AFI Fest 2018 World Cinema lineup out. Seven Foreign Film Oscar® contenders and one Indian film in!

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The World Cinema lineup for AFI Fest and this Indian film is in along with 7 Foreign Film Oscar® contenders.

The AFI Fest is one the premier international film festivals. And the World Cinema section of AFI FEST usually showcases the most celebrated international films of the year. The AFI FEST 2018 presented by Audi will feature 28 titles from 27 countries. The section includes seven official Best Foreign Language Film Oscar® submissions:

  1. CAPERNAUM | CAPHARNAÜM, DIR Nadine Labaki. Lebanon
  2. DOGMAN, DIR Matteo Garrone. Italy, France
  3. “I DO NOT CARE IF WE GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS BARBARIANS”| ÎMI ESTE INDIFERENT DACA ÎN ISTORIE VOM INTRA CA BARBARI, DIR Radu Jude. Romania, Czech Republic, France, Bulgaria, Germany
  4. NEVER LOOK AWAY | WERK OHNE AUTOR, DIR Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. Germany, Italy
  5. SHOPLIFTERS | MANBIKI KAZOKU, DIR Hirokazu Kore-eda. Japan
  6. SUNSET | NAPSZALLTA, DIR László Nemes. Hungary, France
  7. THE WILD PEAR TREE | AHLAT AGACI, DIR Nuri Bilge Ceylan. Turkey
And then there is one from India. BULBUL CAN SING by Rima Das has made the cut. Her previous film, Village Rockstars was her breakout film, and premiered at  Toronto International Film Festival 2017. And it won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film.
Her new film is a visceral coming-of-age drama about a young girl living in rural India, fighting her way through love and loss as she figures out who she really is. And the one-woman army has written, designed, edited, produced and directed this film.

A still from Bulbul Can Sing

The other 20 films include –

  1. 3 FACES | SE ROKH, DIR Jafar Panahi. Iran
  2. AMATEURS | AMATÖRER, DIR Gabriela Pichler. Sweden
  3. ANGELS ARE MADE OF LIGHT, DIR James Longley. USA, Denmark, Norway
  4. ASH IS PUREST WHITE | JIANGHU ER NV, DIR Jia Zhang-ke. China, France
  5. DAUGHTER OF MINE | FIGLIA MIA, DIR Laura Bispuri. Italy, Germany, Switzerland
  6. DIAMANTINO, DIR Gabriel Abrantes, Daniel Schmidt. Portugal, France, Brazil
  7. FUGUE | FUGA, DIR Agnieszka Smoczyńska. Poland, Czech Republic, Sweden
  8. GENESIS | GENÈSE, DIR Philippe Lesage. Canada
  9. HAPPY AS LAZZARO | LAZZARO FELICE, DIR Alice Rohrwacher. Italy
  10. HOTEL BY THE RIVER | GANGBYUN HOTEL, DIR Hong Sang-soo. South Korea
  11. MAYA, DIR Mia Hansen-Løve. France
  12. MY BRILLIANT FRIEND | L’AMICA GENIALE, DIR Saverio Costanzo. Italy
  13. NON-FICTION | DOUBLE VIES, DIR Olivier Assayas. France
  14. OF FATHERS AND SONS, DIR Talal Derki. Germany, Syria, Lebanon
  15. OUR TIME | NUESTRO TIEMPO, DIR Carlos Reygadas. Mexico, France, Germany, Denmark, Sweden
  16. PIG | KHOOK, DIR Mani Haghighi. Iran
  17. PUTIN’S WITNESSES | SVIDETELI PUTINA, DIR Vitaly Mansky. Latvia, Switzerland, Czech Republic
  18. TOO LATE TO DIE YOUNG | TARDE PARA MORIR JOVEN, DIR Dominga Sotomayor. Chile
  19. VISION, DIR Naomi Kawase. Japan, France
  20. YARA, DIR Abbas Fahdel. Lebanon, Iraq, France
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