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CAPERNAUM

Directed by Nadine Labaki

Louverture Films is an Executive Producer

 

FESTIVALS & AWARDS

  • Academy Awards 2019 - Nominee Best Foreign Language Film

  • BAFTA Awards 2019 - Nominee Film Not in the English Language

  • Golden Globe Awards - Nominee Best Foreign Language Film

  • FEST 2019 - Winner Best Director (Nadine Labaki), Winner Debut Prize (Zain AlRafeea), Winner Best International Film Award

  • New Mexico Film Critics Awards - Winner Best Young Actor Award (Zain AlRafeea)

  • Critics’ Choice Awards - Nominee Best Foreign Language Film

  • Les Globes de Cristal - Nominee Meilleur Film Étranger

  • British Independent Film Awards - Nominee International Independent Film

  • Marrakesh Film Festival 2018

  • Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2018 - Winner Ajyal Audience Award, Winner Bader Best Feature

  • Monstra Internacional de Cinema / São Paulo International Film Festival 2018 - Winner Public Choice Award for Best International Fiction Film

  • The Virginia Film Festival 2018

  • Cork Film Festival 2018

  • AFI Fest 2018

  • Middelburg Film Festival 2018

  • Miami Film Festival 2018 - Winner Gigi Guermont Audience Award 

  • Ghent Film Festival 2018 - Winner Audience Award

  • Mill Valley Film Festival 2018 - Winner Audience Favorite Gold Award

  • Mizna Arab Film Festival 2018 - Winner Best Narrative Feature Audience Award

  • BFI London Film Festival 2018

  • Festival Arabesques 2018

  • Uluslararası Antalya Film Festivali 2018 - Winner Best Actor (Zain AlRafeea)

  • Calgary International Film Festival 2018 - Winner Audience Favourite, US/International Narrative Feature & Fan Favourite Award

  • San Sebastian Film Festival 2018

  • Hamptons International Film Festival 2018

  • Zurich Film Festival 2018

  • Lebanese Film Festival 2018

  • Toronto International Film Festival 2018

  • Norwegian International Film Festival 2018 - Winner Audience Award

  • Sarajevo Film Festival 2018 - Winner Audience Award

  • Melbourne International Film Festival 2018 - Winner People’s Choice Award

  • New Horizons International Film Festival 2018

  • Baalbeck International Festival 2018

  • New Zealand International Film Festival 2018

  • Cannes Film Festival 2018 - Winner Prix Du Jury & Prix de la Citoyennete

 

Deeply embittered by his poverty and by his parents’ exploitation of his childhood and that of his siblings, 12-year old Zain (Zain AlRafeea) sues his parents in court for bringing him into the world.