Tag: Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015
And the Most Anticipated Foreign Film of 2015 is…Andrzej Zulawski’s Cosmos
Cosmos
Director: Andrzej Zulawski // Writer: Andrzej Zulawski
2015 marks the ending of a fifteen year hiatus from filmmaking for Polish auteur Andrzej Zulawski, whose last...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #2. Paul Verhoeven’s Elle
Elle
Director: Paul Verhoeven // Writer: David Birke
One cannot overlook the plentiful cinematic contributions of Dutch auteur Paul Verhoeven, who made waves back in 1973...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #3. Joachim Trier’s Louder Than Bombs
Louder Than Bombs
Director: Joachim Trier // Writers: Joachim Trier, Eskil Vogt
With only two features under his belt, Norwegian director Joachim Trier remains at the...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #4. Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Lobster
The Lobster
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos // Writers: Efthymis Filippou, Yorgos Lanthimos
With his third feature, 2009's Dogtooth, Yorgos Lanthimos became the forefront of what's coming to...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #5. Guillaume Nicloux’s The Valley of Love
The Valley of Love
Director: Guillaume Nicloux // Writer: Guillaume Nicloux
Even with eleven feature films under his belt, director Guillaume Nicloux remains the least recognizable...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #6. Ilya Khrzhanovsky’s Dau
Dau
Director: Ilya Khrzhanovsky // Writers: Ilya Khrzhanovsky, Susanne Marian, Vladimir Sorokin
Long touted as one of the most ambitious Russian films ever made (but perhaps...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #7. Abdellatif Kechiche’s La blessure
La blessure
Director: Abdellatif Kechiche // Writer: Abdellatif Kechiche, Francois Begaudeau
Few auteurs have reached the heights of emotional realism in narrative cinema as has Tunisian...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #8. Gaspar Noé’s Love
Love
Director: Gaspar Noé // Writer: Gaspar Noé
The most controversial director in our top ten list has to be Argentinean director Gaspar Noé, who has...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #9. Michael Haneke’s Flashmob
Flashmob
Director: Michael Haneke // Writer: Michael Haneke
The cinema of Michael Haneke may be described as cold, distant, even isolating, as the Austrian auteur prizes...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #10. Jia Zhangke’s Mountains May Depart
Mountains May Depart
Director: Jia Zhangke // Writer: Jia Zhangke
A preeminent figure in the Sixth Generation movement of Chinese cinema, Jia Zhangke is arguably one...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #11. Lucrecia Martel’s Zama
Zama
Director: Lucrecia Martel // Writer: Lucrecia Martel
Argentinean director Lucrecia Martel has become one of her country's most prolific filmmakers with three outstanding titles to...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #12. Peter Brosens & Jessica Woodworth’s Kebab Royal
Kebab Royal
Director: Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth // Writer: Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth
A Belgian directing duo that you may be unfamiliar with but...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #13. Maren Ade’s Toni Erdmann
Toni Erdmann
Director: Maren Ade // Writer: Maren Ade
Though many be unfamiliar with her work, which is a pity since both her previous films are...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #14. Helene Cattet & Bruno Forzani’s Let the Bodies Sunbathe!
Let the Bodies Sunbathe!
Directors: Helene Cattet and Bruno Forzani // Writers: Helene Cattet and Bruno Forzani
Belgian couple Helene Cattet and Bruno Forzani have amassed...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #15. Xavier Dolan’s The Death and Life of John F. Donovan
The Death and Life of John F. Donovan
Director: Xavier Dolan // Writer: Xavier Dolan
2014 marked an important year for the burgeoning auteur Xavier Dolan,...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #16. Jerzy Skolimowski’s 11 Minutes
11 Minutes
Director: Jerzy Skolimowski // Writer: Jerzy Skolimowski
Esteemed Polish auteur Jerzy Skolimowski began his directorial career in the late 60's, but gained international acclaim...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #17. Catherine Breillat’s Bridge of Floating Dreams
Bridge of Floating Dreams
Director: Catherine Breillat // Writer: Brian Jones
Shortly before her latest title, the autobiographical Abuse of Weakness hit it's limited release in...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #18. Benoit Jacquot’s Journal d’une femme de chambre
Journal d'une femme de chambre
Director: Benoit Jacquot // Writers: Benoit Jacquot, Helene Zimmer
French auteur Benoit Jacquot tends to get overlooked, though his recent international...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #19. Luca Guadagnino’s A Bigger Splash
A Bigger Splash
Director: Luca Guadagnino // Writer: David Kajganich
It’s hard to believe that it’s been six years since Luca Guadagnino’s art house favorite I...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #20. Peter Greenaway’s Eisenstein in Guanajuato
Eisenstein in Guanajauto
Director: Peter Greenaway // Writer: Peter Greenaway
Cinema is alive and kicking and so is director Peter Greenaway, though listening to the esteemed...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #21. Sergei Loznitsa’s Babi Yar
Babi Yar
Director: Sergei Loznitsa // Writer: Sergei Loznitsa
Ukrainian documentarian Sergei Loznitsa made waves with his 2010 feature debut My Joy, followed by 2012’s In...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #22. Cristi Puiu’s Sierra-Nevada
Sierra-Nevada
Director: Cristi Puiu // Writer: Cristi Puiu
Not much has been heard lately from Romanian New Wave master Cristi Puiu, whose memorable sophomore effort, 2005’s...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #23. Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s The Assassin
The Assassin
Director(s): Hou Hsiao-Hsien // Writer(s): Hou Hsiao-Hsien
T’ien-wen Chu Chinese auteur Hou Hsiao-Hsien has been steadily working since the early 1980’s, coming to great...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #24. Christophe Honoré’s Les Malheurs de Sophie
Les Malheurs de Sophie
Director: Christophe Honoré // Writers: Christophe Honoré, Gilles Taurand
One of France’s most underrated directors (at least judging on the level of...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #25. Jacques Audiard’s Erran
Erran
Director: Jacques Audiard // Writer: Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Noé Debré
French auteur Jacques Audiard has enjoyed considerable acclaim with his last two features. 2009’s...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #26. Terence Davies’ Sunset Song
Sunset Song
Director: Terence Davies // Writers: Terence Davies, Lewis Crassic Gribbon
While his famous early works were inspired around his incredibly bleak childhood, with a...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #27. Andrew Haigh’s 45 Years
45 Years
Director: Andrew Haigh // Writers: David Constantine, Andrew Haigh
British director Andrew Haigh stormed South By Southwest in 2011 with his sophomore film Weekend,...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #28. Jahmil X.T. Qubeka’s The Riders
The Riders
Director: Jahmil X.T. Qubeka // Writer: Susie Brooks-Smith
South African filmmaker Jahmil X.T. Qubeka made headlines in 2013 when his sophomore film Of Good...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #29. Alex van Warmerdam’s Schneider Vs. Bax
Schneider Vs. Bax
Director: Alex van Warmerdam // Writer: Alex van Warmerdam
Steadily working Dutch auteur Alex van Warmerdam has been systematically making bizarre, offbeat features...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #30. Tobias Lindholm’s A War
A War
Director: Tobias Lindholm // Writer: Tobias Lindholm
Director and screenwriter Tobias Lindholm has received more attention for his work as screenwriter on a pair...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #31. Agusti Villaronga’s The King of Havana
The King of Havana
Director: Agusti Villaronga // Writer: Agusti Villaronga
Spanish director Agusti Villaronga is most infamously known for his delightfully perverse 1986 art-house shocker...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #32. Joachim Lafosse’s The White Knights
The White Knights
Director: Joachim Lafosse // Writer: Zelia Abadie, Bulle Decarpentries, Joachim Lafosse, Thomas van Zuylen
Belgian director Joachim Lafosse seems fascinated with incredibly uncomfortable...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #33. Nicolas Saada’s Taj Mahal
Taj Mahal
Director: Nicolas Saada // Writer: Nicolas Saada
Snagging a Cesar Award nomination for Best Debut in 2010 for Espion(s), director Nicolas Saada has assembled...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #34. Xavier Giannoli’s Marguerite
Marguerite
Director: Xavier Giannoli // Writer: Xavier Giannoli
French director Xavier Giannoli has previously helmed five features, two of them playing in competition in Cannes, including...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #35. Brady Corbet’s The Childhood of a Leader
The Childhood of a Leader
Director: Brady Corbet // Writers: Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold
Working with the likes of Bonello, Östlund, Assayas, Hansen-Løve and Baumbach, when you count...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #36. Paolo Sorrentino’s In the Future
In the Future
Director: Paolo Sorrentino // Writer: Paolo Sorrentino
While Italian auteur went home empty-handed from Cannes 2013 with The Great Beauty, he went on...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #37. Jan Svankmajer’s The Insects
The Insects
Director: Jan Svankmajer // Writer: Jan Svankmajer
Earlier this year it was announced that legendary Czech filmmaker Jan Svankmajer, at the age of 79,...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #38. Tom Tykwer’s A Hologram for the King
A Hologram for the King
Director: Tom Tykwer// Writer: Tom Tykwer
Primarily known for his famed 1998 title Run, Lola Run, which shot actress Franka Potente...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #39. Ben Wheatley’s High Rise
High Rise
Director: Ben Wheatley// Writer: Amy Jump
The fast moving and increasingly prolific Ben Wheatley commands a significant following after only four incredibly well received...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #40. Lucile Hadzihalilovic’s Evolution
Evolution
Director: Lucile Hadzihalilovic // Writers: Alanté Kavaïté, Lucile Hadzihalilovic
While she’s mostly known for having co-written Gaspar Noe’s infamous 2009 film, Enter the Void, Lucile...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #41. Michel Franco’s Chronic
Chronic
Director: Michel Franco// Writer: Michel Franco
Provocateur Michel Franco has already built an impressive filmography with two highly divisive films, including his 2009 debut Daniel...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #42. Tran Anh Hung’s Éternité
Éternité
Director: Tran Anh Hung // Writer: Tran Anh Hung
Vietnamese auteur Tran Anh Hung had a smoldering early career, snagging the Camera D’or at Cannes...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #44. Jaco Van Dormael’s Le tout Nouveau Testament
Le tout Nouveau Testament
Director: Jaco Van Dormael // Writers: Thomas Gunzig, Jaco Van Dormael
Get ready for some inventive strangeness from Belgian auteur Jaco Van...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #45. Aleksandr Sokurov’s Francofonia: Le Louvre Under German Occupation
Francofonia: Le Louvre Under German Occupation
Director: Aleksandr Sokurov // Writers: Alexei Jankowski, Aleksandr Sokurov
Russian auteur Aleksandr Sokurov is perhaps best known for his cinematic...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #46. Nanni Moretti’s Mia Madre
Mia Madre
Director: Nanni Moretti // Writers: Nanni Moretti, Francesco Piccolo, Valia Santella
After winning the Palme d’Or in 2001 for The Son’s Room, Italian director...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #48. Felix van Groeningen’s Belgica
Belgica
Directors: Felix van Groeningen // Writers: Arne Sierens, Felix van Groeningen
Belgian director Felix van Groeningen’s last film, The Broken Circle Breakdown, which played at...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #49. Matteo Garrone’s The Tale of Tales
The Tale of Tales
Director: Matteo Garrone // Writers: Matteo Garrone, Edoardo Albinati, Ugo Chiti, Massimo Guadioso
Italian director Matteo Garrone reached international renown in 2008...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #50. Alexey German Jr.’s Under Electric Clouds
Under Electric Clouds
Director: Alexey German Jr. // Writer: Alexey German Jr.
Son of famed Russian auteur Alexey German (whose final, posthumous film, the decade long...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #51. Andrea Arnold’s American Honey
American Honey
Director: Andrea Arnold // Writer: Andrea Arnold
Marking Arnold’s fourth title and first to film outside of the UK, she’s been quite since her...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #52. Philippe Grandrieux’s Malgré la nuit
Malgré la nuit
Director: Philippe Grandrieux // Writer: Philippe Grandrieux
French provocateur Philippe Grandrieux may not be an auteur to everyone’s liking, but since debuting with...
