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Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #66. Lila Avilés’ Totem
Totem
A project that would have shot sometime around the summer of '21, auteur Lila Avilés reteamed with actress Teresa Sanchez and Lazua Larios (from...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #67. David Michôd’s Wizards!
Wizards!
In his short, quartet feature film filmography David Michôd has given us a garden variety. His fifth feature in Wizards! is no different. Wizards!...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #68. David Zonana’s Heroic
Heroic
A sophomore feature that we thought might drop in '22 will instead break out this month at Sundance. Mexican filmmaker David Zonana who gave...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #69. Brandon Cronenberg’s Infinity Pool
Infinity Pool
NEON break in the new year with a title that we've been discussing on and off for some time now. Brandon Cronenberg's first...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #70. Sacha Polak’s Silver Haze
Silver Haze
For her fourth feature film, Dutch filmmaker Sacha Polak appears to be moving into an area that blurs the lines - promising "a...
Saint Omer | Review
Parallel Mothers: Diop Explores Monstrousness and Motherhood in Provocative Courtroom Drama
For her narrative feature debut Saint Omer, Alice Diop builds an agonizing and elegant...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #71. Dorota Kobiela’s The Peasants
The Peasants
We thought there might be a genuine chance at catching this last year (we had it at the #80 slot) but the nature...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #72. Joachim Lafosse’s Un silence
Un silence
Working at approximately a film per every three years pace, Joachim Lafosse who last gave us the relationship drama The Restless (a Main...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #73. Emily Atef’s Some Day We Will Tell Each Other Everything
Irgendwann werden wir uns alles erzählen
Quickly after her Cannes Un Certain Regard premiere of More Than Ever, Emily Atef moved onto her next project...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #74. Patricia Mazuy’s Portraits trompeurs
Portraits trompeurs
Two decades after working together on the Un Certain Regard selected Saint-Cyr (2020), Patricia Mazuy is set to reteam with Isabelle Huppert and...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #75. Quentin Dupieux’s DAAAAAALI !
DAAAAAALI !
A true original who never seems to be running out of zany ideas, we learned back in November that Quentin Dupieux was at...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #76. Antonio Mendez Esparza’s Que nadie duerma
Que nadie duerma
Settling into his fourth feature film (and third fiction following 2020's Courtroom 3H) in February of last year, Spaniard Antonio Mendez Esparza...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #77. Fien Troch’s Holly
Holly
A fifth feature film backed by an army of producers with Antonino Lombardo and Elisa Heene leading the charge with co-producers such as the...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #78. Kazik Radwanski’s Matt and Mara
Matt and Mara
A project that was shot a little bit under the radar, Torontonian Kazik Radwanski moved into production on his fourth feature this...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #79. Jérémy Clapin’s Pendant ce temps sur Terre
Pendant ce temps sur Terre
Jérémy Clapin made a huge splash with his debut film J'ai perdu mon corps (the animated film premiered in the...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #80. Katell Quillévéré’s Le Temps d’aimer
Le Temps d’aimer
Production on Katell Quillévéré's highly anticipated fourth film began in June of last year in northern, France. Anaïs Demoustier and Vincent Lacoste...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #81. Stéphanie Di Giusto’s La Rosalie
La Rosalie
Production on Stéphanie Di Giusto's sophomore feature took place in October of last year and it features the likes of Nadia Tereszkiewicz (a...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #82. Sofia Exarchou’s Animal
Animal
She saw her feature debut Park break out at major A fests such as TIFF, San Sebastián and Rotterdam, Sofia Exarchou would get a...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #83. Laura Luchetti’s La bella estate
La bella estate
Following her critically acclaimed sophomore feature Twin Flower (world preem at 2018's TIFF), Laura Luchetti went on to shoot ten episodes of an...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #84. Thomas Lilti’s Un Métier sérieux
Un Métier sérieux
Production on Thomas Lilti's fifth feature commenced back in February of '22 in Normandy with a formidable comprised of Vincent Lacoste, François...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #85. Garth Davis’ Foe
Foe
Lion (2016) and Mary Magdalene (2018) filmmaker Garth Davis moved into an ambitious sci-fi thriller third feature in January of 2022. Starring Saoirse Ronan,...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #86. Delphine Girard’s Le plus vivant possible
Le plus vivant possible
We had Delphine Girard's Le plus vivant possible has a possible 2022 drop, but perhaps there wasn't enough time in post...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #87. Ena Sendijarevic’s Sweet Dreams
Sweet Dreams
Bosnian-Dutch filmmaker Ena Sendijarević first landed on the scene with Take Me Somewhere Nice - it premiered in the Tiger Competition in Rotterdam...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #88. Ramata-Toulaye Sy’s Banel & Adama
Banel & Adama
A recent Red Sea Souk Award winner this past December, Banel & Adama is an under-the-radar buzz title and directorial debut by...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #89. Giacomo Abbruzzese’s Disco Boy
Disco Boy
A project that received backing in the shape of a Cinefondation residency and an Arte Development Prize at the Arcs Film Festival's Village...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #90. Caroline Poggi & Jonathan Vinel’s Eat the Night
Eat the Night
Prior to premiering their feature debut Jessica Forever (TIFF Platform followed by a showcase at the Berlinale), Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #91. Vladimir Perišić’s La honte
La honte
While he did contribute a segment in the Bridges of Sarajevo omnibus, Ordinary People's Vladimir Perišić will have taken more than a dozen...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #92. Fernando Trueba & Javier Mariscal’s They Shot The Piano Player
They Shot The Piano Player
Producers were hopeful for a Spring delivery date but we never know with animated films. Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal's...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #93. Alex Garland’s Civil War
Civil War
Weeks before premiering Men in Cannes in the Directors' Fortnight section, Alex Garland jumped into his fourth feature film (and third A24 project)...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #94. Erwan Le Duc’s No Love Lost
La fille de son père (aka No Love Lost)
For his sophomore feature (which received some Fondation Gan coin), Erwan Le Duc moves...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #95. Sebastián Silva’s Rotting in the Sun
Rotting in the Sun
Before sliding into television (he has two projects in development with Ari Aster and the A24 folks), Sebastián Silva will be...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #96. Jessica Woodworth’s Luka
Luka
Shot in glorious B&W and Super 16mm, Belgian-American filmmaker Jessica Woodworth mounted this solo adventure utilizing the backdrop of Sicily back in October of...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #97. Liu Jian’s Art College 1994
A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man
Identified as the film that was pulled from the Directors' Fortnight less than a week before...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #98. Liliana Cavani’s L’ordine del tempo
L’ordine del tempo
On our list we have a quartet of filmmakers who returned to the director's chair after at least a decade away and...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #99. François Ozon’s Mon Crime
Mon Crime
In his usual form, the indefatigable French filmmaker François Ozon filmed his twenty-second feature last April with the likes of Rebecca Marder and...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #100. Sudabeh Mortezai’s Europa
Europa
We jumped the gun a bit last year when we included the latest project by Austrian–Iranian filmmaker Sudabeh Mortezai in our most anticipated list...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #101. Anthony Chen’s Drift
Drift
The second 2023 Anthony Chen film on our list (the other being The Breaking Ice at the #191 spot) is definitely more indie and...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #102. Philippe Garrel’s Le Grande Chariot
Le Grande Chariot
Cinema for the Garrels has always been a family affair but Philippe Garrel's 28th features feel a tad more special. Starring Louis...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #103. Alice Englert’s Bad Behaviour
Bad Behaviour
After a decade in front of the camera Alice Englert got more into the family business getting behind the camera to make her...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #104. Matt Johnson’s BlackBerry
BlackBerry
The Dirties (2013) and Operation Avalanche (2016) filmmaker Matt Johnson makes his long awaited return to features with this blast to the past. Featuring...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #105. Monia Chokri’s Simple comme Sylvain
Simple comme Sylvain
A film that was put into development shortly after she premiered 2019's La femme de mon frère at the Cannes Film Festival's...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #106. Veerle Baetens’ When It Melts
When It Melts
Belgian actress Veerle Baetens (best known for The Broken Circle Breakdown and Mothers' Instinct) moved behind the camera for her directorial debut...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #107. Mika Gustafson’s Sisters
Sisters
After trying her hand in the docu realm, Swedish filmmaker Mika Gustafson made the move into fiction last June with what has be coined...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #108. Carolina Markowicz’s Pedagio
Pedagio
Brazilian filmmaker Carolina Markowicz surprised us last year when she pulled out an entire other feature film rabbit from her hat. Charcoal became her...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #109. Ladj Ly’s Les Indésirables
Les Indésirables
One of the last major projects to move into production in '22 and on this list is Ladj Ly's sophomore film with the...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #110. Marie Amachoukeli-Barsacq’s Ama Gloria
Ama Gloria
One-third of the trio who won the Camera d'Or for Party Girl back in 2014, Marie Amachoukeli-Barsacq is the last one out of...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #111. Mirjana Karanović’s Majka Mara
Majka Mara
Veteran Serbian actress Mirjana Karanović (best known for Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams) moved behind the camera back in '16 for the...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #112. Luca Guadagnino’s An Even Bigger Splash
An Even Bigger Splash
Luca Guadagnino will gift us with the American romantic sports comedy Challengers this year and will be working on Queer and...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #113. Christine Jeffs’ A Mistake
A Mistake
Despite being involved in a handful of projects (including an early departure from '21's Every Breath You Take 2021), it'll have been a...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #114. Elena Martín’s Creatura
Creatura
Barcelonian actress turned filmmaker Elena Martín (who was among the Spain Stars of Tomorrow 2022) brought her sophomore film project to San Sebastian Film...
