40 Submissions for Best Foreign Language Film to Compete for FIPRESCI Award at Palm Springs International Film Festival

A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (Sweden), Director: Roy Andersson

The 27th Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF), scheduled January 1-11, 2016, announced the films selected to compete for the FIPRESCI Award in the Awards Buzz section. The Festival will screen 40 of the 80 official submissions to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for Best Foreign Language Film. Additional film programs will be announced in the upcoming weeks.

The Awards Buzz section is selected by Festival programmers as the strongest entries in this year’s Academy Awards® race. A special jury of international film critics will review these films to present the FIPRESCI Award for Best Foreign Language Film of the Year, as well as Best Actor and Best Actress in this category. The following 40 films are selected to screen (in alphabetical order by country):

Bota (Albania), Directors: Iris Elezi, Thomas Logoreci

The Clan (Argentina), Director: Pablo Trapero

The Brand New Testament (Belgium), Director: Jaco Van Dormael

Our Everyday Life (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Director: Ines Tanovic

The Second Mother (Brazil), Director: Anna Muylaert

The Judgment (Bulgaria), Director: Stephan Komandarev

Felix and Meira (Canada), Director: Maxime Giroux

The Club (Chile), Director: Pablo Larraín

Embrace of the Serpent (Colombia), Director: Ciro Guerra

The High Sun (Croatia), Director: Dalibor Matanic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PqrRvNMcU8

Home Care (Czech Republic), Director: Slávek Horák

A War (Denmark), Director: Tobias Lindholm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRkE5ZrPzs0

1944 (Estonia), Director: Elmo Nüganen

Lamb (Ethiopia), Director: Yared Zeleke

The Fencer (Finland), Director: Klaus Härö

Mustang (France), Director: Deniz Gamze Erguven

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5nyY8E6CPg

Labyrinth of Lies (Germany), Director: Giulio Ricciarelli

Ixcanul (Guatemala), Director: Jayro Bustamante

Son of Saul (Hungary), Director: László Nemes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOHDtPZmYj8

Rams (Iceland), Director: Grimur Hákonarson

Viva (Ireland), Director: Paddy Breathnach

Baba Joon (Israel), Director: Yuval Delshad

100 Yen Love (Japan), Director: Masaharu Take

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwF-VZMEoFc

Theeb (Jordan), Director: Naji Abu Nowar

Babai (Kosovo), Director: Visar Morina

Heavenly Nomadic (Kyrgyzstan), Director: Mirlan Abdykalykov

600 Miles (Mexico), Director: Gabriel Ripstein

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGINGaYOlGs

The Paradise Suite (Netherlands), Director: Joost van Ginkel

The Wave (Norway), Director: Roar Uthaug

Moor (Pakistan), Director: Jami Mahmood

11 Minutes (Poland), Director: Jerzy Skolimowski

Arabian Nights: Volume 2 – The Desolate One (Portugal), Director: Miguel Gomes

Aferim! (Romania), Director: Radu Jude

Enclave (Serbia), Director: Goran Radovanovic

Flowers (Spain), Directors: Jon Garaño, Jose Mari Goenaga

A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (Sweden), Director: Roy Andersson (pictured in main image above)

Iraqi Odyssey (Switzerland), Director: Samir

The Assassin (Taiwan), Director: Hou Hsiao-hsien

How to Win at Checkers (Every Time) (Thailand), Director: Josh Kim

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfXh86HUpAA

Sivas (Turkey), Director: Kaan Müjdeci

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