OSCAR 2021 - INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM (by João Pitta)
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- DirectorRene van RooyenStarsElani DekkerStiaan SmithIra Blanckenberg"Toorbos" explores the uprooting of a young forest woman and her community during the time of the last forest inhabitants of South Africa's Knysna forest of the 1930s.ÁFRICA DO SUL
- DirectorFlorenc PapasStarsLuli BitriJonida VokshiGulielm RadojaA married Albanian mother and her pregnant sister try to find a man to play the part of the sister's husband before they meet up with their strict, traditional father.ALBANIA
- DirectorShahad AmeenStarsAshraf BarhomBasima HajjarFatima Al TaeiSet in a dystopian landscape, SCALES is the story of a young strong-willed girl, Hayat, who lives in a poor fishing village governed by a dark tradition in which every family must give one daughter to the sea creatures who inhabit the waters nearby. In turn the sea creatures are hunted by the men of the village. Saved from this fate by her father, Hayat is considered a curse on the village and grows up an outcast. Nevertheless, she does not surrender to this fate and fights for a place within her village. After her mother gives birth to a baby boy, Hayat must accept the brutal custom of giving herself to the sea creatures or finding a way to escape.ARÁBIA SAUDITA
- DirectorJulia von HeinzStarsMala EmdeNoah SaavedraTonio SchneiderHow far one is willing to go for the sake of one's political commitment.ALEMANHA
- DirectorPaula HernándezStarsErica RivasOrnella D'ElíaMarilú MariniTracking the tandem voyages of a mother and daughter into fraught emotional terrain, Argentinian director Paula Hernández examines the ways desire and expectation clash when familial pressures push women to their limits.ARGENTINA
- DirectorArman NshanianStarsSamvel TadevossianArman NshanianSos JanibekyanFrom the two time academy award winning producer and writer of "Green Book" and Inspired by true events, comes a film about a childhood friendship torn apart by a horrible empire set out to destroy everything in its path. A brave woman at a time of dire prejudice risks her life and the life of her family to save her best friend who is hunted down for her religious beliefs. This epic portrayal takes place at the turn of the century in Constantinople, taking us on an emotional and musical journey. A film of love, hope, courage, deceit and pain - And music, a film just as much about music...Ancient pagan music. Music that would bind an entire people to the heavens and the earth, to the rivers and the stars. The music of Komitas, also know as Solomon.ARMÊNIA
- DirectorUlrike KoflerStarsLavinia WilsonElyas M'BarekAnna UnterbergerA couple facing fertility issues finds their marriage tested on a vacation to a Sardinian resort - and the family next door only adds to the tension.ÁUSTRIA
* - DirectorAbdul Qaiyum LeonTanvir AhsanSaleh Sobhan AuneemStarsMostafizur Noor ImranShah YeanurFazlur Rahman BabuEleven emerging Bangladeshi filmmakers present a collection of gritty shorts centered on the capital city and the people living in its margins.BANGLADESH
- DirectorFrédéric FonteyneAnne PaulicevichStarsSara ForestierNoémie LvovskyAnnabelle LengronneEvery day, three sex workers cross the border from France into Belgium to practice their trade. At the end of one particularly hot summer, all three share a secret that will bind them together forever.BÉLGICA
* - DirectorDiego MondacaStarsRaimundo RamosFabián ArenillasMauricio ToledoIn 1934, Bolivia is at war with Paraguay. Liborio and Ticona and other Bolivian indigenous soldiers are lost in the hell of the Chaco, under the commandment of German Captain Kundt. They're looking for the Paraguayan enemy that they haven't seen for months, and that they will never find. They leave together in a search that will make them realize, progressively, the destiny they have been pushed into and the inevitable condition of a defeated troop. They're walking like shadows, wandering forever in the middle of dust and silence.BOLÍVIA
- DirectorJasmila ZbanicStarsJasna DjuricicIzudin BajrovicBoris LerAida is a translator for the UN in the small town of Srebrenica. When the Serbian army takes over the town, her family is among the thousands of citizens looking for shelter in the UN camp.BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA
- DirectorBárbara PazStarsHector BabencoRegina BragaWillem Dafoe"I have already lived my death and now all that is left is to make a film about it." So said the filmmaker Hector Babenco to Bárbara Paz when he realized he did not have much time left. She accepted the challenge to fulfill the last wish of her late partner: to be the main protagonist in his own death. In this tender immersion into the life of one of the greatest filmmakers from South America, Babenco himself consciously bares his soul in intimate and painful situations. He expresses fears and anxieties, and also memories, reflections, and fantasies, in this face-off between his intellectual vigor and physical frailty, which were the hallmarks of his career. From the onset of cancer at the age of 38 until his death at 70, Babenco made of the cinema his medicine and the nourishment that kept him alive. "Babenco - Tell me when I Die" is Barbara Paz's first feature film, but is also in a way Hector's last work: a film about filming so never to die.BRASIL
* - DirectorKristina GrozevaPetar ValchanovStarsIvan BarnevIvan SavovTanya ShahovaVasil has just lost his long-time partner in life, his wife Valentina. When a woman at her funeral proclaims that the dead woman called her cell phone, Vasil seeks out the help of a well-known psychic in order to contact his wife. His son Pavel tries to bring him to his senses, but Vasil stubbornly insists on doing things his own way. "The Father" is an intimate family drama about the difficulties of connecting with those close to us. As the picture slowly gathers momentum, its story unfolds many carefully arranged absurd or comic situations.BULGÁRIA
- DirectorEnah JohnscottStarsKang QuintusFaith FidelCosson ChinepohEkah is determined to go to school in a village of fishermen where a girl child's education is considered a taboo. Her drive to break this old adage gets her embroiled with her father, Solomon's past.CAMARÕES
- DirectorHuy YalengStarsHuy YalengSonyta MeanKong SophyBased on a true story, Losing one leg, a man lives on his cyclo-trisaw drives to provide for two children his wife abandons at a pagoda's corner.CAMBOJA
- DirectorJean-Philippe DuvalStarsAnne DorvalLeanna CheaFrançois PapineauIsabelle and her partner adopted Clara in Vietnam, who died several years after. In order to heal her wounds, Isabelle flies to Hanoi to discover the culture of Clara and meet her biological mother, who will later become her friend.CANADÁ
* - DirectorMarina KunarovaStarsSayazhan KulymbetovaAkylkhan AlmassovDulyga Akmolda70% of indigenous population of Kazakhstan died during the Great Famine, artificially imposed on people in the 1920s by the Bolsheviks. Overcoming blind fear of death and despair, an eagle hunter Turar tries to save his family.CAZAQUISTÃO
- DirectorMaite AlberdiStarsSergio ChamyRomulo AitkenMarta OlivaresA private investigator in Chile hires someone to work as a mole at a retirement home where a client of his suspects the caretakers of elder abuse.CHILE
* - DirectorPeter Ho-Sun ChanStarsGong LiHuang BoGang WuAfter 12 years, the Chinese women's volleyball team again reached the Olympic final in 2016. They were now coached by Lang Ping, a stalwart of the 1980s Chinese women's team, who won consecutive World Championships from 1981 to 1985.CHINA
- DirectorFernando TruebaStarsJavier CámaraNicolás Reyes CanoJuan Pablo UrregoAn author recalls life with his father, a university professor who fought against oppression and social inequality in Colombia in the seventies.COLÔMBIA
- DirectorMin-ho WooStarsLee Byung-hunLee Sung-minKwak Do-wonIn the 1970s, Korea is under the absolute control of President Park, who controls the KCIA, the organization with the edge over any branch of government.CORÉIA DO SUL
* - DirectorPhilippe LacôteStarsBakary KonéSteve TientcheuJean Cyrille DigbeuA young man is sent to "La Maca", a prison of Ivory Coast in the middle of the forest ruled by its prisoners. With the red moon rising, he is designated by the Boss to be the new "Roman" and must tell a story to the other prisoners.COSTA DO MARFIM
- DirectorSofía QuirósStarsSmashleen GutiérrezHumberto SamuelsHortensia SmithSelva (13) lives in a coastal town in the Caribbean. After the sudden disappearance of her only motherly figure, she is left to take care of her grandfather who doesn't want to live. Between shadows and wild games, she must decide if she will help her grandfather die, even though that means going through her last moments of childhood alone.COSTA RICA
* - StarsKim Dong-HeePark Ju-hyunJung Da-binA model high school student who's steeped in a world of serious crime finds his double life upended when a classmate takes an interest in his secret.CROÁCIA
- DirectorJorge Luis SánchezStarsYasmani GuerreroYadier FernándezBlanca Rosa BlancoCUBA