Question: Which the Portuguese submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Films based on novels by Agustina Bessa-Luís was the earliest to be submitted ?

text: List of Portuguese submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
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 Portugal for review by the Academy for the award by year and the respective Academy Awards ceremony . Each year , the Portuguese nominee is selected by a jury selected by the Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual ( in English , the Portugal Film Commission ) . , [ 4 ] but 2012 was the first year the choice was made by the newly Portuguese Academy of Cinema . [ 5 ] All films were filmed in Portuguese except for 2007 's French language Belle Toujours . In 2003 Portugal submitted A Talking Picture which was filmed in a combination of English , French , Greek , Italian and Portuguese . In 2013 the candidate Lines of Wellington was filmed in a combination of Portuguese , English and French .
Portugal has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film[nb 1] since 1980. 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. Thirty-five Portuguese films have been submitted to the Academy for consideration for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. However, no Portuguese film has yet been nominated for the award and Portugal currently holds the record of the most submissions without an Oscar nomination (35 submissions, 0 nominations). Almost one-fourth of Portugal's submissions (8 out of 35) were directed by the prolific Manoel de Oliveira.
Year ( Ceremony ) English title Portuguese title Director Result
1980 : ( 53rd ) Morning Undersea Manhã Submersa Lauro António Not Nominated
1982 : ( 55th ) Francisca Francisca Manoel de Oliveira Not Nominated
1983 : ( 56th ) No Trace of Sin Sem Sombra de Pecado José Fonseca e Costa Not Nominated
1984 : ( 57th ) Dead Man 's Seat O Lugar do Morto António-Pedro Vasconcelos Not Nominated
1985 : ( 58th ) Ana Ana Margarida Cordeiro & António Reis Not Nominated
1988 : ( 61st ) Hard Times Tempos Difíceis João Botelho Not Nominated
1989 : ( 62nd ) The Cannibals Os Canibais Manoel de Oliveira Not Nominated
1990 : ( 63rd ) The King 's Trial O Processo do Rei João Mário Grilo Not Nominated
1991 : ( 64th ) O Sangue O Sangue Pedro Costa Not Nominated
1992 : ( 65th ) Day of Despair O Dia do Desespero Manoel de Oliveira Not Nominated
1993 : ( 66th ) Abraham 's Valley Vale Abraão Manoel de Oliveira Not Nominated
1994 : ( 67th ) Three Palm Trees Três Palmeiras João Botelho Not Nominated
1995 : ( 68th ) God 's Comedy A Comédia de Deus João César Monteiro Not Nominated
1997 : ( 70th ) Voyage to the Beginning of the World Viagem ao Princípio do Mundo Manoel de Oliveira Not Nominated
1998 : ( 71st ) Anxiety Inquietude Manoel de Oliveira Not Nominated
1999 : ( 72nd ) The Mutants Os Mutantes Teresa Villaverde Not Nominated
2000 : ( 73rd ) Too Late Tarde Demais José Nascimento Not Nominated
2001 : ( 74th ) Camarate Camarate Luís Filipe Rocha Not Nominated
2002 : ( 75th ) O Delfim O Delfim Fernando Lopes ( filmmaker ) Not Nominated
2003 : ( 76th ) A Talking Picture Um Filme Falado Manoel de Oliveira Not Nominated