List of Moroccan submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
Year ( Ceremony ) Film title used in nomination Original title Director Result
1977 ( 50th ) Blood Wedding Noces de sang Souheil Ben-Barka Not Nominated
1998 ( 71st ) Mektoub Mektoub مكتوب Nabil Ayouch Not Nominated
2000 ( 73rd ) Ali Zaoua : Prince of the Streets Ali Zaoua , prince de la rue Nabil Ayouch Not Nominated
2006 ( 79th ) The Moroccan Symphony La symphonie marocaine Kamal Kamal Not Nominated
2008 ( 81st ) Goodbye Mothers Adieu mères Mohamed Ismaïl Not Nominated
2009 ( 82nd ) Casanegra Casanegra كزا نكرا Nour-Eddine Lakhmari Not Nominated
2011 ( 84th ) Omar Killed Me Omar m ' a tuer Roschdy Zem Made January Shortlist
2012 ( 85th ) Death for Sale موت للبيع Faouzi Bensaïdi Not Nominated
2013 ( 86th ) Horses of God يا خيل الله Nabil Ayouch Not Nominated
2014 ( 87th ) The Red Moon القمر الأحمر Hassan Benjelloun Not Nominated
2015 ( 88th ) Aida عايدة Driss Mrini Not Nominated
2016 ( 89th ) A Mile in My Shoes مسافة ميل بحذائي Said Khallaf Not Nominated
2017 ( 90th ) Razzia غزية Nabil Ayouch Not Nominated
2018 ( 91st ) Burnout بورن أوت Nour-Eddine Lakhmari Not Nominated
2019 ( 92nd ) Adam آدم Maryam Touzani Not Nominated
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 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 Morocco for review by the Academy for the award by year and the respective Academy Awards ceremony . Blood Wedding was primarily a French language production , while Morocco 's 1998-2006 and 2009 submissions were primarily in Arabic . Adieu mères is evenly divided between French and Arabic .
The Kingdom of Morocco has submitted films intermittently for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film[nb 1] since 1977 . 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. To date, Morocco has submitted a total of fifteen films for Oscar consideration, but none have yet succeeded in receiving an Oscar nomination.