Turkey has selected Commitment Hasan (Bağlılık Hasan) directed by Semih Kaplanoğlu, to compete as the country’s candidate for Best International Feature Film at the the 94th Academy Awards.
Foreign Language Films
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BENEDETTA Trailer. 17th-century Nun Becomes Entangled in a Forbidden Lesbian Affair in Paul Verhoeven’s Drama
Benedetta directed by Paul Verhoeven IFC Films released the official trailer for Benedetta, the drama directed by Paul Verhoeven based on the true story of Benedetta Carlini, a 17th-century nun in Tuscany who believed she saw visions of Christ and engaged in a lesbian affair with a fellow sister.
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UNCLENCHING THE FISTS is Russia’s Oscar Entry for Best International Feature Film at 94th Academy Awards
Unclenching the Fists directed by Kira Kovlaneko Russia has selected Kira Kovlaneko’s Unclenching the Fists as its Official Submission for Best International Feature Film for the 94th Academy Awards. Unclenching the Fists had its World Premiere at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Grand Prize in Un Certain Regard.
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PRAYERS FOR THE STOLEN Trailer. Award-Winning Mexican Drama Opens in US in November
Prayers for the Stolen (Noche de fuego) Netflix released the official trailer for Prayers for the Stolen (Noche de fuego), the award-winning Mexican drama film on three young girls who take over the houses of those who have fled, dress up as women when no one is watching, and have a hiding place. The film was recently selected as Mexico’s official entry for Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards.
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IFC Films to Release Penélope Cruz and Antonio Banderas’s Spanish Comedy OFFICIAL COMPETITION
Official Competition (Competencia oficial) starring Penélope Cruz and Antonio Banderas IFC Films will release Official Competition (Competencia oficial), the Spanish comedy film starring Penélope Cruz and Antonio Banderas alongside Oscar Martínez and José Luis Gómez. Directed by Mariano Cohn, the film had its world premiere at the 2021 Venice Film Festival in competition, where it earned glowing reviews. IFC Films will release the film in 2022.
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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.