2022 AFI European Union Film Showcase to Open with Cannes Award Winner "Corsage"
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The AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center announced the complete slate of films for the 2022 AFI European Union Film Showcase, taking place December 1–20 at the American Film Institute's historic theatre in Silver Spring, Maryland.
Now in its 35th year, the Showcase highlights 56 films representing all 27 EU member states, including award winners, regional box office hits, debut works by up-and-coming talents and new works by leading auteurs, plus 19 of the top contenders for this year's Academy Award® for Best International Feature Film and 12 U.S. and North American premieres. Of the Official Selections, 50% are directed or co-directed by women.
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This year's AFI European Union Film Showcase opens on December 1 with CORSAGE (Austria), Marie Kreutzer's (THE GROUND BENEATH MY FEET) sumptuous period drama about legendary monarch Empress Elizabeth "Sisi" of Austria, for which actress Vicky Krieps (BERGMAN ISLAND, PHANTOM THREAD) won the Un Certain Regard Best Performance award at this year's Cannes Film Festival. CORSAGE recently took the top prize for Best Film at the BFI London Film Festival and is Austria’s official Oscar® submission for Best International Feature Film.
The Closing Night selection is Nicolas Pariser's (ALICE AND THE MAYOR) Cannes-premiered THE GREEN PERFUME (France), a comedic, Hitchcock-inspired whodunit starring Vincent Lacoste (LOST ILLUSIONS, SORRY ANGEL) and Sandrine Kiberlain (MADEMOISELLE CHAMBON, 9 MONTH STRETCH) as an unlikely duo who embark on an international adventure of political intrigue in the wake of an unsolved murder.
Alongside CORSAGE, the lineup features several other high-profile new films directed by women, including award-winning documentarian Alice Diop's (WE) boundary-pushing courtroom drama SAINT OMER, winner of the Silver Lion at this year's Venice Film Festival and France's official Oscar® submission; Carla Simón's stunning Catalonia-set family drama ALCARRÀS (Spain), winner of the Golden Bear at this year's Berlinale and Spain's official Oscar® submission; Maïmouna Doucouré's delightful Capra-esque tale HAWA (France), starring famed Malian singer Oumou Sangaré alongside standout newcomer Sania Halifa;Alice Rohrwacher's mischievous holiday fable THE PUPILS (Italy), produced by Mexican filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón; Tereza Nvotová's folk horror breakthrough NIGHTSIREN (Slovakia), winner of the Golden Leopard at the 2022 Locarno Film Festival, with Nvotová in attendance for a Q&A; and the U.S. premieres of Susanna Nicchiarelli's (NICO, 1988) Venice-debuted feminist medieval musical CHIARA (Italy) and Alice Winocour's (AUGUSTINE) Cannes-premiered REVOIR PARIS (France), starring Virginie Efira as the survivor of a mass shooting.
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Additional highlights include several eagerly anticipated new works from some of Europe's best-known filmmakers, including Jerzy Skolimowski's donkey-led Cannes Jury Prize winner EO (Poland), Poland's official Oscar® submission; Mia Hansen-Løve's deeply personal ONE FINE MORNING (France) starring Léa Seydoux, winner of the Label Europa Cinemas award at this year's Cannes Film Festival; Icelandic filmmaker Hlynur Pálmason's Cannes-debuted historical drama GODLAND (Denmark); Romanian New Wave auteur Cristian Mungiu's highly anticipated Cannes-premiered drama R.M.N (Romania); Irish director Frank Berry's Tribeca-debuted social realist drama, AISHA, starring Letitia Wright and Josh O'Connor; and Ulrich Seidl's Berlin-premiered RIMINI (Austria), a bleakly comedic character study of a once-successful lounge singer.
Other standouts from among the 19 official Best International Feature Film Oscar® submissions featured in this year's lineup are Lukas Dhont's powerful portrait of adolescent friendship, CLOSE (Belgium), his anticipated follow up to GIRL and winner of the Grand Jury Prize at this year's Cannes Film Festival; Colm Bairéad's stirring family drama THE QUIET GIRL (Ireland), winner of seven awards at the 2022 Irish Film and Television Awards and currently the highest-grossing Irish-language film of all time; Alli Haapasalo's Sundance award-winning teen dramedy GIRL PICTURE (Finland); Tarik Saleh's Cannes prize-winning political thriller BOY FROM HEAVEN (Sweden); and the U.S. and North American Premieres of award-winning submissions from Croatia (SAFE PLACE), Estonia (KALEV), Portugal (ALMA VIVA), Slovakia (VICTIM) and Slovenia (ORCHESTRA).
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Complete list of 2023 Oscar® submissions for Best International Feature Film:
ALCARRÀS (DIR Carla Simón, Spain)
ALMA VIVA (DIR Cristèle Alves Meira, Portugal)
BOY FROM HEAVEN [WALAD MIN AL JANNA] [ولد من الجنة] (DIR Tarik Saleh, Sweden)
CARMEN (2021) (DIR Valerie Buhagiar, Malta)
CLOSE (2022) (DIR Lukas Dhont, Belgium)
CORSAGE (DIR Marie Kreutzer, Austria)
EO (DIR Jerzy Skolimowski, Poland)
GIRL PICTURE [TYTÖT TYTÖT TYTÖT] (DIR Alli Haapasalo, Finland)
HOLY SPIDER (DIR Ali Abbasi, Denmark)
IN THE HEART OF THE MACHINE [V SŬRTSETO NA MASHINATA] [В СЪРЦЕТО НА МАШИНАТА] (DIR Martin Makariev, Bulgaria)
JANUARY (2022) [JANVĀRIS] (DIR Viesturs Kairišs, Latvia)
KALEV (DIR Ove Musting, Estonia)
MAGNETIC FIELDS (2021) [MAGNITIKÁ PEDÍA] [ΜαγνητικάΠεδία] (DIR Yorgos Goussis, Greece)
ORCHESTRA [ORKESTER] (DIR Matevž Luzar, Slovenia)
THE QUIET GIRL [AN CAILÍN CIÚIN] (DIR Colm Bairéad, Ireland)
PILGRIMS (2021) [PILIGRIMAI] (DIR Laurynas Bareiša, Lithuania)
SAFE PLACE (2022) [SIGURNO MJESTO] (DIR Juraj Lerotić, Croatia)
SAINT OMER (DIR Alice Diop, France)
VICTIM (2022) [OBET] (DIR Michal Blaško, Slovakia)
Complete list of U.S. and North American Premieres:
ALMA VIVA (DIR Cristèle Alves Meira, Portugal)
AXIOM (2022) (DIR Jöns Jönsson, Germany)
CHIARA (2022) (DIR Susanna Nicchiarelli)
THE GREEN PERFUME [LE PARFUM VERT] (DIR Nicolas Pariser, France)
INSIDE THE UFFIZI [IN DEN UFFIZIEN] (DIR Corinna Belz, Enrique Sánchez Lansch, Germany)
KALEV (DIR Ove Musting, Estonia) - North American Premiere
ORCHESTRA [ORKESTER] (DIR Matevž Luzar, Slovenia)
ORDINARY FAILURES [BĚŽNÁ SELHÁNÍ] (DIR Cristina Groşan, Czech Republic) - North American Premiere
THE ORIGIN OF EVIL [L'ORIGINE DU MAL] (DIR Sébastien Marnier, France)
REVOIR PARIS [PARIS MEMORIES] (DIR Alice Winocour, France)
SAFE PLACE (2022) [SIGURNO MJESTO] (DIR Juraj Lerotić, Croatia)
VICTIM (2022) [OBET] (DIR Michal Blaško, Slovakia)
Complete list of Special Presentations:
AISHA (2022) (DIR Frank Berry, Ireland)
ALCARRÀS (DIR Carla Simón, Spain)
THE BEASTS (2022) [AS BESTAS] (DIR Rodrigo Sorogoyen, Spain)
BOY FROM HEAVEN [WALAD MIN AL JANNA] [ولد من الجنة] (DIR Tarik Saleh, Sweden)
CLOSE (2022) (DIR Lukas Dhont, Belgium)
CORSAGE (DIR Marie Kreutzer, Austria) - Opening Selection
EO (DIR Jerzy Skolimowski, Poland)
GODLAND [VANSKABTE LAND] [VOLAÐA LAND] (DIR Hlynur Pálmason, Denmark)
THE GREEN PERFUME [LE PARFUM VERT] (DIR Nicolas Pariser, France) - Closing Selection
NIGHTSIREN [SVETLONOC] (DIR Tereza Nvotová, Slovakia)
ONE FINE MORNING (2022) [UN BEAU MATIN] (DIR Mia Hansen-Løve, France)
THE ORIGIN OF EVIL [L'ORIGINE DU MAL] (DIR Sébastien Marnier, France)
REVOIR PARIS [PARIS MEMORIES] (DIR Alice Winocour, France)
THE PUPILS [LE PUPILLE] (DIR Alice Rohrwacher, Italy)
SAINT OMER (DIR Alice Diop, France)
TALKING ABOUT THE WEATHER [ALLE REDEN ÜBERS WETTER] (DIR Annika Pinske, Germany)
For updated information, tickets and festival passes, visit AFI.com/Silver/EUShowcase
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