78TH Foreign Language Film Submissions

Tove is a Finnish biographical film from the Swedo-Finnish author and illustrator Tove Jansson, creator of The Moomins. The film is directed by Zaida Berghroth and written by Eeva Putro.

Spain in the nineteen-nineties, the whole country is having a boom year brought about by the celebration of the Olympics in Barcelona and the Universal Exposition in Seville. This is the background (the advent of modernity) which the film protagonists see and hear via TV.

Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior is based on the true-life of Subedar Tanaji Malusare, the military leader of the Maratha King Shivaji Maharaj. Tanaji sacrificed himself in order to win the famous Battle of Sinhagad on the night of February 4, 1670.

Each year the Hollywood Foreign Press Association awards the Golden Globe in the Foreign Language Film category. To qualify, a film must be a motion picture drama, musical or comedy with at least 51% of the dialogue spoken in a non-English language.

Each year the Hollywood Foreign Press Association awards the Golden Globe in the Foreign Language Film category. To qualify, a film must be a motion picture drama, musical or comedy with at least 51% of the dialogue spoken in a non-English language.

Charlatan, directed by Polish director Agnieska Holland from a script by Marek Epstein, is about the life of Czech healer/herbalist Jan Mikolášek (1889-1973). The film shows the holistic healer at the height of his power when he counted among his patients the Communist President of Czechoslovakia Antonin Zapotocky and Nazi party official Martin Bormann.

Paradise War tells the true story of a Swiss environmentalist, Bruno Manser, who joined the nomadic Penan tribe in their fight against the catastrophic deforestation in Borneo during the late ‘80s. Bruno Manser eventually went missing in the depths of the Malaysian jungle.