GLORIA
The 25th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) announced the 21 films eligible for the Cine Latino Award, which will be presented to the best Ibero-American film screening at the Festival. The list of films include GLORIA directed by Sebastian Lelio and Chile’s entry in the Best Foreign Language Film category for the Oscars. GLORIA stars Paulina García who won the Silver Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival for her performance as a vivacious, middle-aged divorcée who finds what may be her last chance for love while grooving on the dance floor of the local singles club. PSIFF is scheduled to run January 3-13, 2014.
This year’s eligible films are:
15 Years and One Day (Spain), Director: Gracia Querejeta
Anina (Uruguay/Colombia), Director: Alfredo Soderguit
Coast of Death (Spain), Director: Lois Patiño
Gloria (Chile/Spain), Director: Sebastián Lelio
Grazing the Sky (Spain/Portugal/Mexico), Director: Horacio Alcalá
Heli (Mexico/Germany/Netherlands/France), Director: Amat Escalante
Ignasi M. (Spain), Director: Ventura Pons
La jaula de oro (Mexico/Spain), Director: Diego Quemada-Diez
Last Call (Mexico), Director: Francisco Franco
Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed (Spain), Director: David Trueba
Purgatorio (Mexico/USA), Director: Rodrigo Reyes
Rabbit Woman (Argentina/Spain), Director: Verónica Chen
Reaching for the Moon (Brazil), Director: Bruno Barreto
Roa (Colombia/Argentina), Director: Andrés Baiz
Root (Chile), Director: Matías Rojas Valencia
Tattoo (Brazil), Director: Hilton Lacerda
The German Doctor (Argentina), Director: Lucía Puenzo
The Magnetic Tree (Spain/Chile), Director: Isabel Ayguavives
The Mute (Peru/France, Mexico), Director: Daniel Vega & Diego Vega
The Searches (Mexico), Director: José Luis Valle
The Summer of Flying Fish (Chile/France), Director: Marcela Said