Who among the competing Asian countries will win the major awards at the 72nd international film festival to take place from May 14 to 25, 2019 in Cannes?
In 2016, Jaclyn Jose was the first Filipino ever to win the best actress category for her role as Rosa in “Ma Rosa”.
Maggie Cheung (HK) was the first Asian to win the best actress in 2004 for her role as Emily Wang in “Clean” and followed in 2007 by Jeon Do-yeon (South Korea) as Lin Shin-ae in “Secret Sunshine”.
In 2009, Brillantes Mendoza won the best director award for his film “Kinatay”. and in 2000, Raymond Red won the Palme d’Or award for his short film “Anino”.
In 2009, Brillantes Mendoza won the best director award for his film “Kinatay”. and in 2000, Raymond Red won the Palme d’Or award for his short film “Anino”.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Cannes_Film_Festival
Official selection[edit]
In competition[edit]
- (CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as a feature directorial debut.
- (QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.
Un Certain Regard[edit]
The following films were selected to compete in the Un Certain Regard section:[17]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adam (QP) | Maryam Touzani | Morocco | |
| Beanpole (QP) | Дылда | Kantemir Balagov | Russia |
| The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily | La famosa invasione degli orsi in Sicilia | Lorenzo Mattotti | France, Italy |
| A Brother's Love (CdO) | La Femme de mon frère | Monia Chokri | Canada |
| Bull (CdO) | Annie Silverstein | United States | |
| The Climb (CdO) | Michael Covino | United States | |
| Fire Will Come | O que arde | Oliver Laxe | Spain, France, Luxembourg |
| Freedom (QP) | Liberté | Albert Serra | Spain |
| Homeward (CdO) | Evge | Nariman Aliev | Ukraine |
| The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão | A vida invisível de Eurídice Gusmão | Karim Aïnouz | Brazil |
| Joan of Arc | Jeanne | Bruno Dumont | France |
| Nina Wu | 灼人秘密 | Midi Z | Taiwan |
| Once in Trubchevsk | Однажды в Трубчевске | Larissa Sadilova | Russia |
| Papicha | Mounia Meddour | France | |
| Port Authority (CdO) (QP) | Danielle Lessovitz | United States | |
| Room 212 | Chambre 212 | Christophe Honoré | France |
| Summer of Changsha (CdO) | 六欲天 | Zu Feng | China |
| The Swallows of Kabul | Les Hirondelles de Kaboul | Zabou Breitman, Eléa Gobé Mévellec | France |
- (CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as a feature directorial debut.
- (QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.
Out of competition[edit]
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[17]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Belle Époque | Nicolas Bedos | France | |
| Rocketman[19] (QP) | Dexter Fletcher | United Kingdom | |
| Diego Maradona | Asif Kapadia | United Kingdom | |
| The Best Years of a Life | Les Plus belles annees d'une vie | Claude Lelouch | France |
| Too Old to Die Young | Nicolas Winding Refn | United States | |
| The Specials (closing film) | Hors normes | Olivier Nakache & Éric Toledano | France |
| Midnight screenings | |||
| The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil | 악인전 | Lee Won-tae | South Korea |
| Lux Æterna | Gaspar Noé | France | |
- (QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.
Special screenings[edit]
The following films were selected be shown in the special screenings section:[17]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5B | Dan Krauss | United States | |
| Chicuarotes | Gael García Bernal | Mexico | |
| Family Romance, LLC (ŒdO) | Werner Herzog | Germany | |
| For Sama (ŒdO) | Waad Al Kateab, Edward Watts | United Kingdom | |
| Ice on Fire | Leila Conners | United States | |
| La Cordillera de los sueños | Patricio Guzmán | France, Chile | |
| Que sea ley | Juan Solanas | Argentina | |
| Share (CdO) | Pippa Bianco | United States | |
| Living and Knowing You Are Alive | Être vivant et le savoir | Alain Cavalier | France |
| Tommaso | Abel Ferrara | Italy | |
- (CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as a feature directorial debut.
- (ŒdO) indicates film eligible for the Œil d'or for documentary feature.
Short films[edit]
Out of 4,240 entries, the following films were selected to compete for the Short Film Palme d'Or.[20]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Van | Erenik Beqiri | Albania, France | |
| Anna | Dekel Berenson | Ukraine, Israel, United Kingdom | |
| The Jump (ŒdO) | Vanessa Dumont, Nicolas Davenel | France | |
| The Distance Between Us and the Sky (QP) | Vasilis Kekatos | Greece, France | |
| All Inclusive | Teemu Nikki | Finland | |
| Who Talks | Ingen lyssnar | Elin Övergaard | Sweden |
| And Then the Bear | Agnès Patron | France | |
| Butterflies | Parparim | Yona Rozenkier | Israel |
| Monster God | Monstruo Dios | Agustina San Martín | Argentina |
| White Echo | Chloë Sevigny | United States | |
| The Nap | La Siesta | Federico Luis Tachella | Argentina |
- (ŒdO) indicates film eligible for the Œil d'or for documentary.
- (QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.
Cinéfondation[edit]
The Cinéfondation section focuses on films made by students at film schools. The following 17 entries (14 live-action and 3 animated films) were selected out of 2,000 submissions. Six of the films selected represent schools participating in Cinéfondation for the first time.[20]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | School |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ambience | Wisam Al Jafari | Dar al-Kalima University College of Arts and Culture, Palestine | |
| Mano a mano | Louise Courvoisier | CinéFabrique, France | |
| One Hundred and Twenty-Eight Thousand | Sto dvacet osm tisíc | Ondřej Erban | FAMU, Czech Republic |
| Jeremiah (QP) | Kenya Gillespie | University of Texas at Austin, United States | |
| Pura vida | Martin Gonda | FTF VŠMU – Film and Television Faculty, Academy of Performing Arts, Slovakia | |
| Adam | Shoki Lin | NTU, Singapore | |
| Rift | Netek | Yarden Lipshitz Louz | Sapir College, Israel |
| Solar Plexus | David McShane | NFTS, United Kingdom | |
| Rosso: A True Lie About a Fisherman | Rosso : La Vera storia falsa del pescatore Clemente | Antonio Messana | La Fémis, France |
| As Up to Now | Ahogy eddig | Katalin Moldovai | Budapest Metropolitan University (METU), Hungary |
| Favourites | Favoriten | Martin Monk | Filmakademie Wien, Austria |
| Roadkill | Leszek Mozga | UAL, United Kingdom | |
| The Little Soul | Duszyczka | Barbara Rupik | PWSFTviT, Poland |
| Hiêu | Richard Van | CalArts, United States | |
| Bamboe | Flo Van Deuren | RITCS, Belgium | |
| Complex Subject (QP) | Slozhnopodchinennoe | Olesya Yakovleva | St Petersburg State University of Film and Television, Russia |
| Alien | 령희 Reonghee | Yeon Jegwang | Korea National University of Arts, South Korea |
- (QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.
Cannes Classics[edit]
The full line-up for the Cannes Classics section was announced on 26 April 2019.[21]
Restorations[edit]
Documentaries[edit]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cinecittà - I mestieri del cinema Bernardo Bertolucci | Mario Sesti | Italy | |
| Forman vs. Forman | Helena Třeštíková, Jakub Hejna | Czech Republic, France | |
| La Passione di Anna Magnani | Enrico Cerasuolo | Italy, France | |
| Les Silences de Johnny | Pierre-William Glenn | France | |
| Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound | Midge Costin | United States | |
Parallel sections[edit]
International Critics' Week[edit]
The following films were selected to be screened in the International Critics' Week section:[22]
Features[edit]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abou Leila | Amin Sidi-Boumédiène | Algeria, France, Qatar | |
| A White, White Day | Hvítur, Hvítur Dagur | Hlynur Pálmason | Iceland, Denmark, Sweden |
| I Lost My Body | J'ai perdu mon corps | Jérémy Clapin | France |
| Land of Ashes | Ceniza Negra | Sofía Quirós Ubeda | Costa Rica, Argentina, Chile, France |
| Our Mothers | Nuestras Madres | César Díaz | Guatemala, Belgium, France |
| The Unknown Saint | Le Miracle du Saint Inconnu | Alaa Eddine Aljem | Morocco, France, Qatar |
| Vivarium | Lorcan Finnegan | Ireland, Belgium, Denmark | |
Short films[edit]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Gardens | Kolektyvinai Sodai | Vytautas Katkus | Lithuania |
| Ikki illa meint | Andrias Høgenni | Denmark, Faroe Islands | |
| Journey Through a Body (QP) | Camille Degeye | France | |
| The Last Trip to the Seaside | Ultimul drum spre mare | Adi Voicu | Romania |
| Lucía en el limbo | Valentina Maurel | Belgium, France, Costa Rica | |
| The Manila Lover (QP) | Johanna Pyykkö | Norway, Philippines | |
| Party Day | Día de Festa | Sofia Bost | Portugal |
| She Runs (QP) | Qiu Yang | China, France | |
| The Trap | Fakh | Nada Riyadh | Egypt, Germany |
| Tuesday From 8 to 6 | Mardi de 8 à 18 | Cecilia de Arce | France |
- (QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.
Special screenings[edit]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Features | |||
| Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains (closing film) | 春江水暖 | Gu Xiaogang | China |
| Heroes Don't Die | Les héros ne meurent jamais | Aude Léa Rapin | France, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Litigante (opening film) | Franco Lolli | Colombia, France | |
| You Deserve a Love (QP) | Tu mérites un amour | Hafsia Herzi | France |
| Short films (1) | |||
| Demonic | Pia Borg | Australia | |
| Naptha | Moin Hussain | United Kingdom | |
| Please Speak Continuously and Describe Your Experiences as They Come to You | Brandon Cronenberg | Canada | |
| Short films (2) | |||
| Invisible Hero | Invisível Herói | Cristèle Alves Meira | Portugal, France |
| Tenzo | Katsuya Tomita | Japan | |
- (QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.
Invitation[edit]
Films from Morelia International Film Festival:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Satán | Carlos Tapia González | Switzerland | |
| San Miguel | Cris Gris | Mexico | |
| The Girl with Two Heads | La chica con dos cabezas | Betzabé García | Mexico |
| The Thin Air | El aire Delgado | Pablo Giles | Mexico |
Directors' Fortnight[edit]
Features[edit]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alice and the Mayor | Alice et le Maire | Nicolas Pariser | France |
| An Easy Girl | Une fille facile | Rebecca Zlotowski | France |
| And Then We Danced (QP) | Levan Akin | Sweden, Georgia | |
| The Bare Necessity (CdO) | Perdrix | Erwan Le Duc | France |
| Blow It to Bits | On va tout péter | Lech Kowalski | France |
| Deerskin (opening film) | Le Daim | Quentin Dupieux | France |
| Dogs Don't Wear Pants | Koirat eivät käytä housuja | J-P Valkeapää | Finland, Latvia |
| First Love | Hatsukoi | Takashi Miike | Japan, United Kingdom |
| For the Money | Por el dinero | Alejo Moguillansky | Argentina |
| Ghost Tropic | Bas Devos | Belgium | |
| Give Me Liberty | Kirill Mikhanovsky | United States | |
| The Halt | Ang Hupa | Lav Diaz | Philippines, China |
| The Lighthouse | Robert Eggers | Canada, United States | |
| Particles (CdO) | Les Particules | Blaise Harrison | Switzerland, France |
| Lillian | Andreas Horvath | Austria | |
| Oleg | Juris Kursietis | Latvia, Belgium, Lithuania, France | |
| The Orphanage | Parwareshgah | Shahrbanoo Sadat | Denmark, Afghanistan, France |
| Sick, Sick, Sick (CdO) | Sem seu sangue | Alice Furtado | Brazil, Netherlands, France |
| Song Without a Name (CdO) | Canción sin nombre | Melina León | Peru, Switzerland |
| Tlamess (QP) | Ala Eddine Slim | Tunisia, France | |
| To Live to Sing | 活着唱着 | Johnny Ma | China, France |
| Wounds | Babak Anvari | United States | |
| Yves (closing film) | Benoît Forgeard | France | |
| Zombi Child (QP) | Bertrand Bonello | France | |
- (CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as a feature directorial debut.
- (QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.
Special screenings[edit]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red 11 | Robert Rodriguez | United States | |
| The Staggering Girl | Luca Guadagnino | Italy | |
Short and medium-length films[edit]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghost Pleasure | Plaisir fantôme | Morgan Simon | France |
| Grand Bouquet (QP) | Nao Yoshigai | Japan | |
| Je te tiens | Sergio Caballero | Spain | |
| The Marvelous Misadventures of the Stone Lady | Les Extraordinaires Mésaventures de la jeune fille de pierre | Gabriel Abrantes | France, Portugal |
| Movements | Jeong Da-hee | South Korea | |
| Olla | Ariane Labed | France, United Kingdom | |
| Piece of Meat | Jerrold Chong, Huang Junxiang | Singapore | |
| Stay Awake, Be Ready | Hãy Tỉnh Thức và Sẵn Sàng | An Pham Thien | Vietnam, South Korea, United States |
| That Which Is to Come Is Just a Promise | Flatform | Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand | |
| Two Sisters Who Are Not Sisters | Deux sœurs qui ne sont pas sœurs | Beatrice Gibson | United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, France |
- (QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.
No comments:
Post a Comment