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Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #115. Victor Erice’s Cerrar los ojos
Cerrar los ojos
After a three-decade-long absence from filmmaking, Victor Erice returns to cinema with what is only his fourth feature. Cerrar los ojos reunites...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #116. Guillaume Nicloux’s La petite
La petite
There is an off-chance that we'll be getting a double dose of Guillaume Nicloux in '23. Currently working on Dans la peau de...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #117. Roman Polanski’s The Palace
The Palace
Understandably this next item on our list comes with a lot of heat. An Officer and a Spy (J'Accuse) won a trio of...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #118. Vanessa Filho’s Le Consentement
Le Consentement
The filming taking place in May of last year, Vanessa Filho's sophomore film will leave no audience member unscathed. Based on Vanessa Springora's...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #119. Frauke Finsterwalder’s Sisi & Ich
Sisi & I
Sisi became all the rage with Marie Kreutzer's Corsage but another "Sisi" film was also in the works. Topically we'd love to...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #120. Jean-Luc Godard’s Scénario
Scénario
He left us on September 13th of last year and what remains are some possible gifts. Word is that Scénario could indeed be a...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #121. Rungano Nyoni’s On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl is Zambian-Welsh filmmaker Rungano Nyoni next project following her 2017 debut -- I Am Not...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #122. Roya Sadat’s Sima’s Song
Sima's Song
Word on the socials is that Roya Sadat kickstarted her next project with Greece aiding Afghanistan to double down efforts to recreate a...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #123. Delphine Deloget’s Rodéo
Rodéo
Not to be confused with last year's Un Certain Regard title about street smarts and dirt bikes from Lola Quivoron, Delphine Deloget's Rodéo is...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #124. Yuriy Bykov’s The Owner
The Owner
A film title that we've been tracking, anticipating and have been in wrong for several years now and what we do know is...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #125. Thomas Bidegain’s Soudain, seuls
Soudain, seuls
A thriller book-to-film adaptation that was originally meant to be worked in the English language and set to star Jake Gyllenhaal (The Sisters...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #126. Guy Nattiv’s Golda
Golda
Filmed in October of 2021 and earmarked for a 2022 release, Guy Nattiv's fifth feature in the Golda Meir biopic is now slated for...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #127. Nora El Hourch’s HLM Pussy
HLM Pussy
Among the feature film debuts high up on our list we find a scrappy French drama set in subsidized housing via short film...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #128. Stefano Sollima’s Adagio
Adagio
A quartet of heavyweight Italian actors in Pierfrancesco Favino, Toni Servillo, Valerio Mastandrea, Adriano Giannini were put together for Stefano Sollima's next directing gig....
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #129. Saverio Costanzo’s Finalemente L’Alba
Finalemente L’alba
After directing a whopping 70 episodes of "In Treatment" and just over a dozen episodes of "My Brilliant Friend," 2014's Hungry Hearts (five-time...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #130. Nara Normande & Tião’s Sem Coração
Sem Coração
Based on the 2014 Cannes Directors' Fortnight winning short of the same name, Nara Normande & Tião reunited on Sem Coração (aka Heartless)...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #131. Romain de Saint-Blanquat’s La Morsure
La Morsure
Another feature debut on our list that we're highly curious about is this item that received some coin backing from Gan Film Foundation...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #132. Marco La Via & Hanna Ladoul’s Funny Birds
Funny Birds
Marco La Via and Hanna Ladoul first landed on the scene (and the 2018 ACID section in Cannes) with Nous Les Coyotes which...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #133. Elise Girard’s Sidonie In Japan
Sidonie In Japan
We can add this France-Japan title to the under-the-radar items featuring the great Isabelle Huppert. Production on Elise Girard's third feature Sidonie...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #134. Milad Alami’s Opponent
Motståndaren
For his sophomore feature, Iranian-Scandi (grew up in Sweden and currently lives in Denmark) filmmaker Milad Alami hits the mat tackling stereotypical images of...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #135. Léa Todorov’s Maria Montessori
Maria Montessori
Formerly going by the title of "Montessori" and "La Nouvelle Femme," Léa Todorov moved into production on her feature debut this past April...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #136. Carlota Pereda’s La ermita
La ermita
Not too many filmmakers on our list will have three film outputs in just as many years but this appears to be the...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #137. Woody Allen’s Coup de Chance
Coup de Chance
Woody Allen returns to Paris for what is his 50th film and what could be a new film in the vein of...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #138. Vinko Tomičić’s Perros
Perros
A promising France/Italy/Bolivia/Mexico/Chile co-production on paper that was selected at Venice Biennale College Cinema, the 38th Cannes The Residence (2019) and EAVE Puentes, Vinko...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #139. Caitlin Cronenberg’s Humane
Humane
We'll begin 2023 will a new Cronenberg film, and we'll likely conclude the year with another Cronenberg film and neither items are signed David....
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #140. Luna Carmoon’s Hoard
Hoard
Most filmmakers on our list received formal training but this British filmmaker is our DIY queen. A Stars of Tomorrow 2022 personality, Luna Carmoon...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #141. Victoria Musiedlak’s La vie sauvage
La vie sauvage
With only a handful of shorts under her belt, for her directorial debut, French filmmaker Victoria Musiedlak landed the likes of Noée...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #142. Michel Gondry’s Le Livre des solutions
Le Livre des solutions
More than seven years after the release of Microbe & Gasoline, Michel Gondry returns to features (he produced a lot of...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #143. Angela Schanelec’s Musik
Musik
Veteran German filmmaker Angela Schanelec (Locarno’16 – The Dreamed Path / Berlinale '19 – I Was at Home, But…) latest oeuvre shot in autumn...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #144. Àlex Lora’s Unicornios
Unicornios
After working in the short and feature docus (2017's Thy Father’s Chair), Spanish filmmaker Àlex Lora moved into fiction feature for the first time...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #145. Ninna Pálmadóttir’s Einvera
Einvera (Solitude)
A NYU Tisch grad with a pair of attention-getting shorts under her belt, Ninna Pálmadóttir worked herself into feature film terrain with a...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #146. Pedro Pinho’s Amanhã Será Outro Dia
Amanhã Será Outro Dia
Portuguese filmmaker Pedro Pinho got behind the camera for four months and on location in Guinea Bissau and Mauritania for his...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #147. Alix Delaporte’s Vivants
Vivants
Alix Delaporte will move into production in Paris on her third feature film next month - in a news media stratosphere storyline that includes...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #148. Sebastian Mihăilescu’s Mammalia
Mammalia
Production on Sebastian Mihăilescu's debut film (it was known as Double Happiness then) in October of 2021 and it received an invite to Berlinale's...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #149. Maïwenn’s Jeanne du Barry
Jeanne du Barry
Set to be a distracting world premiere unveiling due to on-set difficulties, Maïwenn directs herself, Johnny Depp, Louis Garrel, Pierre Richard, Noémie...
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...
