In addition to the already announced Emilia Pérez, which will represent France at the Oscar, 4 other films competing for the golden statuette will be part of the programming.
He Mar del Plata International Film Festival revealed part of the international programming that can be enjoyed from November 21 to December 1 in its Panorama section, which offers a vast look at Argentine and world cinema.
The films participating in the 5 competitions will be announced at the Gaumont cinema on November 12 at 7:30 p.m. In this presentation the names of the members of the official juries will also be revealed.
Megalópolis and more arrive at the Mar del Plata Film Festival
Megalopolisthe film that Francis Ford Coppola dreamed of for four decades will be seen for the first time in Argentina with a screening for 1,000 people in the Auditorium and will then have two other screenings. The film has in its cast Adam Driver, Aubrey Plaza, Giancarlo Esposito and Jon Voight.
It can also be seen Sing Sing by Greg Kwedar, starring Oscar nominee Colman Domingo. The proposals coming from the United States, mostly from independent cinema, also include comedy Between the Temples by Nathan Silver, with Jason Schwartzmann and Carol Kanethe sports drama Unstoppable by William Goldenberg, Jennifer Lopez’s new film in which Shawn Hatosy and Bobby Cannavale also work, as well as A Different Man of Aaron Schimberga drama about identity starring Sebastian Stan alongside British actor Adam Pearson.
In addition to the already announced Emilia Perezwhich will represent France at the Oscar, 4 other films competing for the golden statuette will be part of the programming. These are sujo by Fernanda Valadez and Astrid Rondero, chosen by Mexico, The Seed of the Sacred Fig of the Iranian Mohammad Rasoulof, who goes through Germany, the Japanese Cloud by Kiyoshi Kurosawa and Vermiglio by Maura Delpero, who won the Argentine competition at the 2019 Mar del Plata Festival, and who is seeking a nomination for Italy this year.
From French cinema you can see Let me act by Quentin Dupieux, with Léa Seydoux, Vincent Lindon and Louis Garrel. From Portuguese it will be Grand Tour by Miguel Gomes. From Spain it will be projected You will return by Jonás Trueba, from India All We Imagine As Light by Payal Kapadia and Dear Jassi from Tarsem and South Korea By the Stream by Hong Sang-soo.
Outside of the Latin American competition, the Brazilians will be exhibited Inexplicable by Fabricio Bittar and Ainda Não é Amanhã by Milena Times.
Source: Ambito
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