Actor-director Nadine Labaki explores the poorest slums of Lebanon through the eyes of a child in Cannes competition entry 'Capharnaum.' By Leslie Felperin Contributing Film Critic Labaki and casting ...

Director Nadine Labaki won the jury prize for her film Capharnaum, the first Arab win in over a decade Lebanese director Nadine Labaki won the jury prize for her film Capharnaum at the Cannes Film ...

Lebanese film Capharnaum by award winning director Nadine Labaki is the only Arab film so far announced in the lineup of the annual Toronto Film festival, which opens on 6 September. In it’s North ...

There’s a powerful tale of child suffering and defiance buried somewhere in the melodrama of Nadine Labaki’s “Capharnaum”, a film that baffled many critics even as it drew the longest standing ovation ...

Zain has every reason to be angry. He is only 12 – at least, that is his parents' best estimate – but already a criminal. He has spent most of his life hungry, scrabbling on the streetsbetween slaving ...

Lebanon has selected 'Capharnaum,' directed by Nadine Labaki, as its entry for best foreign-language film consideration at the Oscars. By Vladimir Kozlov Lebanon has selected Capharnaum as its ...

Capharnaum is a Dickensian tale updated to the slums of modern-day Beirut with 12-year-old Zain as its Oliver Twist. Zain Al Rafeea, right, is a beautiful child of terrifying aplomb. He's not an ...

Nadine Labaki’s “Capharnaüm” had been generating whispers and speculation since before this year’s Cannes Film Festival even began, but in recent days that buzz built towards fever pitch. There was ...

A small boy appears before a court in the Lebanese capital of Beirut. He is already doing time in a juvenile facility. Though it comes as a surprise to hear he is “probably 12 years old” - no-one ...

In a special achievement for Arab cinema, Lebanese director Nadine Labaki’s “Capharnaum” has been shortlisted for the Oscars’ Best Foreign Language Film, on Sunday. The shortlist includes nine films ...

Nadine Labaki’s “Capharnaüm” had been generating whispers and speculation since before this year’s Cannes Film Festival even began, but in recent days that buzz built towards fever pitch. There was ...