Tag: World Cinema
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #80. Guest of Honour – Atom Egoyan
Guest of Honour
Canada’s Atom Egoyan ends a four year break with his sixteenth feature Guest of Honour. Serving as producer alongside Simone Urdl and...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #81. As Long as the War Lasts (Mientras dure la guerra) – Alejandro Amenabar
As Long as the War Lasts (Mientras dure la guerra)
Alejandro Amenabar makes his first Spanish language film since 2004’s The Sea Inside with seventh...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #82. Happy Birthday – Cédric Kahn
Happy Birthday
For his eleventh feature, Happy Birthday, actor/director Cédric Kahn nabs the legendary Catherine Deneuve in the lead role, starring opposite himself, writer/director Emmanuelle...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #83. Roads – Sebastian Schipper
Roads
It’s been four years since German director Sebastian Schipper’s single take thriller Victoria (2015), but he’ll back in 2019 with his first English language...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #84. A Golden Youth (Une jeunesse dorée) – Eva Ionesco
A Golden Youth (Une jeunesse dorée)
Actress and director Eva Ionesco re-teams with Isabelle Huppert for her sophomore film A Golden Youth, which also stars...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #85. Nobody Likes Me – Petr Kazda & Tomas Weinreb
Nobody Likes Me
The Czech directing duo behind the starkly entertaining 2016 debut I, Olga Hepnarova (read review) have been putting together their sophomore project, Nobody...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #86. The Day Shall Come – Christopher Morris
Writer-director Christopher Morris, who won a BAFTA for Best Debut with 2010’s Four Lions, despite having directed four episodes of the television series “Veep”...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #87. Gareth Jones – Agnieszka Holland
Gareth Jones
Director Agnieszka Holland returns to English language filmmaking with her latest, Gareth Jones, a British-Polish-Ukrainian co-production. The ever busy Holland, who has worked...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #88. Alexanderplatz – Burhan Qurbani
Alexanderplatz
Alfred Doblin’s acclaimed 1929 novel Berlin Alexanderplatz has been remade as Alexanderplatz for Afghan-German director Burhan Qurbani’s fourth feature. First adapted in 1931, Doblin’s...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #89. The Miracle of the Sargasso Sea – Syllas Tzoumerkas
The Miracle of the Sargasso Sea
Greek director Syllas Tzoumerkas is finally getting ready to unveil his third feature, The Miracle of the Sargasso Sea...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #90. Fire Next Time (La Prochaine fois le feu) – Mati Diop
Fire Next Time (La Prochaine fois le feu)
The highest ranking directorial debut on our countup, actress Mati Diop moves behind the camera in her...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #91. The Orphanage – Shahrbanoo Sadat
The Orphanage
Afghan writer-director Shahrbanoo Sadat should be ready with her sophomore feature The Orphanage in 2019. Produced through Katja Adomeit of Adomeit Film, the...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #92. Mignonnes – Maïmouna Doucouré
Mignonnes
French director Maïmouna Doucouré won a Global Filmmaking Award at the Sundance Film Festival in 2017 for the screenplay of her first feature Mignonnes,...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #93. Monos – Alejandro Landes
Monos
Alejandro Landes’ sophomore feature, kidnap thriller Monos, features an international cast as a Colombian-Argentinean-Uruguayan-Dutch-German co-production (produced out of each country’s respective financiers from La...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #94. My Zoe – Julie Delpy
My Zoe
Actress/Writer/Director Julie Delpy will unveil her seventh title in 2019 with the drama My Zoe, an English language British-French-German co-production. Gabrielle Tana of...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #95. The 20th Century – Matthew Rankin
The 20th Century
With over a decade worth of short films to his name, Canadian filmmaker Matthew Rankin heads into feature territory with his debut...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #96. La femme de mon frère (My Brother’s Wife) – Monia Chokri
La femme de mon frère
French-Canadian actress Monia Chokri makes her directorial debut with My Brother’s Wife (La femme de mon frère). Produced by Nancy...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #97. Molly – Sally Potter
Molly
Sally Potter’s ninth feature will be Molly, a narrative taking place across three continents featuring a stellar cast. The project is produced by Christopher...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #98. Seules les bêtes (Only Beasts) – Dominik Moll
Only Beasts (Seules les bêtes)
Director Dominik Moll returns to genre for his sixth film Seules les bêtes (Only Beasts), adapted from a 2017 novel...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #99. Labor (Mano de obra) – David Zonana
Labor (Mano de obra)
Mexican producer David Zonana steps into the director’s chair with his debut Labor (Mano de obra), produced through Michel Franco’s Mexico...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #100. Notre Dame – Valérie Donzelli
Notre Dame
French director Valérie Donzelli makes her fifth feature with Notre Dame, in which she will star in and produce herself, alongside Mina Driouch...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #101. Final Report (Zárójelentés) – István Szabó
Final Report (Zárójelentés)
A titan of Hungarian cinema, the 80-year-old Istvan Szabo reunites with Austria’s Klaus Maria Brandauer for Final Report (Zárójelentés). The director and...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #102. Cherry Blossoms and Demons (Kirschblüten & Dämonen) – Doris Dörrie
Cherry Blossoms and Demons (Kirschblüten & Dämonen)
German director Doris Dörrie follows up her celebrated 2008 film Cherry Blossoms with a sequel of sorts, Cherry...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #103. Greed – Michael Winterbottom
Greed
Michael Winterbottom unites once more with actor Steve Coogan for his latest project, Greed, their first collaboration since the third installment of their Trip...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #104. Convoi exceptionnel (Wide Load) – Bertrand Blier
Convoi exceptionnel
The soon-to-be 80-year-old Bertrand Blier breaks a ten-year hiatus from directing with Convoi exceptionnel (Wide Load), a comedy which reunites him with Gerard Depardieu,...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #105. Out Stealing Horses – Hans Petter Moland
Out Stealing Horses
Norwegian director Hans Petter Moland reunites with Stellan Skarsgard for the fifth time in Out Stealing Horses (which follows their work in...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #106. Villetta con ospiti – Ivano De Matteo
Villeta con ospiti
Director Ivano De Matteo has commenced on an Italian-French co-production with sixth feature Villeta conospiti (House with Guests). Produced by Marco Poccioni and...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #107. Radioactive – Marjane Satrapi
Radioactive
Marjane Satrapi continues to work in the English language with fifth feature, Radioactive, a UK production financed through Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner of...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #108. Animals – Sophie Hyde
Animals
Australia’s Sophie Hyde returns with her debut Animals, an Irish-Australian co-production. Hyde serves as producer alongside Rebecca Summerton for Closer Productions and Sarah Brocklehurst...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #109. Cook, Fuck, Kill – Mira Fornay
Cook, Fuck, Kill
Slovakian director Mira Fornay should finally be ready with her long-gestating third feature, Cook, Fuck, Kill, initially announced in 2014. Produced by...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #110. The Kindness of Strangers – Lone Scherfig
The Kindness of Strangers
Dogme 95 alum Lone Scherfig continues in English for her tenth film, The Kindness of Strangers, a Danish-Canadian co-production, which takes...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #111. Tijuana Bible – Jean-Charles Hue
Tijuana Bible
French filmmaker Jean-Charles Hue travels abroad for his long-awaited third feature Tijuana Bible. Philippe Braunstein and Axel Guyot (who also co-wrote) produced the...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #112. Valley of the Gods – Lech Majewski
Valley of the Gods
Polish director Lech Majewski’s long gestating art-house sci-fi film Valley of the Gods should finally pop up somewhere in 2018. Majewki...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #113. Judy and Punch – Mirrah Foulkes
Judy and Punch
Australian actress Mirrah Foulkes makes her directorial debut with Judy and Punch, produced by Michele Bennett, Nash Edgerton and Danny Gabai. Cinematographer...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #114. White, White Day – Hlynur Palmason
White, White Day
Iceland’s Hlynur Palmason returns with his sophomore feature White, White Day, an Icelandic-Swedish-Danish coproduction produced by Anton Mani Svansson for Join Motion...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #115. The Thousand Miles – Sylvain Chomet
The Thousand Miles
Sylvain Chomet may finally be ready with his fourth feature (and third animated project) The Thousand Miles, his first return to the...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #116. God Exists, Her Name is Petrunija – Teona Strugar Mitevska
God Exists, Her Name is Petrunija
Macedonia’s Teona Strugar Mitevska fifth feature is the intriguingly titled God Exists, Her Name is Petrunija. Produced by Labina...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #117. We Are Little Zombies – Makoto Nagahisa
We Are Little Zombies
Japan’s Makoto Nagahisa makes his directorial debut with We Are Little Zombies, produced by Shinichi Takahashi, Tahei Tamanishi, Haruki Yokoyama, and...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #118. 438 Days – Jesper Ganslandt
438 Days
After premiering two films in 2018, Sweden’s Jesper Ganslandt fast tracks his sixth feature, 438 Days (438 Dager) Produced by Sandra Harms and Karl...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #119. Born a King – Agusti Villaronga
Born a King
Agusti Villaronga’s ninth feature Born a King should be ready for 2019 in what stands as one of the Spanish filmmaker’s largest...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #120. The Wind Blew On – Katrín Ólafsdóttir
The Wind Blew On
Iceland’s Katrín Ólafsdóttir should be set with her extremely promising debut, a dystopic sci-fi Western The Wind Blew On. Producing alongside...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #121. Nö – Dietrich Brüggemann
Nö
German director Dietrich Brüggemann has commenced shooting his sixth feature Nö, produced by Martin Heisler and Gabriele Simon for Flare Film. Starring the director’s...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #122. The Sharks (Los Tiburones) – Lucía Garibaldi
The Sharks (Los Tiburones)
Director Lucía Garibaldi makes her debut with The Sharks (Los Tiburones), an Uruguyan-Argentinean co-production produced by Pancho Magnou Arnabal and Melanie...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #123. El cuento de las comadrejas – Juan José Campanella
The Weasels (El Cuento de las comadrejas)
Argentina’s Juan José Campanella, who oscillates back and forth between television and film, returns with eighth feature The...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #124. Notre-Dame du Nil – Atiq Rahimi
Notre-Dame du Nil (Our Lady of the Nile)
Afghan filmmaker Atiq Rahimi moves into the French language with his third feature Notre-Dame du Nil (Our...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #125. Chanson Douce – Lucie Borleteau
Chanson Douce
French director Lucie Borleteau heads into sophomore territory with Chanson Douce (translates as Lullaby), an adaptation of the novel by Leila Slimani (known as The...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #126. Wilcox – Denis Côté
Wilcox
Quebec’s Denis Côté looks to be ready with two new titles for 2019, the second of which will be Wilcox. Produced by Annie St-Pierre...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #127. Dirty God – Sacha Polak
Dirty God
Dutch director Sacha Polak embarks on another harrowing experience with third feature, Dirty God (which commenced filming at the beginning of 2018). Produced...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #128. I Am Mother – Grant Sputore
I Am Mother
Australia’s Grant Sputore makes a high profile directorial debut with I Am Mother, a post-apocalyptic sci-fi feature produced by Kelvin Munro of...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #129. Monday – Argyris Papadimitropoulos
Monday
One of a handful of notable directors stepping out from the shadows of the Greek Weird Wave is Argyris Papadimitropoulos, who will present his...
