Final Report (Zárójelentés)
A titan of Hungarian cinema, the 80-year-old Istvan Szabo reunites with Austria’s Klaus Maria Brandauer for Final Report (Zárójelentés). The director and...
Cherry Blossoms and Demons (Kirschblüten & Dämonen)
German director Doris Dörrie follows up her celebrated 2008 film Cherry Blossoms with a sequel of sorts, Cherry...
Greed
Michael Winterbottom unites once more with actor Steve Coogan for his latest project, Greed, their first collaboration since the third installment of their Trip...
Convoi exceptionnel
The soon-to-be 80-year-old Bertrand Blier breaks a ten-year hiatus from directing with Convoi exceptionnel (Wide Load), a comedy which reunites him with Gerard Depardieu,...
Out Stealing Horses
Norwegian director Hans Petter Moland reunites with Stellan Skarsgard for the fifth time in Out Stealing Horses (which follows their work in...
Villeta con ospiti
Director Ivano De Matteo has commenced on an Italian-French co-production with sixth feature Villeta conospiti (House with Guests). Produced by Marco Poccioni and...
Radioactive
Marjane Satrapi continues to work in the English language with fifth feature, Radioactive, a UK production financed through Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner of...
Animals
Australia’s Sophie Hyde returns with her debut Animals, an Irish-Australian co-production. Hyde serves as producer alongside Rebecca Summerton for Closer Productions and Sarah Brocklehurst...
Cook, Fuck, Kill
Slovakian director Mira Fornay should finally be ready with her long-gestating third feature, Cook, Fuck, Kill, initially announced in 2014. Produced by...
The Kindness of Strangers
Dogme 95 alum Lone Scherfig continues in English for her tenth film, The Kindness of Strangers, a Danish-Canadian co-production, which takes...
Tijuana Bible
French filmmaker Jean-Charles Hue travels abroad for his long-awaited third feature Tijuana Bible. Philippe Braunstein and Axel Guyot (who also co-wrote) produced the...
Valley of the Gods
Polish director Lech Majewski’s long gestating art-house sci-fi film Valley of the Gods should finally pop up somewhere in 2018. Majewki...
Judy and Punch
Australian actress Mirrah Foulkes makes her directorial debut with Judy and Punch, produced by Michele Bennett, Nash Edgerton and Danny Gabai. Cinematographer...
White, White Day
Iceland’s Hlynur Palmason returns with his sophomore feature White, White Day, an Icelandic-Swedish-Danish coproduction produced by Anton Mani Svansson for Join Motion...
The Thousand Miles
Sylvain Chomet may finally be ready with his fourth feature (and third animated project) The Thousand Miles, his first return to the...
God Exists, Her Name is Petrunija
Macedonia’s Teona Strugar Mitevska fifth feature is the intriguingly titled God Exists, Her Name is Petrunija. Produced by Labina...
We Are Little Zombies
Japan’s Makoto Nagahisa makes his directorial debut with We Are Little Zombies, produced by Shinichi Takahashi, Tahei Tamanishi, Haruki Yokoyama, and...
438 Days
After premiering two films in 2018, Sweden’s Jesper Ganslandt fast tracks his sixth feature, 438 Days (438 Dager) Produced by Sandra Harms and Karl...
The Wind Blew On
Iceland’s Katrín Ólafsdóttir should be set with her extremely promising debut, a dystopic sci-fi Western The Wind Blew On. Producing alongside...
Nö
German director Dietrich Brüggemann has commenced shooting his sixth feature Nö, produced by Martin Heisler and Gabriele Simon for Flare Film. Starring the director’s...
The Sharks (Los Tiburones)
Director Lucía Garibaldi makes her debut with The Sharks (Los Tiburones), an Uruguyan-Argentinean co-production produced by Pancho Magnou Arnabal and Melanie...
The Weasels (El Cuento de las comadrejas)
Argentina’s Juan José Campanella, who oscillates back and forth between television and film, returns with eighth feature The...
Chanson Douce
French director Lucie Borleteau heads into sophomore territory with Chanson Douce (translates as Lullaby), an adaptation of the novel by Leila Slimani (known as The...
Dirty God
Dutch director Sacha Polak embarks on another harrowing experience with third feature, Dirty God (which commenced filming at the beginning of 2018). Produced...
I Am Mother
Australia’s Grant Sputore makes a high profile directorial debut with I Am Mother, a post-apocalyptic sci-fi feature produced by Kelvin Munro of...
Monday
One of a handful of notable directors stepping out from the shadows of the Greek Weird Wave is Argyris Papadimitropoulos, who will present his...
Heidi
A prominent member of the Romanian New Wave, Catalin Mitulescu’s fourth feature will be Heidi, which he self-produced through Strada Film. In development since...
Little Monsters
A project that was announced at the end of 2017, Australian actor/director Abe Forsythe turns to the popular rom-com zombie subgenre with his...
Elisa & Marcela
Spanish director Isabel Coixet turns to Netflix for her latest feature, Elisa & Marcela, a recuperation of queer history in its examination...
Esau
For his eleventh feature film, Russian director Pavel Lungin makes his English language debut with Esau. Produced by Lungin, Serafima Kohkanovskaya, Haim Mecklberg and...
Lisa Redler
Actress/director Nicole Garcia commences her ninth feature with Lisa Redler, returning to work with producers David Thion and Philippe Martin for Les Films...
Suicide Tourist
Danish director Jonas Alexander Arnby assembles an impressive cast and crew for his sophomore feature Suicide Tourist. The Scandinvaian-German-French co-pro is produced by...
One Second
Following his well-received martial arts action comeback Shadow (2018), Zhang Yimou heads back to low-key period drama with his next project One Second....
Last Dear Bulgaria
Russia’s Aleksey Fedorchenko is preparing his seventh feature, Last Dear Bulgaria, produced by the director himself alongside Andrey Saveliev, Artem Vassiliev (Dovlatov,...
The Lost Prince
Oscar winning director Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist, 2011) embarks on his seventh feature, The Lost Prince (Le prince oublié), set to star...
Celle que vous croyez
For his sixth film, Celle que vous croyez, France’s Safy Nebbou assembles an all-star cast led by Juliette Binoche, Nicole Garcia,...
Sole
Director Carlo Sironi makes his directorial debut with Sole, a project which was selected for several notable initiatives during its development, including Residence de...
The Seven Last Words
Canadian filmmaker, musician and composer Kaveh Nabatian assembles six directors beside himself for the multidisciplinary omnibus project The Seven Last Words....
Paradise Hills
Producer and editor Alice Waddington makes her directorial debut with the fantasy/sci-fi film Paradise Hills, a US-Spanish co-production which she wrote alongside Brian...
I’m No Longer Here
Mexico City’s Fernando Frias has completed his sophomore feature Ya no estoy aqui (I’m No Longer Here), which was part of the 2014...
Curiosa
French director Lou Jeunet makes her directorial debut with Curiosa, produced by Olivier Delbosc for Curiosa Films. Lensed by Simon Roca (9 Fingers, 2017),...
Koko-di Koko-da
Sweden’s Johannes Nyholm returns with his highly anticipated sophomore film Koko-di Kojo-da, which the director produced alongside co-producer Maria Moller Christofferson. His cast...
Misbehavior
Celebrated British television director Philippa Lowthorpe (the first woman to win a BAFTA TV Award for Directing for 2012’s “Call the Midwife,” an award...