Lebanese filmmaker Nadine Labaki has become the first female artist in the Arab world to be nominated for an Academy Award, or Oscar.
黎巴嫩导演娜丁·拉巴基成为第一位提名奥斯卡奖的阿拉伯女艺术家。
Labaki directed the film "Capernaum," a film about a Syrian refugee boy and a Kenyan baby who live without parents on the streets of Beirut. It was nominated for best foreign language film.
Labaki will be one of the only female directors to compete for an Oscar this year. She told the Associated Press, I wish there were a lot more women filmmakers this year represented, nominated in the Oscars. But I am sure in a few years we won't be having this problem anymore.
Unlike in the West, women filmmakers are industry leaders in Lebanon.
与西方不同的是,黎巴嫩的女导演都是该行业的先驱。
"Capernaum" received a 15-minute standing ovation at this year's Cannes Film Festival. It won the Jury Prize – the third-highest award given at Cannes.
Labaki called making the movie a life-changing experience. She said "Capernaum" helps humanize the real struggles of refugees only briefly talked about in the news.
We can't help but acknowledge that there is a...fear of refugees in general around the world and there are these walls we are building, and this fear that keeps growing, Labaki said.
"Capernaum" will compete against four other films for the Oscar, including awards season favorite "Roma." Directed by Mexico's Alfonso Cuaron, it earned 10 Oscar nominations, including for best picture.