List of Tunisian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
Tunisia has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film[nb 1] on an irregular basis since 1995. 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.[3] As of 2021[update], eight Tunisian films have been submitted for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and only one, The Man Who Sold His Skin, was nominated for an Oscar.
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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 Tunisia for review by the Academy for the award by year and the respective Academy Awards ceremony.
| Year (Ceremony) | Film title used in nomination | Original title | Language(s) | Director | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 (68th) | Le magique | Le magique | Arabic, French | Azdine Melliti | Not nominated |
| 2002 (75th) | The Magic Box | La Boîte magique | French, Arabic | Ridha Behi | Not nominated |
| 2016 (89th) | As I Open My Eyes[4] | À peine j'ouvre les yeux | Tunisian Arabic, French | Leyla Bouzid | Not on the final list[5] |
| 2017 (90th) | The Last of Us[6] | The Last of Us | No dialogue | Ala Eddine Slim | Not nominated |
| 2018 (91st) | Beauty and the Dogs[7] | ʿAlā kaff ʿifrīt | Arabic | Kaouther Ben Hania | Not nominated |
| 2019 (92nd) | Dear Son[8] | Weldi | Arabic | Mohamed Ben Attia | Not nominated |
| 2020 (93rd) | The Man Who Sold His Skin[9] | The Man Who Sold His Skin | Arabic, English, French | Kaouther Ben Hania | Nominated[10] |
| 2021 (94th) | Golden Butterfly[11] | Papillon d'Or | Arabic, French | Abdelhamid Bouchnak | Not nominated |
| 2022 (95th) | Under the Fig Trees[12] | Sous les figues | Arabic | Erige Sehiri | Not nominated |
| 2023 (96th) | Four Daughters[13] | Les Filles d'Olfa | Arabic | Kaouther Ben Hania | Pending |
Tunisia's first two Oscar submissions were dramas with exceptionally similar plots, both revolving around the influence of cinema on the life of impressionable young Tunisian boys. Le Magique is a semi-autobiographical story, based on the life of director Melliti, in which a young boy is left home alone to watch over the family residence when his impoverished family emigrates to France. The boy discovers the joy of movies at a local cinema and begins to try and re-enact them (sans camera) with his friends. In The Magic Box, a Tunisian director in France is writing a screenplay based on his life as a boy in Tunisia, seen through flashbacks, in which his strict, religious father tried to instill different values in him than his more liberal film-loving uncles. Both films were primarily in French, with some Arabic dialogue.
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- ^ "Academy announces rules for 92nd Oscars". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 23 April 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
- ^ "Academy Announces Rule Changes For 92nd Oscars". Forbes. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
- ^ a b . 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.
- ^ "Officiel : 'A peine j'ouvre les yeux' de Leyla Bouzid représentera la Tunisie aux Oscars 2016". Tuniscope. 22 September 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
- ^ "85 Countries In Competition For 2016 Foreign Language Film Oscar". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 11 October 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
- ^ "Oscars : Le CNCI propose "The last of us", le film de Ala Edine Slim - Kapitalis". Kapitalis. 27 September 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
- ^ Kozlov, Vladimir (19 September 2018). "Oscars: Tunisia Selects 'Beauty and the Dogs' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
- ^ Kozlov, 2019 by Vladimir (27 August 2019). "Oscars: Tunisia Selects 'Dear Son' for International Feature Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- ^ Keslassy, Elsa (20 November 2020). "'The Man Who Sold His Skin' to Represent Tunisia in International Oscar Race". Variety. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
- ^ "The full list of 2021 Oscars nominations". The Guardian. 15 March 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
- ^ "Oscars 2022: "Golden Butterfly" by Abdelhamid Bouchnak will represent Tunisia". News.in.24. 13 October 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
- ^ Driss, Neila (8 September 2022). "« Sous les figues » d'Erige Sehiri représentera la Tunisie à l'Oscar 2023 du Meilleur Film International". Webdo TN.
- ^ "Oscars 2024: Tunisia Picks Kaouther Ben Hania's 'Four Daughters' for International Feature Category". The Hollywood Reporter. 1 September 2023.