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"We voted for the film that seemed best-made to us, that highlights Brazilian filmmaking," the head of the Brazilian Film Academy, Roberto Farias, said in a statement.
"Our position has nothing to do with politics. Lula is a star here and abroad," he said.
The movie recounts the early life and adulthood of Lula, a one-time shoe-shine boy and metalworker who became an influential trade union leader before becoming Brazil's president in 2003.
Last year's foreign-language winner at the Oscars was an Argentine movie, "The Secret in Their Eyes."
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"Our position has nothing to do with politics. Lula is a star here and abroad," he said.
The movie recounts the early life and adulthood of Lula, a one-time shoe-shine boy and metalworker who became an influential trade union leader before becoming Brazil's president in 2003.
Last year's foreign-language winner at the Oscars was an Argentine movie, "The Secret in Their Eyes."
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