16 Oscar-Nominated Films To Be Screened At Iffi 2018

Jyothi Venkatesh

It’s raining Oscar-nominated films at IFFI this year. Of the 87 films nominated by their respective countries in the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 91st Academy Awards, as many as 16 films are going to be screened at IFFI 2018. That’s more than one-fifth of all the films vying for the top award. These films are spread across multiple categories at IFFI 2018.

Cold War 2

Oscar nominated films in Festival Kaleidoscope

The Festival Kaleidoscope section carries 20 critically acclaimed international festival favourites directed by some of the most well-known and feted filmmakers which includes the likes of Jafar Panahi, Gaspar Noe, Lars Von Trier, Zia Zhangke, Jean Luc Godard, Nuri Bilge Ceylan and Kim Ki Duk. 8 out of the 20 films in this section have been nominated for the 91^st Academy Awards. These films are: The Guilty (Denmark), Yomeddine (Egypt), Woman at War (Iceland), Dogman (Italy), Shoplifters (Japan), Cold War (Poland), The Wild Pear Tree (Turkey), and Ayka (Kazakhstan).

Capernaum

Oscar-nominated films in World Panorama

World Panorama section has 67 films which are specially curated for the festival. This year World Panorama section presents 3 films, which are Oscar submissions from respective countries. These films are: Birds of Passage (Colombia), Winter Flies (Czech), and The Heiresses (Paraguay).

Birds of Passage

Oscar nominated films in International Competition

The International Competition section has 15 films out of which 3 are Indian. Competition section itself represents films produced and co-produced by 22 countries. The only Oscar-nominated film to be competing against a total of 15 films in the section is Donbass (Ukraine) which was also the opening film in the Un Certain Regard category at Cannes this year.

Dogman

ICFT prize consisting of the UNESCO Gandhi Medal for Film

IFFI 2018 has collaborated with the International Council for Film, Audiovisual Communication (ICFT) Paris, to present a special ICFT prize consisting of the UNESCO Gandhi Medal to a film, which reflects the ideals promoted by UNESCO. This year 10 films will be showcased for selection of a film to be presented with this coveted award, out of which 3 have been nominated at the 91st Academy Award. These films are Capernaum (Lebanon), Border (Sweden), and The Interpreter (Slovakia).

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Oscar nominated Tunisan film a part of ‘Special Presentation: Tunisia’

There are three Tunisian films being showcased at IFFI 2018 as part of a special presentation of films from Tunisia. The Oscar Nominated Tunisian film, Beauty and the Dogs is a part of this category. The Directorate of Film Festivals, while commenting on these Oscar-nominated films, said, “IFFI has always been about a healthy exchange of the cinema culture between countries. We are happy to have these 16 Oscar-nominated films at IFFI 2018, thereby giving the audiences a great opportunity to experience the magic of the best of world cinema on the big screen.”

Donbass

The 16 Oscar-nominated films at IFFI 2018 are as follows:

Birds of Passage (Spanish) a crime film directed by Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra and starring: Carmina Martínez, Natalia Reyes, José Acosta, Winter Flies (Czech) a 2018 Czech road movie drama by Slovenian director Olmo Omerzu. And starring Tomáš Mrvík, Jan František Uher, The Guilty (Danish), a thriller film co-written and directed by Gustav Möller. And starring Jakob Cedergren, Jessica Dinnage, Omar Shargawi,Yomeddine (Arabic), an Egyptian drama directed by Abu Bakr Shawky based on friendship relations and starring Rady Gamal, Ahmed Abdelhafiz,  Woman at War (Icelandic), an internationally co-produced comedy-drama thriller film written, produced and directed by Benedikt Erlingsson, and starring Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir, Davíð Þór Jónsson, Magnús Trygvason Eliasen etc.

Winter Flies

Then there are Dogman (Italian), directed by Matteo Garrone abnd starring: Marcello Fonte, Edoardo Pesce, Nunzia Schiano, Shoplifters (Japanese) directed, written and edited by Hirokazu Kore-eda and starring Lily Franky and Sakura Ando,Kirin Kiki, Lily Franky, Moemi Katayama etc, Ayka (Russian) a Russian-Kazakhstani drama directed by Sergey Dvortsevoy and starring Samal Yeslyamova, Aleksandr Zlatopolskiy, Capernaum (Arabic),  also known as Capharnaüm,  a Lebanese drama film written and directed by Nadine Labaki. Capernaun  and starring: Zain Al Rafeea, Yordanos Shiferaw, Boluwatife Treasure Bankole, The Heiresses (Spanish), a Paraguayan drama film directed by Marcelo Martinessi and starring: Ana Brun, Margarita Irun, Ana Ivanova

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Then there are Cold War (Polish), directed by Paweł Pawlikowski and starring  Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot, Borys Szyc, The Interpreter (Slovak) directed by Martin Šulík and starring Jirí Menzel, Peter Simonischek, Zuzana Mauréry,  Border (Swedish), a fantasy directed by Ali Abbasi  and starring Eva Melander, Eero Milonoff, Jörgen Thorsson,  Beauty and the Dogs (Arabic),  a French-Tunisian drama  directed by Kaouther Ben Hania. And starring Mariam Al Ferjani, Ghanem Zrelli, Noomen Hamda,  The Wild Pear Tree (Turkish) directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan and starring: Dogu Demirkol, Murat Cemcir, Bennu Yildirimlar and last but not the least Donbass (Russian / Ukranian), an internationally co-produced drama film directed by Sergei Loznitsa and starring Valeriu Andriuta, Natalya Buzko, Evgeny Chistyakov.

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