10-04-2018

FNE at Moscow FF 2018: MIFF Announces Main Competition Programme

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    Foam at the Mouth by Janis Nords Foam at the Mouth by Janis Nords

    MOSCOW: The Moscow International Film Festival will take place 19-26 April 2018 this year after being kicked out of its usual June slot by the 2018 FIFA Football, which is being held in Russia during June this year.

    The festival has a Baltic accent this year with the Latvian/Lithuanian/Polish coproduction Foam at the Mouth / Ar Putam Uz Lupam , directed by Janis Nords, scoring a slot in the main competition line-up, as well as a special programme with a focus on 100 years of Baltic cinema, which screens films from Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.

    Main Competition:

    The 12th Man (Norway)
    Directed by Harald Zwart

    Without Leon (Argentina)
    Directed by Mercedes Laborde

    Soldier’s Mementos (Korea)
    Directed by Kim Jae-han

    Stray (New Zealand)
    Directed by Dustin Feneley

    Gaspard at the Wedding (France, Belgium)
    Directed by Antony Cordier

    Naples in Veils (Italy)
    Directed by Ferzan Ozpetek

    Ophelia (USA)
    Directed by Claire McCarthy

    Bloody Richard (Italy, France)
    Directed by Roberta Torre

    Foam at the Mouth / Ar Putam Uz Lupam (Latvia, Lithuania, Poland)
    Directed by Janis Nords
    Produced by Tasse Film
    Coproduced by ArtBox, Madants
    Supported by the National Film Center of Latvia, the  Lithuanian Film Centre and the Polish Film Institute

    Halef (Turkey)
    Directed by Murat Düzgünoglu

    Night God (Kazakhstan)
    Directed by Adilkhan Yerzhanov

    Fortitude / Sabot (Uzbekistan)
    Directed by Rashid Malikov

    Rage / Raiva (Portugal)
    Directed by Sérgio Tréfaut

    The Lord Eagle / Toyon Kyyl (Russia)
    Directed by Eduard Novikov

    Nu (Russia)
    Directed by Yang Ge