Lebanon has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film since 1978. 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.
As of 2026, Lebanon has been nominated twice, for The Insult (2017) and Capernaum (2018).
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 International Feature Film since 1956. The International Feature Film 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.
Lebanon's submitted a film for the first time in 1978, with Promise of Love, a US co-production in the Armenian language. Twenty years later, Lebanon began submitting regularly Arabic language films, many of which also featured French dialogue.
Its first nomination, The Insult (2017), was directed by Ziad Doueiri, and follows the country's never-ending sectarian conflict. The country was nominated again in the following year, for Capernaum (2018) directed by Nadine Labaki, which follows a young boy in the slums of Beirut.
Below is a list of the films that have been submitted by Lebanon 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 Director Result 1978(51st) Promise of Love وعد الحب Sarky Mouradian 1998(71st) West Beirut بيروت الغربية 1999(72nd) Around the Pink House البيت الزهري and Khalil Joreige 2002(75th) When Maryam Spoke Out لمّا حكيت مريم Assad Fouladkar 2003(76th) The Kite طيّارة من ورق 2006(79th) Bosta بوسطة 2007(80th) Caramel سكر بنات 2008(81st) Under the Bombs تحت القصف 2011(84th) Where Do We Go Now? و هلّق لوين 2013(86th) Blind Intersections قصة ثواني Lara Saba 2014(87th) Ghadi غدي 2015(88th) Void وينن Tarek Korkomaz, Zeina Makki,Jad Beyrouthy, Christelle Ighniades,Salim Habr, Maria Abdel Karim andNaji Bechara 2016(89th) Very Big Shot فيلم كتير كبير Mir-Jean Bou Chaaya 2017(90th) The Insult قضية رقم ٢٣ Ziad Doueiri 2018(91st) Capernaum کفرناحوم Nadine Labaki 2019(92nd) 1982 Oualid Mouaness 2020(93rd) Broken Keys مفاتيح مكسرة Jimmy Keyrouz 2021(94th) Costa Brava, Lebanon كوستابرافا Mounia Akl 2022(95th) Memory Box دفاتر مايا Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige 2024(97th) Arzé أرزة Mira Shaib 2025(98th) A Sad and Beautiful World نجوم الأمل و الألم Cyril Aris 2026(99th) Furies غضب Rami Kodeih
See also List of Academy Award winners and nominees for Best International Feature Film List of Academy Award-winning foreign language films
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External links The Official Academy Awards Database The Motion Picture Credits Database IMDb Academy Awards Page