PSIFF announces Awards Buzz

A jury of international film critics will be convened to bestow the FIPRESCI Award for best foreign language film of the year, as well as best actor and best actress in this category.

Further film programmes will be announced in the coming weeks. PSIFF is set to run from January 2-12.

The Awards Buzz selections in alphabetical order of country are:

A Few Cubic Meters Of Love (Afghanistan), Jamshid Mahmoudi:
Wild Tales (Argentina), Damián Szifrón;
Charlie’s Country (Australia), Rolf de Heer;
The Dark Valley (Austria), Andreas Prochaska;
Nabat (Azerbaijan), Elchin Musaoglu;
Two Days, One Night (Belgium-France-Italy), Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne;
The Way He Looks (Brazil), Daniel Ribeiro;
Mommy (Canada), Xavier Dolan;
To Kill A Man (Chile), Alejandro Fernández Almendras;
The Nightingale (China), Philippe Muyl;
Mateo (Colombia), Maria Gamboa;
Cowboys (Croatia), Tomislav Mršić;
Behavior (Cuba), Director Ernesto Daranas;
Fair Play (Czech Republic), Andrea Sedláčková;
Sorrow And Joy (Denmark), Nils Malmros;
Tangerines (Estonia), Zaza Urushadze;
Concrete Night (Finland), Pirjo Honkasalo;
Saint Laurent (France), Bertrand Bonello;
Corn Island (Georgia), George Ovashvili;
Beloved Sisters (Germany), Dominik Graf;
Little England (Greece), Pantelis Voulgaris;
The Golden Era (Hong Kong), Ann Hui;
White God (Hungary), Kornél Mundruczó;
Life In A Fishbowl (Iceland), Baldvin Zophoníasson;
Liar’s Dice (India), Geetu Mohandas;
Today (Iran), Reza Mirkarimi;
Gett, The Trial Of Viviane Amsalem (Israel), Ronit Elkabetz, Shlomi Elkabetz;
Human Capital (Italy), Paolo Virzì;
The Light Shines Only There (Japan), Mipo O;
Three Windows And A Hanging (Kosovo), Isa Qosja;
Kurmanjan Datka: Queen Of The Mountains (Kyrgyzstan), Sadyk Sher-Niyaz;
Rocks In My Pockets (Latvia), Signe Baumane;
Ghadi (Lebanon), Amin Dora;
Never Die Young (Luxembourg), Director Pol Cruchten;
Timbuktu (Mauritania-France), Abderrahmane Sissako;
Accused (Netherlands), Paula van der Oest;
1001 Grams (Norway), Bent Hamer;
Dukhtar (Pakistan), Afia Nathaniel;
Eyes Of A Thief (Palestine), Najwa Najjar;
Norte, The End Of History (Philippines), Director Lav Diaz;
Ida (Poland), Pawel Pawlikowski;
The Japanese Dog (Romania), Tudor Cristian Jurgiu;
Leviathan (pictured, Russia), Andrey Zvyagintsev;
See You in Montevideo (Serbia), Dragan Bjelogrlić;
Sea Fog (South Korea), Director Sung-bo Shim;
Living Is Easy With Eyes Closed (Spain), David Trueba;
Force Majeure (Sweden), Ruben Östlund;
Winter Sleep (Turkey), Nuri Bilge Ceylan;
The Guide (Ukraine), Oles Sanin; and
Mr. Kaplan (Uruguay), Álvaro Brechner.