The first batch of titles were announced in August, and now with Locarno and Venice firming up the selection process, we now have our second wave of films. Sixteen feature films (nominations of the European Film Awards will be revealed on 5 November) have been added and we find the likes of Venice competition winners in Pedro Almodóvar, Maura Delpero and Dea Kulumbegashvili, Orizzonti section winner Bogdan Mureşanu, Locarno Golden Leopard winner by Saulė Bliuvaitė and Toronto preemed Hard Truths by master filmmaker Mike Leigh.
APRIL directed by Dea Kulumbegashvili (Georgia, France, Italy)
CONCLAVE directed by Edward Berger (UK, USA)
HARD TRUTHS directed by Mike Leigh (UK, Spain)
HARVEST directed by Athina Rachel Tsangari (UK, Germany, Greece, France, USA)
MISERICORDIA directed by Emma Dante (Italy)
MOON directed by Kurdwin Ayub (Austria)
MR. K directed by Tallulah Hazekamp Schwab (Netherlands, Belgium)
MY FATHERS’ DAUGHTER directed by Egil Pedersen (Norway, Sweden, Finland)
QUEER directed by Luca Guadagnino (Italy, USA)
THE END directed by Joshua Oppenheimer (Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Italy, UK, Sweden)
THE NEW YEAR THAT NEVER CAME directed by Bogdan Mureşanu (Romania, Serbia)
THE ROOM NEXT DOOR directed by Pedro Almodóvar (Spain)
THE SPARROW IN THE CHIMNEY directed by Ramon Zürcher (Switzerland)
TOXIC directed by Saulė Bliuvaitė (Lithuania)
VERMIGLIO directed by Maura Delpero (Italy, France, Belgium)
WINDLESS directed by Pavel G. Vesnakov (Bulgaria, Italy)