First animation nominated for Best Foreign Language Film

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.