Gianfranco Rosi's Fuocoammare
is Italy's contender for the best foreign language film at the
2017 Oscars.
The movie was selected on Monday from a field of seven by
a committee at the offices of film industry association ANICA.
'Fuocoammare' (Fire At Sea) is a documentary about
Italian migrant stepping-stone island Lampedusa. It looks at the
lives of island residents as well as migrants who land on the
island, which is closer to Africa than to mainland Italy.
It won the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival
earlier this year.
The others films in the running to be Italy's Oscar
contender were: 'Gli Ultimi Saranno gli Ultimi' by Massimiliano
Bruno; 'Indivisibili' by Edoardo De Angelis; 'Lo Chiamavano Jeeg
Robot' by Gabriele Mainetti; 'Perfetti Sconosciuti' by Paolo
Genovese; 'Pericle il Nero' by Stefano Mordini; and 'Suburra' by
Stefano Sollima. The Oscar awards ceremony will take place in
Los Angeles on Sunday February 26.
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