"Capernaum" is connecting with audiences and critics around the world. The film, from Lebanon native director and co-writer Nadine Labaki, was honored with the Grand Jury Prize at the 2018 edition ...

Arab cinema is on the map ... the fate of the whole world is defined in this region.” Labaki is unsure what topic is going to take over her consciousness after ‘Capernaum’, or what the ...

In the Lebanese movie Capernaum (the title translates to “chaos,” an apt description of the world of the film), skinny, sad-eyed Zain (Zain Al Rafeea) is 12 years old, though he’s so tiny he could ...

Nadine Labaki, the Lebanese director of last year’s “Capernaum,” has been named ... eager to discover the most prestigious festival in the world,” Labaki said in a statement.

His way of seeing the world makes sense, and even when it’s very symbolic, you believe him.” Capernaum also reflects many of the classic themes explored in film-maker and film critic Mark ...

You see a different point of view of the world and you see different sensibilities,” she said of female-directed films. “I think it’s very healthy.” “Capernaum,” distributed by Sony ...

It hit me that this was going to be the story of a child who sues the world, through his parents, for giving him this life.” Street casting was key to Capernaum; while Labaki acted the lead ...