24-09-2015

FESTIVALS: Warsaw Film Festival Announces International Competition Line up

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    WARSAW: Sixteen films have been selected in the International Competition of the 31st Warsaw Film Festival. The festival will take place from 9 to 18 October 2015. 

    The International Jury consists of: Elena Fanailova (Russia), Uljana Kim (Lithuania), Martti Helde (Estonia), Sławomir Fabicki (Poland) and Pavle Vučković (Serbia).

    LINE UP:

    A Monster with a Thousand Heads / Un monstruo de mil cabezas (Mexico)
    Directed by Rodrigo Pla

    Absolution / Henkesi edestä (Finland)
    Directed by Petri Kotwica
    Produced by Vertigo
    Coproduced by Newgrange Pictures, YLE
    Supported by Finnish Film Foundation

    The Apostate / El Apóstata (Uruguay, Spain, France)
    Directed by Federico Veiroj

    Bopem (Kazakhstan)
    Directed by Zhanna Issabayeva

    The Cleaner /Čistic (Slovakia)
    Directed by Peter Bebjak
    Produced by DNA Production
    Supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund

    Demon (Poland, Israel)
    Directed by Marcin Wrona
    Produced by Magnet Man
    Coproduced by Telewizja Polska, Chimney Poland, Krakowskie Biuro Festiwalowe, Transfax FilmProductions, IF Silesia Film, Lava Films and Wajda Studio
    Supported by Polish Film Institute

    The Idol / Ya Tayr El Tayer (UK, Palestine, Quatar, UAE)
    Directed by Hany Abu-Assad

    Lazar (Macedonia, Croatia, France, Bulgaria)
    Directed by Svetozar Ristovski
    Produced by Small Moves Films
    Coproduced by Mainframe Film Production, Gala Film Ltd, Arizona Films

    Moira (Georgia)
    Directed by Levan Tutberidze
    Produced by Levan Tutberidze
    Supported by Georgian National Film Center

    Neon Bull / Boi Neon (Brazil, Uruguay, Netherlands)
    Directed by Gabriel Mascaro

    Night Shift / Shift-e Shab (Iran)
    Directed by Niki Karimi.

    Patria / Otadzbina (Serbia, Germany)
    Directed by Oleg Novković

    Salvation / Spasenie (Russia)
    Directed by Ivan Vyrypaev

    Schneider vs. Bax / Schneider kontra Bax (Netherlands, Belgium)
    Directed by Alex van Warmerdam

    Snow / Sniag (Bulgaria)
    Directed by Ventsislav Vasilev
    Produced by 100Films
    Coproduced by Ukrainian National Film Archive

    Winter Song / Chant d'hiver (France, Georgia)
    Directed by Otar Iosseliani
    Produced by Studio 99
    Coproduced by Pastorale Films
    Supported by Georgian Ministry of Culture