List of Academy Awards nominations for Brazilian films
Nominations

List of Academy Awards nominations for Brazilian films

Section Title: Nominations
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Year	Film	Category	Nominee	Result

1945	Rio de Janeiro	Best Original Song	Ary Barroso	Nominated

1959	Orfeu Negro (Black Orpheus)	Best Foreign Language Film	France	Won

1962	O Pagador de Promessas (Keeper of Promises, The Given Word, The Promise)	Brazil	Nominated

1985	O Beijo da Mulher Aranha (Kiss of the Spider Woman)	Best Picture	David Weisman (American)	Nominated

Best Director	Hector Babenco (Argentine-born Brazilian)	Nominated

Best Actor in a Leading Role	William Hurt (American)	Won

Best Adapted Screenplay	Leonard Schrader (American)	Nominated

1995	O Quatrilho	Best Foreign Language Film	Brazil	Nominated

1998	O Que é Isso, Companheiro? (Four Days in September)	Brazil	Nominated

1999	Central do Brasil (Central Station)	Brazil	Nominated

Best Actress in a Leading Role	Fernanda Montenegro	Nominated

2001	Uma História de Futebol (A Soccer Story)	Best Live Action Short Film	Paulo Machline	Nominated

2002	Cidade de Deus (City of God)	Best Director	Fernando Meirelles	Nominated

Best Adapted Screenplay	Bráulio Mantovani	Nominated

Best Editing	Daniel Rezende	Nominated

Best Cinematography	César Charlone (Uruguayan)	Nominated

2010	Waste Land	Best Documentary - Feature	Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley	Nominated

2011	"Real in Rio" from the film Rio	Best Original Song	Sérgio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown	Nominated

2015	The Salt of the Earth	Best Documentary – Feature	Lélia Wanick Salgado	Nominated

2016	Boy and the World	Best Animated Feature	Alê Abreu	Nominated

2018	Call Me by Your Name	Best Picture	Peter Spears (American), Luca Guadagnino (Italian), Emilie Georges (French) and Marco Morabito (Italian)	Nominated

Best Actor in a Leading Role	Timothée Chalamet (American)	Nominated

Best Adapted Screenplay	James Ivory (American)	Won

Best Original Song	Sufjan Stevens (American), for Mystery of Love	Nominated

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Boy and the World, animated film directed by Alê Abreu, was nominated for Best Animated Feature in 2016.

final_sentence: Boy and the World, animated film directed by Alê Abreu, was nominated for Best Animated Feature in 2016.