Yes... And 9 of those were movies by the great Manuel De Oliveira, who is probably the director with most foreign film submissions without a nod (and honestly, he DID deserve some!).mlrg wrote:Well, in Portugal is front news also. And not beacuse the film submitted was any good but because we broke our own record of most submissions without being nominated: 31ITALIANO wrote:Italy must be the only country in the world where NOT being included in this list is front page news...
I think Egypt is in second place with 30 submissions and no nominations. My friends there were very happy last year when a (very good) Egyptian documentary was the first local production ever to be nominated for an Oscar (though, of course, not the Foreign Film Oscar). They also told me that the filmmakers had been sent to jail, but that's another story...