List of Brazilian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
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).

List of Brazilian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Section Title: Submissions
Table Section Text: 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).

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

1987 (60th)	Subway to the Stars	Um Trem para as Estrelas	Carlos Diegues	Not Nominated

1988 (61st)	The Story of Fausta	Romance da Empregada	Bruno Barreto	Not Nominated

1989 (62nd)	Better Days Ahead	Dias Melhores Virão	Carlos Diegues	Not Nominated

1991 (64th)	Exposure	A Grande Arte	Walter Salles	Not Nominated

1995 (68th)	O Quatrilho	O Quatrilho	Fábio Barreto	Nominated

1996 (69th)	Tieta of Agreste	Tieta do Agreste	Carlos Diegues	Not Nominated

1997 (70th)	Four Days in September	O Que É Isso, Companheiro?	Bruno Barreto	Nominated

1998 (71st)	Central Station	Central do Brasil	Walter Salles	Nominated

1999 (72nd)	Orfeu	Orfeu	Carlos Diegues	Not Nominated

2000 (73rd)	Me, You, Them	Eu, Tu, Eles	Andrucha Waddington	Not Nominated

2001 (74th)	Behind the Sun	Abril Despedaçado	Walter Salles	Not Nominated

2002 (75th)	City of God	Cidade de Deus	Fernando Meirelles	Not Nominated

2003 (76th)	Carandiru	Carandiru	Héctor Babenco	Not Nominated

2004 (77th)	Olga	Olga	Jayme Monjardim	Not Nominated

2005 (78th)	Two Sons of Francisco	Dois Filhos de Francisco	Breno Silveira	Not Nominated

2006 (79th)	Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures	Cinema, Aspirinas e Urubus	Marcelo Gomes	Not Nominated

2007 (80th)	The Year My Parents Went On Vacation	O Ano em Que Meus Pais Saíram de Férias	Cao Hamburger	Made January Shortlist

2008 (81st)	Last Stop 174	Última Parada 174	Bruno Barreto	Not Nominated

2009 (82nd)	Time of Fear	Salve Geral	Sérgio Rezende	Not Nominated

2010 (83rd)	Lula, the Son of Brazil	Lula, o Filho do Brasil	Fábio Barreto	Not Nominated

2011 (84th)	The Elite Squad 2	Tropa de Elite 2: o Inimigo Agora É Outro	José Padilha	Not Nominated

2012 (85th)	The Clown	O Palhaço	Selton Mello	Not Nominated

2013 (86th)	Neighbouring Sounds	O Som ao Redor	Kleber Mendonça Filho	Not Nominated

2014 (87th)	The Way He Looks	Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho	Daniel Ribeiro	Not Nominated

2015 (88th)	The Second Mother	Que Horas Ela Volta?	Anna Muylaert	Not Nominated

2016 (89th)	Little Secret	Pequeno Segredo	David Schurmann	Not Nominated

2017 (90th)	Bingo: The King of the Mornings	Bingo: O Rei das Manhãs	Daniel Rezende	Not Nominated

2018 (91st)	The Great Mystical Circus	O Grande Circo Místico	Carlos Diegues	Not Nominated

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The Orfeu was one of the Brazilian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

final_sentence: The Orfeu was one of the Brazilian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.