# List of Israeli submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

Israel has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film since 1964. Despite its relatively small film-making industry, ten Israeli films have been nominated for the Foreign Language Oscar, placing it in the Top Ten most nominated countries of all time. However, as of 2024, no Israeli film has ever won the coveted award.
Since 1991, the Israeli Ophir Award winner for Best Film is automatically designated the Israeli submission for the Oscar. In 2007, Aviva My Love and Sweet Mud tied for the award, necessitating a second round of voting which resulted in the submission of Sweet Mud. In 2008 The Band's Visit won the Ophir Award for Best Film but was disqualified by AMPAS for containing too much English dialogue. The runner-up Beaufort was submitted in its place, resulting in Israel's first Oscar nomination in 23 years.
The most successful Israeli director is this category is Moshé Mizrahi who received two Oscar nominations representing Israel, and whose 1977 film Madame Rosa won the Oscar, representing France. Ephraim Kishon represented Israel twice, and was nominated both times. Joseph Cedar and Savi Gavison have represented Israel in the competition three times each, and Cedar was nominated twice.

## 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. Below is a list of the films that have been submitted by Israel for review by AMPAS for the Foreign Film Oscar along with the year of the submission and the year of the respective Academy Award ceremony.
In most of the Israeli submissions, the majority of the dialogue was in Hebrew. Films which notably used another language as a primary spoken language are The Glass Cage and Moments (French), Late Marriage (Georgian) and Ajami (the local dialect of Arabic). Many others, including Yana's Friends and Saint Clara, feature a heavy dose of Russian.
The missing years are those in which no film was submitted by Israel.
| Year (Ceremony) | Film title used in nomination | Original title | Director | Result |
| 1964 (37th) | Sallah | סאלח שבתי | Ephraim Kishon | Nominated |
| 1965 (38th) | The Glass Cage | כלוב הזכוכית | Philippe Arthuys and Jean-Louis Levi-Alvarès | Not nominated |
| 1966 (39th) | The Flying Matchmaker | שני קוני למל | Israel Becker | Not nominated |
| 1968 (41st) | Every Bastard a King | כל ממזר מלך | Uri Zohar | Not nominated |
| 1969 (42nd) | Siege | מצור | Gilberto Tofano | Not nominated |
| 1971 (44th) | The Policeman | השוטר אזולאי | Ephraim Kishon | Nominated |
| 1972 (45th) | I Love You Rosa | אני אוהב אותך רוזה | Moshé Mizrahi | Nominated |
| 1973 (46th) | The House on Chelouche Street | הבית ברחוב שלוש | Moshé Mizrahi | Nominated |
| 1975 (48th) | My Michael | מיכאל שלי | Dan Wolman | Not nominated |
| 1977 (50th) | Operation Thunderbolt | מבצע יונתן | Menahem Golan | Nominated |
| 1978 (51st) | Lemon Popsicle | אסקימו לימון | Boaz Davidson | Not nominated |
| 1979 (52nd) | Moments | רגעים | Michal Bat-Adam | Not nominated |
| 1980 (53rd) | The Thin Line | על חבל דק | Michal Bat-Adam | Not nominated |
| 1981 (54th) | A Thousand Little Kisses | אלף נשיקות קטנות | Mira Recanati | Not nominated |
| 1982 (55th) | Hamsin | חמסין | Daniel Wachsmann | Not nominated |
| 1983 (56th) | A Married Couple | זוג נשוי | Yitzhak Yeshurun | Not nominated |
| 1984 (57th) | Beyond the Walls | מאחורי הסורגים | Uri Barbash | Nominated |
| 1985 (58th) | When Night Falls | עד סוף הלילה | Eitan Green | Not nominated |
| 1986 (59th) | Avanti Popolo | אוונטי פופולו | Rafi Bukai | Not nominated |
| 1987 (60th) | I Don't Give a Damn | לא שם זין | Shmuel Imberman | Not nominated |
| 1988 (61st) | The Summer of Aviya | הקיץ של אביה | Eli Cohen | Not nominated |
| 1989 (62nd) | One of Us | אחד משלנו | Uri Barbash | Not nominated |
| 1990 (63rd) | The Lookout | שורו | Savi Gabizon | Not nominated |
| 1991 (64th) | Beyond the Sea | מעבר לים | Jacob Goldwasser | Not nominated |
| 1992 (65th) | Life According to Agfa | החיים על פי אגפא | Assi Dayan | Not nominated |
| 1993 (66th) | Revenge of Itzik Finkelstein | נקמתו של איציק פינקלשטיין | Enrique Rottenberg | Not nominated |
| 1994 (67th) | Sh'Chur | שחור | Shmuel Hasfari | Not nominated |
| 1995 (68th) | Lovesick on Nana Street | חולה אהבה בשיכון גימל) | Savi Gabizon | Not nominated |
| 1996 (69th) | Saint Clara | קלרה הקדושה | Ari Folman and Ori Sivan | Not nominated |
| 1997 (70th) | Pick a Card | עפולה אקספרס | Julie Shles | Not nominated |
| 1998 (71st) | Circus Palestine | קרקס פלשתינה | Eyal Halfon | Not nominated |
| 1999 (72nd) | Yana's Friends | החברים של יאנה | Arik Kaplun | Not nominated |
| 2000 (73rd) | Time of Favor | ההסדר | Joseph Cedar | Not nominated |
| 2001 (74th) | Late Marriage | חתונה מאוחרת | Dover Kosahvili | Not nominated |
| 2002 (75th) | Broken Wings | כנפיים שבורות | Nir Bergman | Not nominated |
| 2003 (76th) | Nina's Tragedies | האסונות של נינה | Savi Gabizon | Not nominated |
| 2004 (77th) | Campfire | מדורת השבט | Joseph Cedar | Not nominated |
| 2005: (78th) | What a Wonderful Place | איזה מקום נפלא | Eyal Halfon | Not nominated |
| 2006 (79th) | Sweet Mud | אדמה משוגעת | Dror Shaul | Not nominated |
| 2007 (80th) | Beaufort | בופור | Joseph Cedar | Nominated |
| 2008 (81st) | Waltz with Bashir | ואלס עם באשיר | Ari Folman | Nominated |
| 2009 (82nd) | Ajami | عجمي / עג'מי | Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani | Nominated |
| 2010 (83rd) | The Human Resources Manager | שליחותו של הממונה על משאבי אנוש | Eran Riklis | Not nominated |
| 2011 (84th) | Footnote | הערת שוליים | Joseph Cedar | Nominated |
| 2012 (85th) | Fill the Void | למלא את החלל | Rama Burshtein | Not nominated |
| 2013 (86th) | Bethlehem | בית לחם | Yuval Adler | Not nominated |
| 2014 (87th) | Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem | גט – המשפט של ויויאן אמסלם | Ronit Elkabetz, Shlomi Elkabetz | Not nominated |
| 2015 (88th) | Baba Joon | באבא ג'ון | Yuval Delshad | Not nominated |
| 2016 (89th) | Sand Storm | סופת חול | Elite Zexer | Not nominated |
| 2017 (90th) | Foxtrot | פוֹקְסטְרוֹט | Samuel Maoz | Made shortlist |
| 2018 (91st) | The Cakemaker | האופה מברלין | Ofir Raul Grazier | Not nominated |
| 2019 (92nd) | Incitement | ימים נוראים | Yaron Zilberman | Not nominated |
| 2020 (93rd) | Asia | אסיה | Ruthy Pribar | Not nominated |
| 2021 (94th) | Let It Be Morning | ויהי בוקר | Eran Kolirin | Not nominated |
| 2022 (95th) | Cinema Sabaya | סינמה סבאיא | Orit Fouks Rotem | Not nominated |
| 2023 (96th) | Seven Blessings | שבע ברכות | Ayelet Menahemi | Not nominated |
| 2024 (97th) | Come Closer | קרוב אלי | Tom Nesher | Not nominated |