China has selected feel-good comedy drama film “Nice View” as its contender for the best international feature film category of the Academy Awards.
Croatia has selected Juraj Lerotić’s “Safe Place” in the race for a best international feature film nomination at the 95th Academy Awards.
Playing on Lerotić’s family history, the film features the Croatian multihyphenate in the lead role. Other cast includes Snježana Sinovčić Šiškov and Goran Marković. The cinematographer is Marko Brdar and the editor is Marko Ferković. The Netherlands has selected Martijn de Jong’s feature debut “Narcosis” as the country’s entry in the contest for the best international feature category of the 95th Academy Awards.
The film, written and directed by Petr Václav, will celebrate its world premiere in San Sebastian Film Festival’s main competition this month. “Klondike” portrays the brutal realities of the war unfolding in Ukraine’s Donbass region through the lens of a pregnant farmstead owner whose life and home have begun to unravel.
“Klondike” is a Kedr Film and Protim production in co-production with Turkish broadcaster TRT. It’s produced by Er Gorbach, Sviatoslav Bulakovskyi and Mehmet Bahadir Er.
Taxi drivers protest against the drastic rise in gas prices by the House of the National Assembly. Quickly disillusioned with democracy, they blockade Budapest, and soon after the whole country. The opposition sides with them and prompts them to start a revolution. Now, Antall has to make a decision about what he should do. He uses all the resources he possibly can without abandoning the democratic values that have reshaped his country, and finds a solution.
“This film is special, most of all, because it is the first one to show the circumstances of the systemic change following the Socialist era in Hungary, and the political and private life of József Antall, Prime Minister of the first democratically elected government,” Lajos said.Film Positive Productions, led by Lajos, has experience both in local and international feature films, television films, and documentaries.
Premiering at this year’s Cannes, the film won a special mention in the Camera d’Or competition for first-time directors. Released on June 17 in Japan on more than 100 screens by Happinet-Phantom Studios, the film has become a long-running hit, striking a chord in a country with the world’s oldest population.
Magnolia Pictures International holds worldwide distribution rights, but “Mars One” is still looking for a U.S. buyer. The film follows a Brazilian family navigating an uncertain future amid the rise of far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro. “Our Brothers” follows the true story of Malik Oussekine, a French student of Algerian descent who was chased by police and beaten to death in 1986 while he walked near student protests in Paris. Poland has entered Jerzy Skolimowski’s “EO” in the race for a Best International Feature Film nomination at the 95th Academy Awards.
The decision was made by an independent jury whose members were appointed by various associations working within the German film industry. Nine films were in the shortlist. Netflix will partner with 24 Bilder for the film’s nationwide theatrical release in Germany on Sept. 29. It will open in U.S. cinemas in October, and can be seen on Netflix from Oct. 28.
At a media conference in advance of the public announcement, Loftus said that a major platform sale of the film, covering most English-language markets, will be announced soon, and that the film, which has many international broadcast partners, will see a theatrical release in several markets. At the media conference, Loftus, who was seated with his wife and filmmaking partner Masha Loftus, said they met Daxiong while making a kung fu video that featured hand-drawn artwork.
While the jury is still out on whether the film will experience the same Oscar nomination hat-trick as “Flee,” the success to date of “Eternal Spring” illustrates how animation in documentary storytelling is having more than a moment. Uruguay has submitted social thriller “The Employer and the Employee” by Manuel Nieto Zas as its official entry to the 95 Academy Awards in 2023. Nieto Zas’ third film had its world premiere in last year’s Cannes Directors’ Fortnight before it went on to play in the San Sebastian Film Festival and other prominent festivals worldwide, including Guadalajara, Jerusalem, Beijing, Karlovy Vary and Mar del Plata.
The film premiered at the Golden Horse Film Festival in November 2021 and picked up multiple awards at the Taipei Film Awards in June.. It had its commercial release in Taiwan in March this year. Lou’s previous work was known for his dark humor and the character-driven interleaving storyline in his In North America, the film is scheduled to play at the Toronto festival in September and the New York Film Festival in October, ahead of a commercial release through Mubi, penciled in for Oct. 14.
Set in rural Ireland in 1981, the coming-of-age film follows Cáit as she is sent from her overcrowded, dysfunctional household to live with distant relatives for the summer. It recently became the first Irish-language film to win the Irish Academy Award for best film and received seven awards including director, actress, cinematography, editing, production design and original score.
“The Quiet Girl” was produced by Ní Chrualaoí as part of the Cine4 funding scheme for Irish-language film, in partnership with Screen Ireland, TG4, and the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, and the film is also in receipt of the Irish Government’s Section 481 tax incentive. “Raven Song” was selected to represent Saudi Arabia at the Oscars by a committee that is headed by the film commission but is made up of independent producers, critics, filmmakers and heads of film festivals. Though the Saudi Film Commission has yet to announce their choice officially, it has been confirmed by a well placed source.
“Alma Viva” is a personal project for Alves Meira, who was born in France to Portuguese emigrant parents and cast her own daughter is the role of Salomé. “Winners” had its world premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival in August, where it won the Audience Award. It will play later this month at the Raindance Film Festival – where it is a nominee for best U.K. feature – ahead of a limited U.K. release in November.“Return to Seoul,” which premiered in Cannes and was last seen at the Busan festival, has been selected by Cambodia as its contender for the Oscars’ international feature film award.
It depicts a road trip that involves the reconciliation of two old friends, one a night club figure living overseas, the other dying of cancer. The film stars Thanapob ‘Tor’ Thanapob and Natara ‘Ice’ Nopparatayapon as the male leads. Violette Wautier, Ploi Horwang, Siraphun ‘Noon’ Wattanajinda and Chutimon ‘Aokbab’ Chuengcharoensukying in supporting roles.The Singapore Film Commission has picked feature debutant He Shuming’s “Ajoomma” as its entry for the Oscars’ international feature film race.
The film will be released in Singapore on Oct. 27 through Golden Village Pictures. International sales are being handled by Rediance. The “On the Job” franchise was also expanded as a TV series for HBO, which was recently nominated in the TV Movie/Mini-Series category at the International Emmys. Pakistan’s Oscar selection committee, headed by double Oscar winner Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, has chosen Saim Sadiq’s “Joyland” as its entry for the Oscars’ international feature film race. The film had its world premiere at Cannes earlier this year where it won the Queer Palm and the jury prize at the festival’s Un Certain Regard strand.
Strand Releasing will distribute the film in North America. “The Blue Caftan” just had its North American premier at Toronto in the Special Screenings section. Starring Ricardo Darin , “Argentina, 1985” is inspired by the true story of prosecutor Julio Strassera, who – together with young upstart lawyer Luis Moreno Ocampo and their even younger legal team – took on Argentina’s military junta and brought several members to trial. The military dictatorship of Jorge Videla was accused of sequestering, torturing and murdering alleged members of the opposition. It ruled with brutal impunity until democracy was finally restored in 1983.
The movie world premiered at Cannes in competition and won best actress for Iranian Ebrahimi. It went on to play at Toronto and earned unanimous praise.
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