Timbuktu from Mauritania won two awards at last year's Cannes Film Festival, and its selection as an Academy Award nominee is a major coup that may revitalise the film's international appeal.
The Oscar nomination for Mauritanian film Timbuktu, about daily life in the Islamist-occupied city, is a "great sign for Mauritania and Africa".
Jihadist drama Timbuktu will be Mauritania's entry into the foreign language Oscar race. Director Abderrahmane Sissako's emotional drama about the occupation of Timbuktu by Islamic rebels had its world premiere in competition at Cannes.
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