Tag: 2023 Foreign Films

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #150. Tran Anh Hung’s Le Pot-au-feu de Dodin Bouffant

Le Pot-au-feu de Dodin Bouffant Entering his fourth decade of filmmaking which began all the way back with the Cannes Film Festival Caméra d'Or winning...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #151. Lorena Padilla’s Martínez

Martínez A writer for Rodrigo Reyes' 499, Mexican filmmaker Lorena Padilla has workshopped her directorial debut Berlinale Talents, Torino Film Labs and got some Guadalajara...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #152. Kim Jee-woon’s Cobweb

Cobweb Known for A Tale of Two Sisters (2003), Cannes preemed A Bittersweet Life (2005) and The Good, The Bad, The Weird (2008), and his...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #153. Tim Mielants’ Wil

Wil A television director for about a decade (including episodes for Peaky Blinders), Tim Mielants got into features with 2019's Patrick (Karlovy Vary International Film...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #154. David Oelhoffen’s Les Derniers Hommes

Les Derniers Hommes It's been a fairly consistent film output for David Oelhoffen with not much waiting between projects at least with his first three...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #155. Dominique Abel & Fiona Gordon’s L’Étoile filante

L’Étoile filante After an output with Bruno Romy on their first three features (2005's L'iceberg, 2008's Rumba and 2011's The Fairy) the Belgian tandem of...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #156. Tilman Singer’s Cuckoo

Cuckoo German filmmaker grabbed the spotlight with his Berlinale preemed directorial debut Luz (tale is about a cab driver who gets owned by a demonic...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #157. Meryem Benm’Barek’s Behind The Palm Trees

Behind The Palm Trees A project that is pegged for a production start next month means Meryem Benm’Barek could very well wait for a 2024...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #158. Phuttiphong Aroonpheng’s Morrison

Morrison 2022 came and went and Phuttiphong Aroonpheng's sophomore film Morrison was mysteriously been left off the bingo card. The Thai-French production starring Hugo Chulachak...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #159. Teddy Lussi-Modeste’s Pas de vague

Pas de vague Just this past month, Teddy Lussi-Modeste was in the middle of production on his third feature film and it is worth noting...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #160. Malika Musaeva’s The Cage is Looking for a Bird

The Cage is Looking for a Bird Russian filmmaker Malika Musaeva won't be on too many radars, but for those keeping a watchful eye on...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #161. Alex Helfrecht’s A Winter’s Journey

A Winter’s Journey As with any animated film (this one has live action with CG and painted animation) it's difficult to pinpoint a targeted release...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #162. Molly Manning Walker’s How to Have Sex

How to Have Sex Winner of the 2021 Next Step Critics' Week prize, Molly Manning Walker moved into a November shoot late last year for...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #163. Nanni Moretti’s Il Sol Dell’Avvenire

Il Sol Dell’Avvenire Nanni Moretti makes a quicker-than-usual return behind the camera - waiting very little time in-between projects. Following 2021's Three Floors, the veteran...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #164. Héléna Klotz’s La Vénus d’argent

La Vénus d’argent From shorts, to docs and a 2012 feature film debut that premiered at the Berlinale (Atomic Age), Héléna Klotz's output has been...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #165. Anne Émond’s La meute

La meute After exploring body issues in the teenage years with 2019's Jeune Juliette, Anne Émond's once again moves towards an entire new genre with...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #166. Sophie Dupuis’ Drag

Drag Quebecois filmmaker Sophie Dupuis reteams with her muse Théodore Pellerin for her third feature film -- a drag queen drama set in the Montreal...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #167. Anand Tucker’s The Critic

The Critic After moonlighting as a producer and working in television, Anand Tucker's returns to feature films a dozen years after his last feature film...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #168. Helene Cattet & Bruno Forzani’s Darling

Darling The husband-and-wife filmmaker tandem from Brussels known best for exploring their worlds via a giallo lense, moved into animated film territory sometime around 2018...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #169. Daniel Hoesl’s Veni Vidi Vici

Veni Vidi Vici After checking in with the powerful elite with the '20 docu Davos, Daniel Hoesl moved into a screenplay that is not that...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #170. Thea Sharrock’s Wicked Little Letters

Wicked Little Letters For her third feature film, Thea Sharrock lassoed powerhouses in Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley along with Anjana Vasan, Timothy Spall, Joanna...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #171. Patric Chiha’s The Beast in the Jungle

La bête dans la jungle Austrian Patric Chiha reunited with Béatrice Dalle and returned to fiction form almost a decade later back in November of...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #172. Filip Jan Rymsza’s Object Permanence

Object Permanence Best known for putting together The Other Side of the Wind, Filip Jan Rymsza blasted off on the Lido again with his third...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #173. Thea Hvistendahl’s Handling the Undead

Handling the Undead (Håndtering av udøde) A directorial debut that reunites thesps Renate Reinsve and Anders Danielsen Lie for a third occasion, Norwegian helmer Thea...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #174. Simon Jaquemet’s Electric Child

Electric Child For his third feature film, Swiss filmmaker Simon Jaquemet moves into English language terrain with what is coined as an arthouse take on...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #175. Robert Morgan’s Stopmotion

Stopmotion A shorts film filmmaker more than two decades into his filmography, Robert Morgan made the big move into feature film terrain with actress Aisling...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #176. Tibor Bánóczki & Sarolta Szabó’s White Plastic Sky

White Plastic Sky With an earlier track record that includes Sundance short Les Conquerants in '12 and Clermont-Ferrand's Leftover '16, Hungarian filmmaker tandem Tibor Bánóczki...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #177. Koen Mortier’s Skunk

Skunk Blasting onto the film scene with Ex Drummer in 2007 and followed by 22nd of May in 2010 and distinct opposites attract in Angel...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #178. Mehdi Fikri’s Avant que les flammes ne s’éteignent

Avant que les flammes ne s'éteignent Production took place on Mehdi Fikri's directorial debut this past October in Strasbourg, France. A former journalist for L’Humanité,...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #179. Federico Cecchetti’s Jíkuri

Jíkuri Mexican filmmaker Federico Cecchetti was one of the lucky half-dozen filmmakers to participate in the Cannes The Residence (32nd edition) with his sophomore project...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #180. Naqqash Khalid’s In Camera

In Camera Naqqash Khalid went into production with his alluring-sounding directorial debut this past August. Set in Manchester, in a nutshell, In Camera details what...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #181. Daina Reid’s Run Rabbit Run

Run Rabbit Run There was some moving pieces at the onset of Run Rabbit Run but Sarah Snook would end up toplining Daina Reid's directorial debut...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #182. Kamal Lazraq’s Les meutes

Les meutes He made quite the impression with his first pair of shorts with the Cannes’ Cinéfondation competition winner in '11 and a Clermont-Ferrand’s international...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #183. Jean-Bernard Marlin’s Salem

Salem Jean-Bernard Marlin got his big break with his feature debut Sheherazade blasting out of the Critic's Week in 2018 with César Awards wins in...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #184. Sophie Letourneur’s Voyages en Italie

Voyages en Italie For her fifth feature film, Sophie Letourneur returns in front of the camera and behind for the Arte France Cinéma and CNC...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #185. André Téchiné’s Les âmes soeurs

Les âmes soeurs For his thirtieth feature film, the great André Téchiné filmed in two seasonal time frames (in June of '21 and the following...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #186. Alice Zeniter & Benoît Volnais’ Before the Collapse

Avant l'effondrement It wasn't quite ready for a '21 launch, but author Alice Zeniter & Benoît Volnais will see their co-directorial debut break bread in...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #187. Martin Provost’s Bonnard, Pierre et Marthe

Bonnard, Pierre et Marthe A French filmmaker who offers comfort food portraits, for his eighth outing Martin Provost enlisted the likes of Vincent Macaigne, Cécile...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #188. Lucía Puenzo’s Los impactados

Los impactados 2022 was a fruitful one for Argentinean filmmaker Lucía Puenzo - she put out two features in the omnibus Tell It Like a...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #189. Oorlagh George’s The Sniper’s Daughter

The Sniper's Daughter We've had to wait a while for Oorlagh George's directorial debut to shore up and we'll definitely be getting a taste in...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #190. Amiel Courtin-Wilson’s Carnation

Carnation We're beginning to think Amiel Courtin-Wilson’s Carnation is driftwood at sea as it wrapped up back in 2019. The Australian filmmaker with film splash...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #191. Anthony Chen’s The Breaking Ice

The Breaking Ice His Camera d'Or winning Ilo Ilo (2013) and TIFF Platform section preemed Wet Season (2019) followed by his contribution with the Cannes...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #192. Zhang Yimou’s Full River Red

Full River Red (Man jiang hong) Currently in a creative overdrive with what appears to be one project overlapping the next, word last summer was...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #193. Sally El Hosaini & James Krishna Floyd’s Unicorns

Unicorns For their third creative collaboration, actor James Krishna Floyd shares co-directing duties alongside Sally El Hosaini for what becomes her third directing outing. The...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #194. Flora Lau’s Luz

Luz Stuck in what feels like a Terrence Malick post-production purgatory abyss, Hong Kong filmmaker Flora Lau's Luz has been a yearly no-show since 2019...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #195. Damián Szifron’s Misanthrope

Misanthrope While we're not expecting this fourth feature to land with the same ripple effects as what occurred when Damián Szifron's Wild Tales competed for...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #196. John Carney’s Flora and Son

Flora and Son Known for his Sundance breakout music drama Once, Irish filmmaker John Carney has been chugging away at the music-based cinema in some...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #197. Daina Oniunas-Pusić’s Tuesday

Tuesday We've been kicking around the A24 backed Tuesday in our fest predictions for some time now as it was in the can in June...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #198. Vasilis Katsoupis’ Inside

Inside Shot in Germany in June of '21, Vasilis Katsoupis' directorial debut has been lingering around long enough to find a distrib and big festival...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #199. Pascal Plante’s Les chambres rouges

Les chambres rouges For his third feature film, Canadian filmmaker Pascal Plante moves into the dark corners of the interwebs and with Les chambres rouges...

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