15-09-2016

FNE at Warsaw IFF 2016: 32nd Warsaw IFF Announces Lineup

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    Memories of a Summer by Adam Guziński Memories of a Summer by Adam Guziński

    WARSAW: Fifteen films will compete in the international competition of the 32nd Warsaw International Film Festival, which will take place from 7 to 16 October 2016.

    The festival will open with The Distinguished Citizen / Ciudadano ilustre by Gastón Duprat and Mariano Cohn, a Spanish/Argentinian coproduction. The Odyssey / L’Odyssée by the French Jérôme Salle will be the closing film.

    INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION LINEUP:

    Clair Obscur / Tereddüt (Turkey, Poland, France)
    Directed by Yeşim Ustaoğlu
    Produced by Ustaoğlu Film Production
    Coproduced by Slot Machine, unafilm, Madants, Aeroplan Film

    Memories of a Summer / Wspomnienie lata (Poland)
    Directed by Adam Guziński
    Produced by Opus Film
    Supported by the Polish Film Institute

    The Sun, the Sun Blinded Me / Slonce, slonce mnie oslepilo (Poland, Switzerland)
    Directed by Anka Sasnal, Wilhelm Sasnal
    Produced by Anka Sasnal, Wilhelm Sasnal
    Coproduced by Hauser & Wirth, Fundacja Galerii Foksal

    Antenna (Israel)
    Directed by Arik Rotstein

    Blessed Benefit / Inshalla istafadet (Jordan, Germany, Netherlands)
    Directed by Mahmoud al Massad

    The Darkness / Las tinieblas (Mexico, France)
    Directed by Daniel Castro Zimbrón

    Daughters of the Three Tailed Banner / Mga bai nu sambolayang mawalaw (Philippines)
    Directed by Gutierrez Mangansakan II

    Heartstone / Hjartasteinn (Iceland, Denmark)
    Directed by Guđmundur Arnar Guđmundsson

    In the Blood / I blodet (Denmark)
    Directed by Rasmus Heisterberg

    A Kid / Le Fils de Jean (France, Canada)
    Directed by Philippe Lioret

    Lost Serenade / Gekko (Japan)
    Directed by Masato Ozawa

    Malaria (Iran)
    Directed by Parviz Shahbazi

    Night of a 1000 Hours / Die Nacht der 1000 Stunden (Austria, Luxembourg, Netherlands)
    Directed by Virgil Widrich

    Strangled / A martfüi rėm (Hungary)
    Directed by Árpád Sopsits

    X-500 / X Quinientos (Canada, Columbia, Mexico)
    Directed by Juan Andrés Arango