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(ANSA) - Los Angeles, January 24 - Gianfranco Rosi's
'Fuocoammare' was among five films nominated Tuesday for the
best documentary Oscar this year.
Golden Bear winner 'Fuocoammare' ('Fire at the Sea'), 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.
Its rivals for the best doc gong are I Am Not Your Negro,
Life Animated, OJ: Made in America, and 13th.
The Oscars will be held on February 26.
'Fuocoammare' gets best doc Oscar nod (3)
Lampedusa story to vie with 4 others Feb 26