The epic 14-hour-plus Argentine film La Flor by Mariano Llinás won the top award for Best Latin American Film of the Year at the 10th Annual Cinema Tropical Awards.
Foreign Language Films
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Watch Trailer for A WHITE, WHITE DAY – Award Winning Icelandic Film Starring Ingvar Sigurdsson
The new trailer was released for the Icelandic film A White, White Day (Hvítur Hvítur Dagur), the second feature from Hlynur Palmason (Winter Brothers). A White, White Day starring Ingvar Sigurdsson, Ída Mekkín Hlynsdóttir, Hilmir Snær Guðnason, Björn Ingi Hilmarsson and Sara Dögg Ásgeirsdóttir premiered in 2020 Cannes Critics Week (La Semaine de la Critique of Festival de Cannes) where Ingvar Sigurdsson won Best Actor. Film Movement will release Palmason’s A White, White Day in select theaters on February 28th, 2020.
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Watch Trailer for CORPUS CHRISTI – Oscar Shortlisted Polish Drama
Corpus Christi directed By Jan Komasa Film Movement released the official trailer for the polish film Corpus Christi (Boże Ciało) directed by Jan Komasa that has been shortlisted in consideration for an Oscar in the International Feature Film category at the 92nd Academy Awards. The film starring Bartosz Bielenia, Aleksandra Konieczna, Eliza Rycembel, Leszek Lichota, Łukasz Simlat, Tomasz Zietek, and Barbara Kurzaj will be released in theaters on February 19, 2020.
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FIAF’s Animation First Unveils 2020 Lineup. Opens with The Bears’ Famous Invasion of Sicily
The Bears’ Famous Invasion of Sicily Celebrating France’s rich tradition as a pioneer of animation, the French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF) presents the 2020 Animation First Festival, showcasing the vast history, enduring ingenuity, and diversity of France’s renowned animation studios and schools.
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Artmattan Films Acquires TIFF 2019 Official Selection MADE IN BANGLADESH
Made In Bangladesh by Rubaiyat Hossain ArtMattan Films acquired the award winning drama Made In Bangladesh by Rubaiyat Hossain, based on the life of Daliya Akter, a garment worker who escaped child marriage and went on to lead a trade union fighting for workers’ rights in Bangladesh capital, Dhaka.
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Film at Lincoln Center to Host Retrospective of PARASITE Director Bong Joon Ho
Bong Joon-ho at Okja Japan Premiere. Credit: Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan Film at Lincoln Center will present The Bong Show, a retrospective of internationally beloved South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon Ho, January 7 to 14.
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Watch Trailer for BEANPOLE – Oscar Shortlisted Russian Film in Theaters in January
BEANPOLE Beanpole, the Russian post-WWII drama from director Kantemir Balagov is one step closer to winning an Oscar, as the film made the Oscar shortlist for Best International Feature Film. Beanpole opens in theaters in NYC at Film Forum on January 29 and in Los Angeles at Landmark Nuart on February 14.
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TEMBLORES, BIRDS OF PASSAGE, ROMA Among Cinema Tropical 2019 Shortlist of Best Latin American and U.S. Latinx Films
Birds of Passage (Pájaros de verano) Cinema Tropical, the non-profit media arts organization leading presenter of Latin American cinema in the United States, announced its Third Annual Shortlist, comprising 25 Latin American films from eight different countries plus six U.S. Latinx productions that the New York–based organization has selected as the best of the year.
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RIP: TANGERINES Director Zaza Urushadze Dead at 53
Zaza Urushadze Georgian film director Zaza Urushadze known internationally for his film Tangerines passed away on December 7th, reportedly of heart attack, according to local news sites. He was 53.
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PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE Wins European University Film Award
Portrait of a Lady On Fire (PORTRAIT DE LA JEUNE FILLE EN FEU) The French historical drama film Portrait of a Lady on Fire by Céline Sciamma is the winner of the European University Film Award 2019. The award will be presented on Friday, December 6, at the European Film Awards Weekend in Berlin.
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Watch Trailer for INVISIBLE LIFE – Brazil’s Oscar Submission in Theaters in December
The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão, directed by Karim Aïnouz Amazon released the trailer for Invisible Life, Brazil’s Official Submission for International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards. Invisible Life directed by Karim Aïnouz and starring Carol Duarte, Julia Stockler and Fernanda Montenegro opens in theaters on December 20th.
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Film at Lincoln Center and Cinema Tropical to Showcase Brazilian Filmmakers
The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão, directed by Karim Aïnouz Film at Lincoln Center and Cinema Tropical announce Veredas: A Generation of Brazilian Filmmakers, December 6 to 11. The range of boundary-pushing works of Brazilian film has had few parallels in recent years, with filmmakers such as Kleber Mendonça Filho, Gabriel Mascaro, Karim Aïnouz, Juliana Rojas, João Dumans, and Affonso Uchôa radically revising the world’s understanding of their national cinema.