List of Brazilian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
Year ( Ceremony ) Film title used in nomination Original title Director ( s ) Result
1960 ( 33rd ) Death Commands Brigandage A Morte Comanda o Cangaço Carlos Coimbra & Walter Guimarães Motta Not Nominated
1962 ( 34th ) Keeper of Promises O Pagador de Promessas Anselmo Duarte Nominated
1964 ( 37th ) Black God , White Devil Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol Glauber Rocha Not Nominated
1965 ( 38th ) São Paulo Incorporated São Paulo , Sociedade Anônima Luis Sérgio Person Not Nominated
1967 ( 40th ) The Case of the Naves Brothers O Caso dos Irmãos Naves Luis Sérgio Person Not Nominated
1968 ( 41st ) The Amorous Ones As Amorosas Walter Hugo Khouri Not Nominated
1969 ( 42nd ) Antonio das mortes O Dragão da Maldade Contra o Santo Guerreiro Glauber Rocha Not Nominated
1970 ( 43rd ) Mortal Sin Pecado Mortal Miguel Faria Jr Not Nominated
1971 ( 44th ) Pra Quem Fica , Tchau Pra Quem Fica , Tchau Reginaldo Faria Not Nominated
1972 ( 45th ) How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman Como Era Gostoso o Meu Francês Nelson Pereira dos Santos Not Nominated
1973 ( 46th ) John , the Knife and the River A Faca e o Rio George Sluizer Not Nominated
1974 ( 47th ) The Scarecrow 's Night A Noite do Espantalho Sérgio Ricardo Not Nominated
1975 ( 48th ) Ogum 's Amulet O Amuleto de Ogum Nelson Pereira dos Santos Not Nominated
1976 ( 49th ) Xica Xica da Silva Carlos Diegues Not Nominated
1977 ( 50th ) Tent of Miracles Tenda dos Milagres Nelson Pereira dos Santos Not Nominated
1978 ( 51st ) The Lyre of Delight A Lira do Delírio Walter Lima Jr Not Nominated
1979 ( 52nd ) Bye Bye Brazil Bye Bye Brasil Carlos Diegues Not Nominated
1980 ( 53rd ) Pixote Pixote , a Lei do Mais Fraco Héctor Babenco Disqualified
1984 ( 57th ) Memoirs of Prison Memórias do Cárcere Nelson Pereira dos Santos Not Nominated
1986 ( 59th ) Hour of the Star A Hora da Estrela Suzana Amaral Not Nominated
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 Ministry of Culture ( formerly the Ministry of Education and Culture ) .
Brazil has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film since 1960. The award is handed out annually by the United States-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to a feature length motion picture produced outside the U.S. that contains primarily non-English language 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. , 49 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, a Portuguese language film shot in Brazil by French director Marcel Camus, 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.