Upcoming Middle Eastern directors could bring more Oscars home

** #9 Upcoming Middle Eastern directors could bring more Oscars home: Young, upcoming Middle Eastern directors could bring Oscars home with their innovative and unique approachesto filmmaking, says Al-Monitor. “If the young directors pull off a few international awards in 2019, it may mark the beginning of a youth revolution in Middle Eastern cinema,” film blogger Ismail Sonaa said. Egypt’s Yommedine, and Lebanese writer and director Nadine Labaki’s Capernaum are the region’s frontrunners for best foreign films in the 91st Academic Awards ceremony. Yommedine emerged as a jewel among critics after its screening in Cannes Film Festival earlier this year where it had won the François Chalais Prize and was selected shortly after to represent Egypt in the Academy Awards’ Foreign Language category.