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Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: #27. Michael Roskam’s The Racer and the Jailbird
The Racer and the Jailbird
Director: Michael R. Roskam
Writer: Thomas Bidegain, Noe Debre, Michael R. Roskam
Breaking out in 2011 in the Panorama section at the...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: #28. Philippe Garrel’s One Day Lover
One Day Lover
Director: Philippe Garrel
Writer: Jean-Claude Carriere, Caroline Deruas-Garrel, Arlette Langmann, Philippe Garrel
French auteur Philippe Garrel presented one of his strongest entries in years...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: #29. Mohsen Makhmalbaf’s Les Vacances
Les Vacances
Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Writer: Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Mohsen Makhmalbaf is one of the most prominent figures to come out of Iran's New Wave, though he left...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: #30. Lech Majewski’s Valley of the Gods
Valley of the Gods
Director: Lech Majewski
Writer: Lech Majewski
Polish writer/director Lech Majewski, who received story credit on Julian Schnabel’s 1996 Basquiat, has garnered acclaim for...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: #31. Aleksey German Jr.’s Dovlatov
Dovlatov
Director: Aleksey German Jr.
Writer: Aleksey German Jr., Katherine Dovlatov
Since helping to complete his father’s posthumous opus Hard to Be a God, Russian director Aleksey...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: #32. Lorenzo Vigas’ The Box
The Box
Director: Lorenzo Vigas
Writer: Lorenzo Vigas
After becoming the first Venezuelan to win Venice with 2015’s From Afar, Lorenzo Vigas announced plans to complete his...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: #33. Luca Guadagnino’s Call Me by Your Name
Call Me by Your Name
Director: Luca Guadagnino
Writer: Luca Guadagnino, James Ivory, Walter Fasano
A surprise announcement came when Luca Guadagnino was in the middle of...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: #34. Lisa Langseth’s Euphoria
Euphoria
Director: Lisa Langseth
Writer: Lisa Langseth
Swedish director Lisa Langseth makes her English language debut with her third feature, Euphoria. A festival favorite thanks to her...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: #35. Arnaud Desplechin’s Ismael’s Ghosts
Ismael’s Ghosts
Director: Arnaud Desplechin
Writer: Arnaud Desplechin, Lea Mysius, Julie Peyr
Arnaud Desplechin has been one of the most notable contemporary Gallic auteurs since the mid-1990s,...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: #36. Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Strolling Invader
Strolling Invader
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Writer: Tomohiro Maekawa
2016 was a notable year for Kiyoshi Kurosawa, who premiered his excellent genre thriller Creepy in Berlin and his...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: # 37. John Cameron Mitchell’s How to Talk to Girls at Parties
How to Talk to Girls at Parties
Director: John Cameron Mitchell
Writer: Philippa Goslett, John Cameron Mitchell
We’d had high hopes this would have popped up in...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: #38. Martin Provost’s The Midwife
The Midwife
Director: Martin Provost
Writer: Martin Provost
French director Martin Provost has consistently crafted strong, prominent roles for women (his first two titles featured Carmen Maura),...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: #39. Andre Techine’s Our Roaring Twenties
Our Roaring Twenties
Director: Andre Techine
Writer: Andre Techine, Cedric Anger
The perennial Andre Techine presented one of his best films to date in 2016 with Being...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: #40. Deniz Gamze Erguven’s Kings
Kings
Director: Deniz Gamze Erguven
Writer: Deniz Gamze Erguven
Turkish-French director Deniz Gamze Erguven was one of the best success stories out of 2015 with her directorial...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: # 41. Sally Potter’s The Party
The Party
Director: Sally Potter
Writer: Sally Potter
British filmmaker shot to prominence in 1992 with her sophomore feature, an exquisite adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s genderbending novel Orlando,...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: #42. Andrew Haigh’s Untitled Alexander McQueen Biopic
Director: Andrew Haigh
Writer: Chris Urch
British director Andrew Haigh continues his hot streak with potentially two new theatrical releases in 2017. While his first new...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: #44. Malgorzata Szumowska’s Face
Face
Director: Malgorzata Szumowska
Writer: Malgorzata Szumowska, Michal Englert
Polish director Malgorzata Szumowska has been steadily making features since 2000, but her 2011 film Elles was an...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: #43. Radu Jude’s You Were Born for This
You Were Born for This
Director: Radu Jude
Writer: Radu Jude
Radu Jude, one of the secondary players out of the Romanian New Wave has come into...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: #45. Mahamat-Saleh Haroun’s A Season in France
A Season in France
Director: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Writer: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, the preeminent filmmaker from Chad, will embark on his first feature to be shot in...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: #46. Laurent Cantet’s The Workshop
The Workshop
Director: Laurent Cantet
Writer: Robin Campillo
French filmmaker Laurent Cantet returns to France for his seventh feature, The Workshop, co-written by his usual collaborator, Robin...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: #47. Laszlo Nemes’ Sunset
Sunset
Director: Laszlo Nemes
Writer: Laszlo Nemes
Hungarian director Laszlo Nemes, who once worked as AD for none other than Bela Tarr, made quite a reputation for...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: #48. Quentin Dupieux’s Au Poste
Au Poste
Director: Quentin Dupieux
Writer: Quentin Dupieux
Having taken a two-year break from filmmaking to work on a new album under his pseudonym Mr. Oizo (the...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: #49. Abbas Kiarostami’s 24 Frames
24 Frames
Director: Abbas Kiarostami
Writer: Abbas Kiarostami
Passing away at the age of 76 in July of 2016, the cinematic community mourned the surprise loss of...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: #50. Dome Karukoski’s Tom of Finland
Tom of Finland
Director: Dome Karukoski
Writer: Aleksi Bardi, Mark Alton Brown
Finnish filmmaker Dome Karukoski has been steadily making features since his 2005 debut Beauty and...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: #51. Clio Barnard’s Dark River
Dark River
Director: Clio Barnard
Writer: Clio Barnard
Clio Barnard became an instant filmmaker of note with her compellingly crafted 2010 documentary The Arbor and then followed...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: #52. Michel Franco’s April’s Daughter
April’s Daughter
Director: Michel Franco
Writer: Michel Franco
With several irons in the fire, Mexican director Michel Franco commenced shooting his fifth feature, April’s Daughter, in Puerto...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: #53. Francois Ozon’s Double Lover
Double Lover
Director: Francois Ozon
Writer: Francois Ozon
Perennial favorite Francois Ozon shows no signs of slowing, embarking on his seventeenth feature Double Lover even as he...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: #54. Anne Fontaine’s Marvin
Marvin
Director: Anne Fontaine
Writer: Anne Fontaine, Pierre Trividic
Having premiered her 2016 French-Polish production The Innocents out of Sundance 2016, French director Anne Fontaine will have...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: #55. Margarethe von Trotta’s The Odd Couple
The Odd Couple
Director: Margarethe von Trotta
Writer: Pamela Katz
The German New Wave’s Margarethe von Trotta is set to embark on her first comedy with The...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: #56. Jesper Ganslandt’s Jimmie
Jimmie
Director: Jesper Ganslandt
Writer: Jesper Ganslandt
It’s been five years since Swedish director Jesper Ganslandt’s familial reunion drama Blondie (2012), where it appeared in Venice Days....
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: #57. Pablo Berger’s Abracadabra
Abracadabra
Director: Pablo Berger
Writer: Pablo Berger
Spanish director Pablo Berger achieved breakout success with his 2012 sophomore film Blancanieves, a black and white rendition of Snow White...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: #58. Ziad Doueiri’s The Insult
The Insult
Director: Ziad Doueiri
Writer: Joelle Touma
After spending most of the 90s as an assistant cameraman on Quentin Tarantino films, Ziad Doueiri broke out on...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: #59. Kornel Mundruczo’s Superfluous Man
Superfluous Man
Director: Kornel Mundruczo
Writer: Kornel Mundruczo, Kata Weber
Before commencing his English language debut Deeper (set to star Bradley Cooper in 2018), Hungarian auteur Kornel...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: # 60. Ari Folman’s Untitled Anne Frank Project
Director: Ari Folman
Writer: Ari Folman
We’ve been waiting quite some time for the latest project from Ari Folman, who broke out with 2008’s animated documentary...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: #61. Peter Greenaway’s Walking in Paris
Walking in Paris
Director: Peter Greenaway
Writer: Peter Greenaway
Despite having long prophesized the death of cinema, auteur Peter Greenaway continues hacking away at a slew of...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: #62. Nadav Lapid’s Micro Robert
Micro Robert
Director: Nadav Lapid
Writer: Nadav Lapid
As the project was announced in 2015, we had high hopes the third film from Israeli director Nadav Lapid,...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: #63. Grimur Hakonarson’s The County
The County
Director: Grimur Hakonarson
Writer: Grimur Hakonarson
Rising to the top of notable Icelandic film directors is Grimur Hakonarson, whose 2015 sophomore feature Rams won the...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: # 64. Laura Schroeder’s Barrage
Barrage
Director: Laura Schroeder
Writer: Laura Schroeder, Marie Nimier
Luxembourgian filmmaker Laura Schroeder makes our list with her sophomore feature Barrage as it stars Isabelle Huppert and...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: # 65. Kim Nguyen’s Eye on Juliet
Eye on Juliet
Director: Kim Nguyen
Writer: Kim Nguyen
Quebecois helmer Kim Nguyen reached an international breakthrough with his 2012 film War Witch (aka Rebelle), which won Best Narrative...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: # 66. Lucas Belvaux’s This is Our Land
This is Our Land
Director: Lucas Belvaux
Writer: Lucas Belvaux, Jerome Leroy
Belgian filmmaker Lucas Belvaux remains one of French language cinema’s most underrated directors. 2017 should...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: # 67. Andrea Pallaoro’s The Whale
The Whale
Director: Andrea Pallaoro
Writer: Andrea Pallaoro, Orlando Tirado
One of Italy’s most notable up-and-coming auteurs is Andrea Pallaoro, whose 2008 award winning short ‘Wunderkammer,’ preceded...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: #68. Fernando Coimbra’s Sand Castle
Sand Castle
Director: Fernando Coimbra
Writer: Chris Roessner
Brazilian director Fernando Coimbra received favorable notices for his 2013 child abduction thriller A Wolf at the Door before...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: # 69. Alexandros Avranas’ Love Me Not
Love Me Not
Director: Alexandros Avranas
Writer: Alexandros Avranas, Kostas Peroulis
Greek Weird Wave addition Alexandros Avranas got our attention for his 2013 sophomore film Miss Violence,...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: # 70. Ildiko Enyedi’s On Body and Soul
On Body and Soul
Director: Ildiko Enyedi
Writer: Ildiko Enyedi
A major figure of Hungarian cinema during the 1990s, 2017 will mark the comeback of Ildiko Enyedi...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: # 71. Agustin Diaz Yanes’ Oro
Oro
Director: Agustin Diaz Yanes
Writer: Agustin Diaz Yanes
One of Spain’s most unappreciated directors (at least as far as international renown) is Agustin Diaz Yanes. If...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: # 72. Anne Sewitsky’s Queen of Ice
Queen of Ice
Director: Anne Sewitsky
Writer: Mette M. Bølstad & Andreas Markusson
Norwegian director Anne Sewitsky (who won top World Dramatic Narrative prize in Sundance for...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: # 73. Joao Canijo’s Fatima
Fatima
Director: Joao Canijo
Writer: Joao Canijo
Portuguese director Joan Canijo assembles some regular cast members for his latest, Fatima (aka Amen), a film about a pilgrimage...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: # 74. Florence Quentin’s Bonne Pomme
Bonne Pomme
Director: Florence Quentin
Writer: Florence Quentin
Florence Quentin was perhaps best known during the late 80s and early 90s as the screenwriter for director Etienne...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: # 75. Michelangelo Frammartino’s Late Spring
Late Spring
Director: Michelangelo Frammartino
Writer: Michelangelo Frammartino
Italian director Michelangelo Frammartino announced himself as an important new cinematic talent with his 2010 sophomore film Le Quattro...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: # 76. Jacques Doillon’s Rodin
Rodin
Director: Jacques Doillon
Writer: Jacques Doillon
Seasoned French auteur Jacques Doillon has been making films since the early 1970s and has competed on most of the...
