Saudi Arabia, where cinemas are banned, will participate in the Oscar category 'Best Foreign Film' for the first time in 2014. It will do this with the picture 'Wadjda' by Haifaa Al-Mansour, according to a Saudi official. 'Wadjda will represent our country at the Oscars. A premiere for our kingdom,” said Sultan Al-Bazie, director of the official selection committee and head of the Saudi Art and Culture Association.

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