which no film was submitted by Israel.

Year
(Ceremony)		 Film title used in nomination Original title Director Result
1964
(37th) 		Sallah סאלח שבתי Ephraim Kishon Nominated[4]
1965
(38th) 		The Glass Cage כלוב הזכוכית Philippe Arthuys and Jean-Louis Levi-Alvarès Not nominated
1966
(39th) 		The Flying Matchmaker שני קוני למל Israel Becker Not nominated
1968
(41st) 		Every Bastard a King כל ממזר מלך Uri Zohar Not nominated
1969
(42nd) 		Siege מצור Gilberto Tofano Not nominated
1971
(44th) 		The Policeman השוטר אזולאי Ephraim Kishon Nominated[5]
1972
(45th) 		I Love You Rosa אני אוהב אותך רוזה Moshé Mizrahi Nominated[6]
1973
(46th) 		The House on Chelouche Street הבית ברחוב שלוש Moshé Mizrahi Nominated[7]
1975
(48th) 		My Michael מיכאל שלי Dan Wolman Not nominated
1977
(50th) 		Operation Thunderbolt מבצע יונתן Menahem Golan Nominated[8]
1978
(51st) 		Lemon Popsicle אסקימו לימון Boaz Davidson Not nominated
1979
(52nd) 		Moments רגעים Michal Bat-Adam Not nominated
1980
(53rd) 		The Thin Line על חבל דק Michal Bat-Adam Not nominated
1981
(54th) 		A Thousand Little Kisses אלף נשיקות קטנות Mira Recanati Not nominated
1982
(55th) 		Hamsin חמסין Daniel Wachsmann Not nominated
1983
(56th) 		A Married Couple זוג נשוי Yitzhak Yeshurun Not nominated
1984
(57th) 		Beyond the Walls מאחורי הסורגים Uri Barbash Nominated[9]
1985
(58th) 		When Night Falls עד סוף הלילה Eitan Green Not nominated
1986
(59th) 		Avanti Popolo אוונטי פופולו Rafi Bukai Not nominated
1987
(60th) 		I Don't Give a Damn לא שם זין Shmuel Imberman Not nominated
1988
(61st) 		The Summer of Aviya הקיץ של אביה Eli Cohen Not nominated
1989
(62nd) 		One of Us אחד משלנו Uri Barbash Not nominated
1990
(63rd) 		The Lookout שורו Savi Gabizon Not nominated
1991
(64th) 		Beyond the Sea מעבר לים Jacob Goldwasser Not nominated
1992
(65th) 		Life According to Agfa החיים על פי אגפא Assi Dayan Not nominated
1993
(66th) 		Revenge of Itzik Finkelstein נקמתו של איציק פינקלשטיין Enrique Rottenberg Not nominated
1994
(67th) 		Sh'Chur שחור Shmuel Hasfari Not nominated
1995
(68th) 		Lovesick on Nana Street חולה אהבה בשיכון גימל) Savi Gabizon Not nominated
1996
(69th) 		Saint Clara קלרה הקדושה Ari Folman and Ori Sivan Not nominated
1997
(70th) 		Pick a Card עפולה אקספרס Julie Shles Not nominated
1998
(71st) 		Circus Palestine קרקס פלשתינה Eyal Halfon Not nominated
1999
(72nd) 		Yana's Friends החברים של יאנה Arik Kaplun Not nominated
2000
(73rd) 		Time of Favor ההסדר Joseph Cedar Not nominated
2001
(74th) 		Late Marriage חתונה מאוחרת Dover Kosahvili Not nominated
2002
(75th) 		Broken Wings כנפיים שבורות Nir Bergman Not nominated
2003
(76th) 		Nina's Tragedies האסונות של נינה Savi Gabizon Not nominated
2004
(77th) 		Campfire מדורת השבט Joseph Cedar Not nominated
2005:
(78th) 		What a Wonderful Place איזה מקום נפלא Eyal Halfon Not nominated
2006
(79th) 		Sweet Mud אדמה משוגעת Dror Shaul Not nominated
2007
(80th) 		Beaufort בופור Joseph Cedar Nominated[10]
2008
(81st) 		Waltz with Bashir ואלס עם באשיר Ari Folman Nominated[11]
2009
(82nd) 		Ajami عجمي / עג'מי Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani Nominated[12]
2010
(83rd) 		The Human Resources Manager[13] שליחותו של הממונה על משאבי אנוש Eran Riklis Not nominated[14]
2011
(84th) 		Footnote הערת שוליים Joseph Cedar Nominated[15]
2012
(85th) 		Fill the Void[16] למלא את החלל Rama Burshtein Not nominated
2013
(86th) 		Bethlehem[17] בית לחם Yuval Adler Not nominated
2014
(87th) 		Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem[18] גט – המשפט של ויויאן אמסלם Ronit Elkabetz, Shlomi Elkabetz Not nominated
2015
(88th) 		Baba Joon[19] באבא ג'ון Yuval Delshad Not nominated
2016
(89th) 		Sand Storm[20] סופת חול Elite Zexer Not nominated
2017
(90th) 		Foxtrot[21] פוֹקְסטְרוֹט Samuel Maoz Made shortlist[22]
2018
(91st) 		The Cakemaker[23] האופה מברלין Ofir Raul Grazier Not nominated
2019
(92nd) 		Incitement[24] ימים נוראים Yaron Zilberman Not nominated
2020
(93rd) 		Asia[25] אסיה Ruthy Pribar Not nominated
2021
(94th) 		Let It Be Morning[26] ויהי בוקר Eran Kolirin Not nominated
2022
(95th) 		Cinema Sabaya[27] סינמה סבאיא Orit Fouks Rotem Not nominated
2023
(96th) 		Seven Blessings[28] שבע ברכות Ayelet Menahemi Not nominated

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ The category was previously named the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but this was changed to the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film in April 2019, after the Academy deemed the word "Foreign" to be outdated.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ "Academy announces rules for 92nd Oscars". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Academy Announces Rule Changes For 92nd Oscars". Forbes. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  3. ^ "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 26 August 2013.
  4. ^ "The 37th Academy Awards (1965) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  5. ^ "The 44th Academy Awards (1972) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  6. ^ "The 45th Academy Awards (1973) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  7. ^ "The 46th Academy Awards (1974) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  8. ^ "The 50th Academy Awards (1978) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  9. ^ "The 57th Academy Awards (1985) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  10. ^ "The 80th Academy Awards (2008) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  11. ^ "The 81st Academy Awards (2009) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  12. ^ "The 82nd Academy Awards (2010) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  13. ^ "'Human Resources Manager' wins big at Ophir Awards". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 3 October 2010.
  14. ^ "9 Foreign Language Films Continue to Oscar Race". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
  15. ^ "Oscars 2012: Nominees in full". BBC News. 24 January 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
  16. ^ "'Fill the Void' to become Israel's Oscars entry". The Times of Israel. 21 September 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  17. ^ "Israel's Oscar entry on Mideast conflict cleans up at local 'Academy Awards'". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  18. ^ "Oscars: Israel Nominates 'Gett, the Trial of Viviane Amsalem' in Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. 21 September 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  19. ^ "Israeli Persian-language film to contend for Oscar". The Times of Israel. 22 September 2015. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  20. ^ Caspi, David (22 September 2016). "Oscars: Israel Selects 'Sand Storm' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  21. ^ Kamin, Debra (19 September 2017). "Israel's 'Foxtrot' Sweeps Ophir Awards to Become Country's Oscar Entry". Variety. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  22. ^ Pond, Steve (14 December 2017). "Oscars Foreign Language Shortlist Includes 'The Square,' 'A Fantastic Woman'". The Wrap. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  23. ^ Caspi, David (6 September 2018). "Oscars: Israel Selects 'The Cakemaker' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  24. ^ Toker, Ina (22 September 2018). "The Ophir Awards 2019: "High Days" Israeli representative to the Oscars". Ynet. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  25. ^ "Asia wins the Ophir Award and will represent Israel at the Oscars". The Jerusalem Post. 13 November 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  26. ^ Brown, Hannah (5 October 2020). "Eran Kolirin's Let It Be Morning wins big at the Ophir Awards". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  27. ^ "Cinema Sabaya wins 2022 Ophir Award, to represent Israel at Oscars". Jerusalem Post. 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  28. ^ "Seven Blessings wins big at the Ophir Awards". The Jerusalem Post. 10 September 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
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