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has submitted films for the

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since 1960. The award is handed out annually by the

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-based

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to a feature length motion picture produced outside the U.S. that contains primarily non-

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dialogue. It was not created until the 1956 Academy Awards, in which a competitive Academy Award of Merit was created for non-English speaking films, and has been given annually since. , 51 Brazilian films have been submitted for the award. Four of these submissions resulted in nominations for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, but none of them won. ''

Orfeu Negro ''Black Orpheus'' (Portuguese: ''Orfeu Negro'' ) is a 1959 romantic tragedy film made in Brazil by French director Marcel Camus and starring Marpessa Dawn and Breno Mello. It is based on the play ''Orfeu da Conceição'' by Vinicius de Mora ...

'', a

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film shot in Brazil by

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director

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, won the award at the 1959 ceremony, but it was submitted by the French government and thus France was credited as the only recipient of the award.

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Carlos Diegues Carlos Diegues, also known as Cacá Diegues (born May 19, 1940), is a Brazilian film director. He was born in Maceió, Alagoas, and is best known as a member of the Cinema Novo Cinema Novo (), "New Cinema" in English, is a genre and movement o ...

(also known as Cacá Diegues) have been chosen to represent Brazil at the Academy Awards six times, more than any other director. He is followed by

Nelson Pereira dos Santos Nelson Pereira dos Santos (22 October 1928 21 April 2018) was a Brazilian film director. He directed films such as '' Vidas Secas'' (Barren Lives), based on the book with the same name by Brazilian writer Graciliano Ramos. Biography Pereira d ...

, which had four of his films selected. None of their films, however, managed to achieve an Oscar nomination. Three films by

Bruno Barreto Bruno Villela Barreto Borges (born 16 March 1955) is a Brazilian film director. Biography Born in Rio de Janeiro, Barreto has been making feature-length films ever since he was 17 years old and remains one of Brazil's most accomplished and pop ...

were submitted, although his biggest success, '' Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands'', the second highest-grossing film in the history of Brazilian cinema, was not chosen. ''

Four Days in September ''Four Days in September'' ( pt, O Que É Isso, Companheiro?) is a 1997 Brazilian thriller film directed by Bruno Barreto and produced by his parents Lucy and Luiz Carlos Barreto. It is a dramatized version of the 1969 kidnapping of the United ...

'' got nominated in 1998.

Suzana Amaral Suzana Amaral Rezende (March 28, 1932 – June 25, 2020) was a Brazilian film director and screenwriter. She was best known for the 1985 film ''A Hora da Estrela'' (''Hour of the Star''). Career Amaral's film career started at the age of 37 when ...

's 1987 film '' Hour of the Star '' was the only Brazilian submission by a female director until '' The Second Mother'', directed by

Anna Muylaert Ana Luiza Machado da Silva Muylaert (born 21 April 1964), known professionally as Anna Muylaert, is a Brazilian film and television director, producer and screenwriter. Education and early career Anna studied filmmaking at the School of Communi ...

, was submitted as the Brazilian's entry for the

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Submissions

Below is a list of the films that have been submitted by the Brazilian government for Academy Award consideration. The Brazilian nominee is selected annually by a committee assembled by the

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(formerly the Ministry of Education and Culture).

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