Nadine Labaki’s Latest Film Officially Selected For Cannes Film Festival 2018

Lebanon’s beloved director Nadine Labaki’s latest film ‘Capharnaum’ has been officially selected to compete for the Palme D’or at the 71st annual Cannes Film Festival which will take place from 8 – 19 May, 2018. Directed by Labaki and co-written by Michelle Keserwany, the film is a four million dollar feature that was shot in Lebanon and is set in a Middle Eastern town – and centers around a child who rebels against the hand he was dealt in life.

This year’s festival features the largest representation of female filmmakers in its history, and we are so proud that Labaki has made the prestigious list.

It’s not the first time Labaki has received global critical acclaim, as her movies Caramel (Sikkar Banet) and Where Do We Go Now (W Hala2 La Wein) received international recognition – with Where Do We Go Now receiving the People’s Choice Award at the Toronto Film Festival in 2011 and Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival in the same year. Caramel was also nominated for the prestigious Golden Camera Award at the Cannes Film Festival in 2007. This is the first time one of Labaki’s movies is selected for the highest prize awarded at the festival, the Palme D’or award.




Other notable winners of this award have included films like Polanski’s The Pianist in 2002, The Tree of Life in 2011, and Pulp Fiction in 1994.





Watch Labaki’s reaction to receiving the exciting news in the video below.



Best of luck to Labaki and her team, who have continued to make us proud, time and time again.