As the Academy Awards draw near, Istanbul Modern Cinema, in collaboration with Başka Sinema and with the contributions of Cinema Sponsor Türk Tuborg A.Ş., presents a program of 17 films that are candidates for “Best Foreign Language Film”. Featuring films that were cited to compete in the Oscar race whose nominees are soon to be announced, the selection represents a category that brings together films from diverse cultures and languages which were big hits in world festivals and are outside the Hollywood track despite being nominated for the Oscar.
THE SECOND MOTHER (QUE HORAS ELA VOLTA?), 2015
Brazil |DCP, Color, 110' | Portuguese
Director: Anna Muylaert
FATHER (BABAI), 2015
Germany, Kosovo, Macedonia, France |DCP, Color, 104' | Albanian, German, Serbian
Director: Visar Morina
SUNSTROKE (SOLNECHNYY UDAR), 2014
Russia |DCP, Color, 175' | Russian
Director: Nikita Mikhalkov
THE HIGH SUN (ZVIZDAN), 2015
Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia |DCP, Color, 123' | Croatian
Director: Dalibor Matanic
DON’T BE BAD (NON ESSERE CATTIVO), 2015
Italy |DCP, Color, 100' | Italian
Director: Claudio Caligari
IXCANUL (IXCANUL VOLCANO), 2015
Guatemala, France |DCP, Color, 90' | Spanish, Mayan language
Director: Jayro Bustamante
SAND DOLLARS (DÓLARES DE ARENA), 2014
Dominican Republic |DCP, Color, 85' | Spanish, English, French
Directors: Laura Amelia Guzmán, Israel Cárdenas
LAMB, 2015
Ethiopia, France, Germany, Norway, Qatar |DCP, Color, 94' | Amharic
Director: Yared Zeleke
ÖLÜMCÜL OYUN (ICH SEH, ICH SEH), 2014
Avusturya |DCP, Renkli, 99' | Almanca
Yönetmenler: Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz
SON OF SAUL (SAUL FIA), 2015
Hungary |DCP, Color, 107' | Hungarian, Yiddish, German, Russian, Polish
Director: László Nemes
LABYRINTH OF LIES (IM LABYRINTH DES SCHWEIGENS), 2014
Germany |DCP, Color, 124' | German
Director: Giulio Ricciarelli
THE BRAND NEW TESTAMENT (LE TOUT NOUVEAU TESTAMENT), 2015
Belgium, France |DCP, Color, 112' | French
Director: Jaco Van Dormael