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Lebanon’s 'Capernaum' on Shortlist of Oscar Nominees for Best Foreign Film

Lebanese director and actress Nadine Labaki, her husband Lebanese producer Khaled Mouzanar and Syrian actor Zain Rafeea pose with the Jury Prize trophy at Cannes. (AFP)
Lebanese director and actress Nadine Labaki, her husband Lebanese producer Khaled Mouzanar and Syrian actor Zain Rafeea pose with the Jury Prize trophy at Cannes. (AFP)
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Lebanon’s 'Capernaum' on Shortlist of Oscar Nominees for Best Foreign Film

Lebanese director and actress Nadine Labaki, her husband Lebanese producer Khaled Mouzanar and Syrian actor Zain Rafeea pose with the Jury Prize trophy at Cannes. (AFP)
Lebanese director and actress Nadine Labaki, her husband Lebanese producer Khaled Mouzanar and Syrian actor Zain Rafeea pose with the Jury Prize trophy at Cannes. (AFP)

Lebanese director Nadine Labaki’s “Capernaum” was shortlisted Monday for a nomination for Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards.

It joins eight other movies that will be vying to be nominated for Hollywood’s top honor.

Shortlists, decided on by executive committees in the film academy, help narrow the playing field in many of the categories before they are whittled down further to five final nominations in late January.

“Capernaum” was shortlisted along with Alfonso Cuaron's "Roma", Lee Chang-dong's thriller "Burning", Poland's "Cold War," Japan's "Shoplifters," Colombia's "Birds of Passage," Denmark's "The Guilty," Germany's "Never Look Away" and Kazakhstan's "Ayka."

Earlier this month, “Capernaum” was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the Golden Globes.

The critically acclaimed film, about a streetwise child who survives on the streets, has already won the prestigious Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival.

It stars 13-year-old Syrian refugee child turned actor Zain al-Rafeea.

The movie has garnered a string of wins and nominations on the festival circuit

Nominations for the 91st Academy Awards will be announced on January 22, a one month before the Oscars on February 24

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Indonesian Passenger Ferry Catches Fire at Sea, Killing at Least 5

Indonesia rescue team members sail on dinghies during a search operation for missing passengers, after the KMP Tunu Pratama Jaya ferry carrying 65 people sank near the Indonesian island of Bali, in Bali, Indonesia, July 3, 2025. REUTERS/Johannes P. Christo
Indonesia rescue team members sail on dinghies during a search operation for missing passengers, after the KMP Tunu Pratama Jaya ferry carrying 65 people sank near the Indonesian island of Bali, in Bali, Indonesia, July 3, 2025. REUTERS/Johannes P. Christo
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Indonesian Passenger Ferry Catches Fire at Sea, Killing at Least 5

Indonesia rescue team members sail on dinghies during a search operation for missing passengers, after the KMP Tunu Pratama Jaya ferry carrying 65 people sank near the Indonesian island of Bali, in Bali, Indonesia, July 3, 2025. REUTERS/Johannes P. Christo
Indonesia rescue team members sail on dinghies during a search operation for missing passengers, after the KMP Tunu Pratama Jaya ferry carrying 65 people sank near the Indonesian island of Bali, in Bali, Indonesia, July 3, 2025. REUTERS/Johannes P. Christo

A passenger ferry carrying hundreds of people caught fire at sea on Sunday off Sulawesi island in Indonesia, killing at least five people, officials said. More than 280 people were rescued and evacuation efforts were ongoing.

The KM Barcelona 5 was headed to Manado, the capital of North Sulawesi province, from Talaud, an island district in the province when it caught fire in waters near Talise, said Vice Adm. Denih Hendrata, commander of the Indonesian Fleet Command, The AP news reported.

He said that three navy ships had been deployed, and 284 passengers and crew members had been evacuated so far. The rescue operation included assistance from local fishermen, who saved some survivors wearing life jackets as they were drifting to nearby islands in the choppy waters.

Rescuers retrieved five bodies, including a pregnant woman.

There were no immediate reports of injuries, and no exact figures of passengers and crew members onboard the ferry.

“We are still focusing on evacuation efforts,” Hendrata said, adding that the cause of the fire was being investigated.

Photos and videos released by the National Search and Rescue Agency showed terrified passengers, mostly wearing life jackets, jumping into the sea. Orange flames and black smoke billowed from the burning vessel.

Indonesia is an archipelago of more than 17,000 islands where ferries are a common method of travel. Disasters occur regularly, with weak safety enforcement often blamed.

Residents of Mentawai Islands found several people stranded on July 14 after a speedboat carrying 18 people capsized during a storm the day before, authorities said. All were in good condition.

A ferry sank near Indonesia’s resort island of Bali early this month, leaving at least 19 dead and 16 others missing. A two-week search operation involved more than 1,000 rescuers, three navy ships, 15 boats, a helicopter and divers.