Foreign Language Film Submissions 2019

Single Slipper Size 7 is an Indian Tamil-language horror-thriller that premiered at the Singapore South Asian Film Festival. It was written, produced and directed by Radhakrishnan Parthiban, who also stars as the only character in the movie.

Set in 1770 Brittany, on the northern coast of France, Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Portrait de la jeune fille en feu), written and directed by Céline Sciamma, is a delicate love story between two young women. Marianne is an artist who learned to paint from her father (in a time when women were not allowed into art schools).

Papicha is an Algerian word that refers to a funny, attractive, liberated young woman. And Nedjma surely fits the description.

An Afghan movie filmed in Kabul, the Shinwari Valley and Zarani, Afghanistan, and also in Munich, Germany, and Kos Island, Greece, among other locations, I Am You is an independent film based on the true story of Afghan refugees and their will to survive. The film was directed by Sonia Nassery Cole, written by Sean O'Byrne, and produced by Breadwinner Productions.

Making movies in Uruguay is not easy. After all, it's a market of just 3.

Argentina is living a time of uncertainty right now and no film could have connected better with that feeling than La odisea de los giles (which is being released in non-Spanish speaking countries as Heroic Losers). Ricardo Darin, -who is also a producer along with his son, Chino Darin, a big celebrity in Argentina and Spain as well- has the main role in the movie.

Based on true events, the film tells of how the French Catholic Church was challenged in court, changing the future of Catholicism in the country. By the Grace of God is about the child-abuse scandal which saw father Bernard Preynat of Lyon admit to molesting 70 boys over 30 years, following an online campaign by the now middle-aged abuse survivors.

It has been 10 years since The Secret in Her Eyes was released in Argentina, starting an amazing international journey that ended up with the film winning the Best Foreign Film Oscar – just the second time that the South American country took home that award. That victory made Juan José Campanella, its director, a local hero, but instead of following it with another feature he opted for trying his hand at animation, directing Metegol in 2013, and devoted his time to work on television, including episodes of American series such as Colony and Halt and Catch Fire.

Manuel Gómez Vidal (Antonio de la Torre) has a good life: a family that loves him, lots of friends and a charisma which has made him a beloved politician in his community. Everything seems to indicate that he will be the next regional president of his political party.

Born in Nalchik, Russia, director Kantemir Balagov graduated from Kabardino-Balkarian University. Several of his short student films were shown at the Locarno Film Festival.