Annual Top Films Lists

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #27. Emerald Fennell’s Saltburn

Published on January 18, 2023

Saltburn

Our take on Promising Young Woman – it was a monumental piece of cinema and was released in the perfect context. Hence Amazon comes calling. Add the likes of Barry Keoghan, Rosamund Pike, Jacob Elordi and the return of Carey Mulligan – and we have what might turn out to be a solid sophomore feature film package. Filmed last summer, Saltburn is about a grand, aristocratic English family and is a story of obsession. This was produced by Fennell and LuckyChap Entertainment’s Josey McNamara, Tom Ackerley and Margot Robbie.

Gist: The film depicts the lives of a grand, aristocratic English family.

Release Date/Prediction: We think this actually has a shot at an Out of Comp showing in Cannes – it’s a long shot.

Eric Lavallée

Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).