AFI FEST 2011 presented by Audi has unveiled the World Cinema, Breakthrough, Midnight and Short selections.

The selections of guest director Pedro Almodovar will be announced next week.

World Cinema
Almayer’s Folly, dir Chantal Akerman. Belgium-France. US Premiere

Alps, dir Yorgos Lanthimos. Greece-France. US Premiere

Arirang, dir, Kim Ki-duk. South Korea. U.S Premiere

Café Du Flore, dir Jean-Marc Vallée. Canada. US Premiere

Carré Blanc, dir Jean-Baptiste Léonetti. France-Luxembourg-Russia-Belgium-Switzerland. US Premiere


The Day He Arrives, dir Hong Sang-Soo. South Korea. US Premiere

Extraterrestrial, dir Nacho Vigalondo. Spain

Faust, dir Alexander Sokurov. Russia. US Premiere (pictured)

Footnote, dir Joseph Cedar. Israel. Israel’s official foreign-language Oscar submission

The Forgiveness Of Blood, dir Joshua Marston. USA-Albania-Denmark-Italy

The Invader, dir Nicolas Provost. Belgium. US Premiere


Jiro Dreams Of Sushi, dir David Gelb. USA

Kinyarwanda, dir Alrick Brown. USA

Mama Africa, dir Mika Kaurismäki. Germany-South Africa-Finland

Once Upon A Time In Anatolia, dir Nuri Bilge Ceylan. Turkey-Bosnia-Herzegovina. Turkey’s official foreign-language Oscar submission.


Play, dir Ruben Östlund. Sweden-France-Denmark.

A Separation, dir Asghar Farhadi. Iran. Iran’s official foreign-language Oscar submission

The Silver Cliff, dir Karim Aïnouz. Brazil

Target, dir Alexander Zeldovich. Russia

This Is Not A Film, dir Mojtaba Mirtahmasb, Jafar Panahi. Iran

The Turin Horse, dir Béla Tarr. Hungary. Hungary’s official foreign-language
Oscar submission

Breakthrough

Expecting, dir Francisca Fuenzalida. Chile. US Premiere

Light Of Mine, dir Brett Eichenberger. USA

Three And A Half, dir Naghi Nemati. Iran. US Premiere


With Every Heartbeat, dir Alexandra-Therese Keining. Sweden. World Premiere

Midnight
Beyond The Black Rainbow, dir Panos Cosmatos. USA


Headhunters, dir Morten Tyldum. DIR Morten Tyldum. Norway

Kill List, dir Ben Wheatley. UK

Shorts (competition)
Eligible for Academy consideration

30,000 Days, dir Stephanie Barber. USA

All Flowers In Time, dir Jonathan Caouette. USA

All In All, dir Charlie Reff. USA

Another Bullet Doged, dir Landon Zakheim. USA

Babyland, dir Marc Fratello. USA


Blink, dir Rick Rosenthal. Canada.

Broken Night, dir Yang Hyo-Joo. South Korea


Clear Blue, dir Lindsay MacKay. USA


Breakfast, dir Stephen Neary. USA

The Eagleman Stag, dir Michael Please. UK


Ex-Sex, dir Michael Mohan. USA

Frozen Stories, dir Grzegorz Jaroszuk. Poland


Infinite Minutes, dir Cecilia Felmeri. Hungary-Romania


Juan Y La Borrega, dir J. Xavier Velasco. Mexico

Libertas, dir Kan Lume. Australia-Singapore

Little Kitten, dir Stephanie Barber. USA


Maska, dir Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay. USA


Mexican Cuisine, dir Francisco Guijarro. USA

Negativapeg, dir M. Rankin. Canada


Night Hunter, dir Stacy Steers. USA

Once It Started It Could Not End Otherwise, dir Kelly Sears. USA


One Minute Puberty, dir Alexander Gellner. USA


Pioneer, dir David Lowery. USA

Protoparticles, dir Chema García Ibarra. Spain


Runaway, dir Victor Carrey. Spain

Satan Since 2003, dir Carlos Puga. USA


Sleep Study, dir Kerri Lenoo, John Merriman. USA


Tatum’s Ghost, dir Stephanie Barber. USA


Thief, dir Julian Higgins. USA


To Die Next To You, dir Simon Cahn, Spike Jonze. France


Unmanned, dir Casey Cooper Johnson. USA

The Voyagers, dir Penny Lane. USA

We’re Leaving, dir Zachary Treitz. USA


Yearbook, dir Carter Smith. USA


Zergut, dir Natasha Subramaniam, Alisa Lapidu. USA

Shorts (out of competition)
Aanteni, dir Todd Cole. USA

I Saw Your Sister Yesterday, dir Mina Park. USA


Mens Sana In Corpore Sano, dir Juliano Dornelles. Brazil

My Bow Breathing, dir Enrico Maria Artale. Italy