First animation nominated for Best Foreign Language Film
- Who
- Vals Im Bashir (Waltz with Bashir)
- What
- First
- Where
- Israel
- When
- 2009
Vals Im Bashir (Waltz with Bashir) (Israel/Germany/France/USA, 2008) was the first animation to be Oscar nominated for Best Foreign Language Film. The movie, directed by Ari Folman (Israel) tells the story of an ex-soldier piecing together his shattered memories of an Israeli Army mission in the first Lebanon war.