Georgia selected Dea Kulumbegashvili’s award winning feature debut “Beginning (Dasatskisi)” to represent the country in the International Feature Film category of the 93rd Academy Awards.
Foreign Language Films
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Kosovo Selects EXILE for Oscars Race for Best International Feature Film
Exile (Exil) directed by Visar Morina Visar Morina’s Exile (Exil) which had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival will represent Kosovo in the International Feature Film category of the 93rd Academy Awards. Exile also screened at the Berlin International Film Festival and the Sarajevo Film Festival where the film won the top prize, the Heart of Sarajevo award.
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Six Debut Films Nominated for European Film Awards 2020
INSTINCT directed by Halina Reijn The European Film Academy announced the six nominees for the European Discovery 2020 – Prix FIPRESCI, an award presented annually as part of the European Film Awards to a director for a first full-length feature film.
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Romantic Italian Epic MARTIN EDEN Starring Luca Marinelli Opens October 16 in Theaters
MARTIN EDEN directed by Pietro Marcello Martin Eden, the sweeping romantic epic based on Jack London’s classic novel, directed by Pietro Marcello opens Friday, October 16 in virtual cinemas and select physical cinemas. The film starring Luca Marinelli currently starring in Gina Prince-Bythewood’s The Old Guard on Netflix, won the Platform Award at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival.
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Watch Trailer for THE GERMAN LESSON, German Drama Starring Ulrich Noethen
The German Lesson directed by Christian Schwochow The new trailer debuted for The German Lesson directed by Christian Schwochow which premiered at the 2019 Zurich Film Festival and set for release on digital platforms on November 6th. Based on the bestselling novel “Deutschestunde” by Siegfried Lenz, the film set in Germany, just after the Second World War, stars Ulrich Noethen, Tobias Moretti, Levi Eisenblatter, Johanna Wokalek, Sonja Richter, Maria Dragus, Tom Gronau, and Louis Hoffman.
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Luxembourg Picks RIVER TALES for Oscar Race for Best International Feature Film
“River Tales” (Cuentos del rio) directed by Julie Schroell The documentary “River Tales” (Cuentos del rio) directed by Luxembourg artist Julie Schroell will represent Luxembourg in the the Best International Feature Film category at the 93rd edition of the Academy Awards.
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Ann Hui’s LOVE AFTER LOVE Selected for Gala Presentation at Busan International Film Festival
LOVE AFTER LOVE directed by Ann Hui Ann Hui’s latest film Love After Love has been selected for the Gala Presentation section of the 25th Busan International Film Festival.
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Gonzalo Lopez’s SWEET PAIN – Spanish Thriller Acquired by Leomark Studios for Release in U.S.
SWEET PAIN (DOLOROSA GIOIA) After a successful theatrical run in Spain, the critically acclaimed “Giallo” inspired thriller Sweet Pain aka Dolorosa Gioia, written and directed by Gonzalo Lopez has been acquired by Leomark Studios for release in the U.S.
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Iranian Film CARELESS CRIME to Premiere at Chicago Film Festival
Careless Crime (Jenayat-e bi deghat) by Shahram Mokri The Iranian film Careless Crime (Jenayat-e bi deghat) by Shahram Mokri will have its North American Premiere at the 56th Chicago International Film Festival in the International Feature Film competition after its World Premiere in the Orizzonti competition in Venice, where it was awarded the Bisato d’Oro award.
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Award-Winning Swedish Film GHABE Opens in US in October
GHABE The award-winning Swedish feature film GHABE directed by Markus Castro will be released this October from GVN Releasing. GHABE opens in select theaters from October 16 and On Demand from October 20.
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PARASITE Leads Nominations for 14th Asian Film Awards
GISAENGCHUNG (Parasite) directed by BONG Joon-Ho The Asian Film Awards Academy (“AFAA”) announced the nominations for the 14th Asian Film Awards (“AFA14”) lead by Bong Joon-ho’s Oscar-winning Parasite with 10 nominations, followed by So Long, My Son by Wang Xiaoshuai and A Sun by Chung Mong-hong, which have both been nominated in 7 categories.
