AFI Fest 2018 World Cinema lineup out. Seven Foreign Film Oscar® contenders and one Indian film in!
Tribe Desk
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:
CAPERNAUM | CAPHARNAÜM, DIR Nadine Labaki. Lebanon
DOGMAN, DIR Matteo Garrone. Italy, France
“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
NEVER LOOK AWAY | WERK OHNE AUTOR, DIR Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. Germany, Italy
SHOPLIFTERS | MANBIKI KAZOKU, DIR Hirokazu Kore-eda. Japan
SUNSET | NAPSZALLTA, DIR László Nemes. Hungary, France
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 –
3 FACES | SE ROKH, DIR Jafar Panahi. Iran
AMATEURS | AMATÖRER, DIR Gabriela Pichler. Sweden
ANGELS ARE MADE OF LIGHT, DIR James Longley. USA, Denmark, Norway
ASH IS PUREST WHITE | JIANGHU ER NV, DIR Jia Zhang-ke. China, France
DAUGHTER OF MINE | FIGLIA MIA, DIR Laura Bispuri. Italy, Germany, Switzerland
DIAMANTINO, DIR Gabriel Abrantes, Daniel Schmidt. Portugal, France, Brazil
FUGUE | FUGA, DIR Agnieszka Smoczyńska. Poland, Czech Republic, Sweden
GENESIS | GENÈSE, DIR Philippe Lesage. Canada
HAPPY AS LAZZARO | LAZZARO FELICE, DIR Alice Rohrwacher. Italy
HOTEL BY THE RIVER | GANGBYUN HOTEL, DIR Hong Sang-soo. South Korea
MAYA, DIR Mia Hansen-Løve. France
MY BRILLIANT FRIEND | L’AMICA GENIALE, DIR Saverio Costanzo. Italy
NON-FICTION | DOUBLE VIES, DIR Olivier Assayas. France
OF FATHERS AND SONS, DIR Talal Derki. Germany, Syria, Lebanon
OUR TIME | NUESTRO TIEMPO, DIR Carlos Reygadas. Mexico, France, Germany, Denmark, Sweden
