Foreign Language Film Submissions 2020

As a butcher prepares to slaughter a bull whose meat is about to be delivered in preparation for a local wedding party, the bull escapes and runs wild through the village. A small crowd gathers to capture the animal.

Let’s make the world a better place. A premise that we all discuss with friends, sitting around the dinner table, drinking one too many glasses of wine.

A small village in Huelva, Andalusia, Spain, 1936. Higinio (Antonio de la Torre) and Rosa (Belen Cuesta) have been married only for a few months when the Civil War breaks out.

200 Meters is the literal distance that separates Mustafa (Ali Sulieman), who lives in the West Bank, from his wife and children, who live on the other side of the wall in Israel. Their physical distance is bridged by phone calls and shout-outs or the occasional visit, which necessitate Mustafa applying for a permit from the Israeli authorities.

My Little Sister is a very moving story about the bond between twin brother and sister, Sven and Lisa, who reunite after Sven is diagnosed with a very aggressive form of leukemia. Lisa, played by Nina Hoss, is a writer who lives in Switzerland.

Havana, early 1990s. René González is a pilot and rather discontented with his life in Cuba.

There seems to be little joy in provincial Iceland. At least that is what the teenager Agnes (Donna Cruz) and her mother Rannveig (Katla Þorgeirdóttir) experience in Agnes Joy.

You Will Die At 20 is the first Sudanese live-action movie since 1989 when the Islamist government suppressed much of public cultural life in that country. So it is not a surprise that it revolves around the devastating impact of religious beliefs on society.

Soorarari Pottu is a film based on the life of Captain Gopinath, the son of a schoolteacher who follows his dream to start a commercial airline for the common man in India where flying was considered a privilege that was reserved only for the wealthy.   Sudha Kongara, director and writer shared her thoughts and experiences while making this film.

Two women. Two apartments.