(ANSA) - Los Angeles, December 7 - Gianfranco Rosi's
'Fuocoammare' ('Fire at the Sea'), Italy's candidate for the
Oscars in the category of Best Foreign Film and Best
Documentary, has been included among 15 documentaries
shortlisted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Five of the 15 will be chosen to compete at the Oscars
and announced on January 24.
Golden Bear winner Fuocoammare was shot on the Sicilian
island of Lampedusa during the European migrant crisis, and sets
the migrants' dangerous Mediterranean crossing against a
background of the ordinary life of the islanders
US-made documentaries make up the lion's share of the other
films selected. Other foreign ones include Austria's 'The Ivory
Game' on the illegal trade in ivory; Mongolia's 'The Princess
and the Eagle'; and the US-China co-production 'Hooligan
Sparrow' by Nanfu Wang.
The nine-film shortlist for Best Foreign Film will be
announced mid-December.
The Oscar Awards ceremony will be held this year on February
24.
'Fuocoammare' makes Oscar list
List will be winnowed from 15 to 5 on Jan 24