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Which Federico Fellini screenplay earned his first Academy Award nomination?

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Federico Fellini’s first Academy Award nomination was for his contribution to the screenplay of the 1945 film Roma, città aperta (also known as Rome, Open City), a pioneering work of Neorealism directed by Roberto Rossellini.1