List of Portuguese submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
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Since 1980, Portugal has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film[nb 1] every year but one (1981). The award is given 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]
Forty Portuguese films have been submitted to the Academy for consideration for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. As of the 96th Academy Awards, none has been nominated; Portugal holds the record of the most submissions without a nomination in the category. One fifth of Portugal's submissions (8 out of 40) were directed by the prolific Manoel de Oliveira. The Portuguese animated short film Ice Merchants, by João Gonzalez, was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 95th Academy Awards, becoming the first Portuguese film to receive an Oscar nomination.[4]