Tag: 2020 Most Anticipated Movies

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #52. When the Waves Are Gone – Lav Diaz

When the Waves Are Gone Without taking a breath, Filipino auteur Lav Diaz should likely have latest feature When the Waves Are Gone ready for...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #53. Petite fleur – Santiago Mitre

Petite fleur Argentina’s Santiago Mitre moves forward on his third feature, Petite fleur (Little Flower), adapted from Pequena Flor by Iosi Havilio. The French co-pro,...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #54. Petrov’s Flu – Kirill Serebrennikov

Petrov’s Flu For his eighth feature, Russia’s Kirill Serebrennikov, still unable to leave Moscow despite being released from house of arrest in April of 2019,...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #55. Numbers – Oleg Sentsov

Numbers Ukraine’s Oleg Sentsov, who was infamously arrested and held in a Moscow prison in 2014 following Russia’s annexation of Crimea, wherein Sentsov became the...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #56. Au Crépuscule – Sharunas Bartas

Au Crépuscule (Dusk) Lithuania’s Sharunas Bartas will have his tenth feature ready for presentation in 2020. Au Crépuscule (Dusk) was financed by Film Center Serbia/Serbia’s...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #57. Pieces of a Woman – Kornél Mundruczó

Pieces of a Woman Hungarian auteur Kornél Mundruczó will make his English language debut in 2020 with the Canadian production Pieces of a Woman, which...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #58. Brigitte Bardot the Wonderful – Lech Majewski

Brigitte Bardot cudowna / Brigitte Bardot the Wonderful Polish director Lech Majewski adapts his own novel Brigitte Bardot the Wonderful for his latest feature, produced...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #59. Mektoub, My Love: Canto Tre – Abdellatif Kechiche

Mektoub, My Love: Canto Tre The conflict continues surrounding the impending theatrical release of Abdellatif Kechiche’s 2019 Mektoub, My Love: Intermezzo (read review), which premiered in...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #60. Night Shift – Anne Fontaine

Night Shift French director Anne Fontaine continues to be a perennial presence in 2020 with her seventeenth feature, Night Shift (formerly titled Police). Produced by...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #61. Comédie humaine – Xavier Giannoli

Comédie humaine France’s Xavier Giannoli scored a sleeper hit with 2018’s supernatural tinged drama The Apparition starring Vincent Lindon (scoring a Cesar nod for newcomer...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #62. Charlatan – Agnieszka Holland

Charlatan Polish director Agnieszka Holland remains as busy as ever, leaving behind the horrors of the Holodomor in her 2019 biopic Mr. Jones for a...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #63. Serre moins fort – Mathieu Amalric

Serre moins fort Actor/director Mathieu Amalric commences work on his eighth feature with Serre moins fort, a working title. The French-German co-production is being produced...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #64. Dead & Beautiful – David Verbeek

Dead & Beautiful For his seventh narrative feature, Dutch director David Verbeek continues to pursue his unique cultural and co-production infusions with Dead & Beautiful,...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #65. Diorama – Tuva Novotny

Diorama Swedish actress turned director Tuva Novotny is likely to have her third consecutive feature in 2020 with Diorama, which is being produced by Nordisk...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #66. Wonder Zenia – Małgorzata Szumowska

Wonder Zenia Get ready for a deluge of new films from Poland’s Małgorzata Szumowska. 2019 saw her English language debut The Other Lamb (read review)...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #67. Love After Love – Ann Hui

Love After Love Hong Kong’s Ann Hui will be ready with her latest feature in 2020, the preliminarily titled Love After Love (which was the...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #68. Des hommes – Lucas Belvaux

Des hommes Belgium’s Lucas Belvaux has assembled one of his highest profile casts in some time with his latest feature Des hommes (Home Front), which...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #69. Suzanna Andler – Benoît Jacquot

Suzanna Andler Benoît Jacquot, who rarely lets the earth circle the sun without unveiling a new project, turns to Marguerite Duras for inspiration for his...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #70. Druk – Thomas Vinterberg

Druk Denmark’s Thomas Vinterberg reunites with most of the crew from his 2012 drama The Hunt for a drama about binge drinking, Druk (Next Round),...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #71. Madame Claude – Sylvie Verheyde

Madame Claude Director Sylvie Verheyde returns to the world of the sex worker in her sixth feature, Madame Claude, a Parisian period piece about a...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #72. Rifkin’s Festival – Woody Allen

Rifkin’s Festival Now that Woody Allen has been officially exiled, he’s been adopted in the realm of world cinema with his latest feature, Rifkin’s Festival,...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #73. The Middle Man – Bent Hamer

The Middle Man 2020 should see the premiere of Norwegian auteur Bent Hamer’s long-awaited eighth film The Middle Man, which will star actor/director Tuva Novotny...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #74. Mandibules – Quentin Dupieux

Mandibules Quentin Dupieux shows no signs of slowing, with his eighth feature Mandibules a new premiere in three consecutive years. Produced by Hugo Selignac and...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #75. Passion Simple – Danielle Arbid

Passion Simple Lebanese born French filmmaker Danielle Arbid mounts a high profile adaptation for her fifth narrative feature, Passion Simple, based on the popular 1992...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #76. One Second – Zhang Yimou

One Second Will we ever be able to see Zhang Yimou’s One Second, which was yanked out of Berlin 2019 days before its premiere for...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #77. Stowaway – Joe Penna

Stowaway Brazilian born musician/director Joe Penna continues with interesting co-production packaging for his sophomore feature Stowaway, a US-German project starring Toni Collette, Anna Kendrick, Daniel...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #78. Untitled Kiyoshi Kurosawa War Drama

Untitled Kiyoshi Kurosawa War Drama Project Japan’s Kiyoshi Kurosawa lets no moss gather, as he will be following his 2019 Uzbekistan set To the End...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #79. Rock Solid – Zhang Yimou

Rock Solid Zhang Yimou has remained busier than ever. With 2018’s Shadow premiering out of competition at Venice and reaching theatrical release stateside in 2019,...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #80. The Reckoning – Neil Marshall

The Reckoning Even though English director Neil Marshall’s first foray into franchise filmmaking with 2019’s Hellboy was a critical and financial disappointment (and broke a...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #81. Schwesterlein – Stéphanie Chuat & Véronique Reymond

Schwesterlein It’s been ten years since the narrative debut of Swiss directing duo Stéphanie Chuat and Véronique Reymond, 2010’s The Little Bedroom (though they’ve worked...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #82. The Roads Not Taken – Sally Potter

The Roads Not Taken Sally Potter’s ninth feature will be The Roads Not Taken (formerly titled Molly), a narrative taking place across three continents featuring...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #83. Fabian – Dominik Graf

Fabian German director Dominik Graf ends a six year hiatus next year with Fabian, a period piece produced by Felix von Boehm of Lupa Film...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #84. Gli Indifferenti – Leonardo Guerra Seràgnoli

Gli Indifferenti It’s been well over a decade since a filmmaker has attempted an new adaptation of Italian author Alberto Moravia, whose novels provided the...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #85. Libertad – Clara Roquet

Libertad Screenwriter Clara Roquet, who co-wrote Carlos Marques-Marcet’s 10,000km (2014) and Jaime Rosales’ Petra (notably premiered in Cannes 2018 in Directors’ Fortnight) makes her directorial...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #86. Les cinq diables – Léa Mysius

Les cinq diables France’s Léa Mysius has been working on several projects but looks to have her sophomore film Les cinq diables potentially completed in...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #87. Arthur Rambo – Laurent Cantet

Arthur Rambo Palme d’Or winner Laurent Cantet unites with some new collaborators for his eighth feature, Arthur Rambo, produced by Marie-Ange Luciani (of Robin Campillo’s...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #88. Lisa Redler – Nicole Garcia

Lisa Redler Nicole Garcia returned to work with producers David Thion and Philippe Martin for Les Films Pelleas (who produced her 2013 title Going Away...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #89. Tout Le Monde M’appelle Mike – Guillaume Bonnier

Tout Le Monde M'appelle Mike Guillaume Bonnier makes his directorial debut Tout Le Monde M'appelle Mike in 2020, produced by Cedric Walter, and co-produced by...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #90. Cuties – Maïmouna Doucouré

Cuties Winner of the Global Filmmaking Award at the Sundance Film Festival in 2017 for the screenplay of her first feature Cuties (Mignonnes), Maïmouna Doucouré...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #91. Se Escuchan Aullidos – Julio Hernández Cordón

Se Escuchan Aullidos One of Mexico’s busiest directors over the past decade has been the multi-award winning Julio Hernández Cordón, who will likely have three...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #92. Une histoire d’amour et de désir – Leyla Bouzid

Une histoire d’amour et de désir It’s been five years since French-Tunisian director Leyla Bouzid (daughter of director Nouri Bouzid) premiered her 2015 debut As...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #93. Charter – Amanda Kernell

Charter Sweden’s Amanda Kernell is poised to debut her sophomore feature Charter in 2020, produced by Lars Lindstrom and Eva Akergren. Kernell reunites with her...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #94. Effacer l’historique – Gustave Kervern & Benoît Delépine

Effacer l'historique Kooky Belgian duo Gustave Kervern and Benoît Delépine will present their ninth collaboration in 2020, Effacer l'historique, another exercise about social misfits attempting...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #95. Cosmogonie – Vincent Paronnaud

French director Vincent Paronnaud is best known as an animator, having co-directed two films with Marjane Satrapi. The two parted ways following 2011’s Chicken...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #96. Atarrabi & Mikelats – Eugène Green

Atarrabi & Mikelats US born French filmmaker Eugène Green’s eighth feature will be Atarrabi & Mikelats, produced by Julien Naveau (Evolution, 2015) of Noodles Production...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #97. The Father – Florian Zeller

The Father French playwright Florian Zeller makes his directorial debut in 2020 with UK production The Father (of note, he directed a stage version of...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #98. Distancia de rescate – Claudia Llosa

Distancia de rescate Peru’s Claudia Llosa teams with Netflix for her fourth feature, Fever Dream, produced by Mark Johnson and Tom Williams in conjunction with...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #99. Persian Lessons – Vadim Perelman

Persian Lessons Director Vadim Perelman looks to have his most notable project in over a decade make the festival rounds in 2020 with Persian Lessons,...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #100. Daughter of Rage – Laura Baumeister

Daughter of Rage Nicaragua’s Laura Baumeister should have her highly anticipated feature debut Daughter of Rage ready for 2020. A co-production between Nicaragua-Netherlands-Mexico-Germany, Baumeister took...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #101. Enfant Terrible – Oskar Roehler

Enfant Terrible Oskar Roehler is one of Germany’s most well-traveled directors, so his desire to mount a portrayal of Rainer Werner Fassbinder in his latest...

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