Film festival lists 40 foreign language films being screened this year
Organizers of the 27th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival have announced the films selected to compete for the FIPRESCI Award in the Awards Buzz Section. The festival will screen 40 of the 80 official submission to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for Best Foreign Language Film, officials said in a release Tuesday.
The Awards Buzz section is selected by Festival programmers as the strongest entries in this year’s Academy Awards® race. A special jury of international film critics will review these films to present the FIPRESCI Award for Best Foreign Language Film of the Year, as well as Best Actor and Best Actress in this category. The following 40 films are selected to screen (in alphabetical order by country):
Bota (Albania), Directors: Iris Elezi, Thomas Logoreci
The Clan (Argentina), Director: Pablo Trapero
The Brand New Testament (Belgium), Director: Jaco Van Dormael
Our Everyday Life (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Director: Ines Tanovi?
The Second Mother (Brazil), Director: Anna Muylaert
The Judgement (Bulgaria), Director: Stephan Komandarev
Felix and Meira (Canada), Director: Maxime Giroux
The Club (Chile), Director: Pablo Larran
Embrace of the Serpent (Colombia), Director: Ciro Guerra
The High Sun (Croatia), Director: Dalibor Matanic
Home Care (Czech Republic), Director: Director: Slvek Hork
A War (Denmark), Director: Tobias Lindholm
1944 (Estonia), Director: Elmo Nganen
Lamb (Ethiopia), Director: Yared Zeleke
The Fencer (Finland), Director: Klaus Hr
Mustang (France), Director: Deniz Gamze Erguven
Labyrinth of Lies (Germany), Director: Giulio Ricciarelli
Ixcanul (Guatemala), Director: Jayro Bustamante
Son of Saul (Hungary), Director: Lszl Nemes
Rams (Iceland), Director: Grimur Hkonarson
Viva (Ireland), Director: Paddy Breathnach
Baba Joon (Israel), Director: Yuval Delshad
100 Yen Love (Japan), Director: Masaharu Take
Theeb (Jordan), Director: Naji Abu Nowar
Babai (Kosovo), Director: Visar Morina
Heavenly Nomadic (Kyrgyzstan), Director: Mirlan Abdykalykov
600 Miles (Mexico), Director: Gabriel Ripstein
The Paradise Suite (Netherlands), Director: Joost van Ginkel
The Wave (Norway), Director: Roar Uthaug
Moor (Pakistan), Director: Jami Mahmood
11 Minutes (Poland), Director: Jerzy Skolimowski
Arabian Nights: Volume 2 – The Desolate One (Portugal), Director: Miguel Gomes
Aferim! (Romania), Director: Radu Jude
Enclave (Serbia), Director: Goran Radovanovi?
Flowers (Spain), Directors: Jon Garao, Jose Mari Goenaga
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (Sweden), Director: Roy Andersson
Iraqi Odyssey (Switzerland), Director: Samir
The Assassin (Taiwan), Director: Hou Hsiao-hsien
How to Win at Checkers (Every Time) (Thailand), Director: Josh Kim
Sivas (Turkey), Director: Kaan Mjdeci
Organizers said additional film categories will be announced in the upcoming weeks.
The Palm Springs International Film Festival takes place from January 1-11.
