Foreign Language Films

Romanian Drama UPPERCASE PRINT by Berlinale Winner Radu Jude Opens in US in November [Trailer]

Uppercase Print directed by Radu Jude

The Romanian drama Uppercase Print by Radu Jude – winner of the 2021 Golden Bear for Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn – will open at the Metrograph in NYC on November 10, and at Laemmle Royal in LA on November 19. The film tells the true story of high school student Mugur Călinescu who was arrested in the early 1980s by Romania’s secret police agency for graffiti criticizing the regime of communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. Radu Jude also directed critically acclaimed Aferim! and “I Do Not Care If We Go Down In History As Barbarians.”

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15th Asian Film Awards Winners – ‘Wife of a Spy’ Wins Best Film

Wife of a Spy directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Kurosawa Kiyoshi’s wartime period drama Wife of a Spy (Japan) was the biggest winner of the night at the 15th Asian Film Awards (AFA15) taking the Best Film Award, the Best Actress Award (Aoi Yu) and the Best Costume Design Award (Koketsu Haruki).

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Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train Wins 2020 Highest-Grossing Asian Film Award

Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train

The Asian Film Awards Academy (AFA Academy) announced that Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train will receive the AFA Academy’s 2020 Highest-Grossing Asian Film Award.

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Georgian Romance WHAT DO WE SEE WHEN WE LOOK AT THE SKY? to Premiere at NY Film Fest [Trailer]

What Do We See When We Look at the Sky?

Here is the official trailer for What Do We See When We Look at the Sky?, the Georgian romance drama having its North American premiere this weekend at the 59th New York Film Festival. The film, directed by Alexandre Koberidze, received its World Premiere at the 2021 Berlinale, where it won the FIPRESCI prize. What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? opens theatrically in NY on November 12 at Film at Lincoln Center and Metrograph, and will expand nationwide.

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BAD LUCK BANGING OR LOONY PORN Trailer. Romanian Sex Tape Comedy and Berlinale Winner Opens in Theaters in November

Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn

Magnolia Pictures released the official trailer for the Romanian drama Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn, winner of the Golden Bear – 2021 Berlin International Film Festival. Directed by Radu Jude and starring Katia Pascariu, Claudia Ieremia, Olimpia Malai, along with Nicodim Ungureanu, the film opens in theaters on November 19th, 2021.

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Indie Film Releases for September 24 – I’m Your Man, Chernobyl 1986, Surge and More

Indie films and documentary released on September 24, 2021 – -I’m Your Man; Surge; Apache Junction; Chernobyl 1986 and Aware: Glimpses of Consciousness

Its Friday, September 24, and opening in theaters are independent films I’m Your Man; Surge; Apache Junction; the Russian language drama Chernobyl 1986 along with the documentary films Aware: Glimpses of Consciousness and Man in the Field: The Life and Art of Jim Denevan.

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Oscar Molina’s LA CASA DE MAMA ICHA Premieres October 18 on PBS

La casa de Mama Icha (The House of Mama Icha)

La casa de Mama Icha (The House of Mama Icha), the debut feature documentary from Colombian director and cinematographer Óscar Molina will debut as part of POV’s 34th season on Monday, October 18, 2021.

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13 More Films Eligible for European Film Awards 2021 – ANNETTE, TITANE and More

Titane directed by Julia Ducournau

The European Film Academy announced the second and final part of this year’s Feature Film Selection.

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Watch Teaser for THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD, Joachim Trier’s Cannes Winning Dramedy

The Worst Person in The World starring Renate Reinsve

NEON released the official teaser trailer for The Worst Person in The World, the Norwegian dark comedy-drama film directed by Joachim Trier.The film, the finale in Joachim Trier’s Oslo Trilogy, after Reprise and Oslo, 31 August, stars Renate Reinsve as a 30-year-old woman in the midst of an existential crisis as she navigates between career and romantic choices.

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FEVER DREAM Trailer. Claudia Llosa’s Chilling Drama Opens in Theaters in October

FEVER DREAM. María Valverde as Amanda in Fever Dream. Cr. Diego Araya/NETFLIX ©2021

Netflix released the official trailer for Fever Dream (Distancia de rescate), the disturbing chilling drama film directed by award-winning Peruvian filmmaker Claudia Llosa, from a screenplay co-written with renowned Argentine author Samanta Schweblin based on her novel of the same name.

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‘Flee’ Among Three Films on Danish Oscar Shortlist

Flee by Jonas Poher Rasmussen.

The Danish Oscar committee selected a shortlist of three films as possible candidates for Denmark’s official entry for the 2022 International Feature Film category. The three films are ‘Flee’ by Jonas Poher Rasmussen, ‘Margrete – Queen of the North’ by Charlotte Sieling, and ‘The Shadow in My Eye’ by Ole Bornedal.

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First Trailer for PAKA (River of Blood), ‘Romeo and Juliet–esque Tale Set in Kerala’

Paka (River of Blood)

Nithin Lukose’s debut feature film as a writer-director in the Malayalam language, PAKA (River of Blood), is having its World Premiere at the 46th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), held from September 9-19, 2021.

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