Tag: 2021 World Cinema
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2021: #51. Xavier Beauvois’ Albatros
Albatros
Director Xavier Beauvois will be ready with his eighth feature, Albatros (formerly titled Un petit-fils, or A Grandson) in 2021. Produced by Sylvie Pialat...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2021: #52. Terrence Malick’s The Way of the Wind
The Way of the Wind
Terrence Malick turns to Jesus for what will stand as his tenth narrative feature The Way of the Wind (which...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2021: #53. Emmanuel Carrère’s Le quai de Ouistreham
Le quai de Ouistreham
Emmanuel Carrère’s first feature, La Moustache (starring Vincent Lindon and Emmanuelle Devos) was adapted from his own novel and premiered at Cannes...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2021: #54. Mathieu Amalric’s Serre-moi fort
Serre-moi fort
Mathieu Amalric should be ready to reveal his eighth feature with Serre-moi fort, a working title which means: hold me tight. Produced by...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2021: #55. Juliana Rojas’ Cidade;Campo
Cidade;Campo
Juliana Rojas embarks on her second solo feature as director with Cidade;Campo, a project initially scheduled to go into production last May but halted...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2021: #56. Laurent Cantet’s Arthur Rambo
Arthur Rambo
Originally pegged as a 2020 hopeful, Palme d’Or winner Laurent Cantet might be part of a huge wave of former winners competing in...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2021: #57. Joe Penna’s Stowaway
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 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2021: #58. Kira Kovalenko’s Unclenching the Fists
Unclenching the Fists
Russian director Kira Kovalenko promises to be a breakout talent with her sophomore film Unclenching the Fists in 2021. Produced by Alexander...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2021: #59. Léa Mysius’ Les cinq diables
Les cinq diables
France’s Léa Mysius continues her ascension with her sophomore directorial project Les cinq diables. Starring Adele Exarchopoulos, Moustapha Mbengue and reteaming with...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2021: #60. Kirill Serebrennikov’s Petrov’s Flu
Petrov’s Flu
Russia’s Kirill Serebrennikov 2004 film Ragin, based on a Chekov story, won the East of West Award at Karlovy Vary and 2008’s Yuriy’s...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2021: #61. Leyla Bouzid’s Une histoire d’amour et de désir
Une histoire d’amour et de désir
It’s now been six years since French-Tunisian director Leyla Bouzid (daughter of director Nouri Bouzid) premiered her 2015 debut...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2021: #62. Aurélia Georges’ La Place d’une autre
La Place d’une autre (The Place of Another)
Director Aurélia Georges promises to be a breakout in 2021 with her third project La Place d’une...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2021: #63. Eva Husson’s Mothering Sunday
Mothering Sunday
French director Eva Husson makes her English language debut with the UK production Mothering Sunday, a period piece set in post-WWI England which...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2021: #64. Yury Bykov’s The Owner
The Owner
Russian director Yury Bykov continues a prolific streak with sixth feature The Owner, a Russian-Swiss-UK co-pro with Ilya Stewart, Pavel Buria and Murad...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2021: #65. Sophie Hyde’s Good Luck To You, Leo Grande
Good Luck To You, Leo Grande
Australia’s Sophie Hyde embarks on her highest profile project with third feature Good Luck To You, Leo Grande, which...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2021: #66. Paolo Taviani’s Leonora Addio
Leonora Addio
Following the death of his brother and fellow co-director Vittorio Taviani in 2018, Paolo Taviani continues with his first solo effort Leonora Addio,...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2021: #67. Hafsia Herzi’s Nora
Nora
Hafsia Herzi returns with her sophomore feature Nora in 2021, produced by Said Ben Said. Starring Sabrina Benhamed, Halima Benhamed, Justine Gregory and Noemie...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2021: #68. Oleg Sentsov’s Rhinoceros
Rhinoceros
Ukraine’s Oleg Sentsov has returned the project he was working on prior to his 2014 incarceration in Russia, Rhinoceros, coproduced by Ukraine, Poland and...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2021: #69. Laurent Larivière’s Joan Verra
Joan Verra
Director Laurent Larivière assembles a stellar cast for sophomore feature Joan Verra, headlined by Isabelle Huppert in the title role. A French-German-Irish co-production...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2021: #70. Helena Wittmann’s Human Flowers of Flesh
Human Flowers of Flesh
German director Helena Wittmann promises to have an international breakout with sophomore film Human Flowers of Flesh in 2021, a project...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2021: #71. Anita Rocha da Silveira’s Medusa
Medusa
With her 2015 debut Kill Me Please, Brazil’s Anita Rocha da Silveira presented a vibrant giallo inspired film, arriving amongst a first wave of...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2021: #72. Arnaud & Jean-Marie Larrieu’s Tralala
Tralala
With their first project in six years, brothers Arnaud and Jean-Marie Larrieu return with the musical Tralala as their eighth feature. Produced by Said...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2021: #73. Axelle Ropert’s Petite Solange
Petite Solange
For her fourth feature, writer/director Axelle Ropert will unleash Petite Solange, produced by Charlotte Vincent and lensed by Sebastien Buchmann (Alice and the...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2021: #74. Untitled Alice Winocour Project
Untitled Alice Winocour Project
During various stages of press for the release of her latest film Proxima in 2020, France’s Alice Winocour dropped hints of...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2021: #75. Clio Barnard’s Ali & Ava
Ali & Ava
British director Clio Barnard re