Best Foreign Language Film of the Year

Waltz With Bashir

Waltz With Bashir

Israel
Directed by Ari Folman
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ACADEMY AWARDS HISTORY

This is the eighth Academy Award nomination for Israel. Previous nominations were:

  • BEAUFORT (2007) -- Nominee, Foreign Language Film
  • BEYOND THE WALLS (1984) -- Nominee, Foreign Language Film
  • OPERATION THUNDERBOLT (1977) -- Nominee, Foreign Language Film
  • THE HOUSE ON CHELOUCHE STREET (1973) -- Nominee, Foreign Language Film
  • I LOVE YOU ROSA (1972) -- Nominee, Foreign Language Film
  • THE POLICEMAN (1971) -- Nominee, Foreign Language Film
  • SALLAH (1964) -- Nominee, Foreign Language Film

FILM SYNOPSIS

Filmmaker Ari Folman's animated feature explores his own participation as part of the Israeli army in the 1982 Lebanon War. Unable to recall key parts of his actions during the war, Folman interviews other former soldiers and begins to piece together both his own past and the repercussions of a troubling period in modern history.
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