Gianfranco Rosi's Fuocoammare is Italy's contender for the best foreign language film at the 2017 Oscars. The movie was selected on Monday from a field of seven by a committee at the offices of film industry association ANICA.

'Fuocoammare' (Fire At Sea) is a documentary about Italian migrant stepping-stone island Lampedusa. It looks at the lives of island residents as well as migrants who land on the island, which is closer to Africa than to mainland Italy.

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Source: http://www.ansa.it/