Jafar Panahi’s No Bears, Alice Diop’s Saint Omer, and Sergei Loznitsa’s The Natural History Of Destruction are among the international competitions line-up at the 58th Chicago International Film Festival next month.
This year’s competitions include 10 films receiving their North American premiere and 17 getting their US premiere as the entries vie for the festival’s Gold Hugo award in the categories of international feature, international documentary, and new directors.
The festival runs October 12-23. The full international competition line-ups are below.
Playing in International Feature Competition are: The Beasts (Sp-Fr), Rodrigo Sorogoyen, US premiere; Before, Now & Then (Indo), Kamila Andini, US premiere; The Blue Kaftan (Fr-Mor-Bel-Den), Maryam Touzani; Burning Days (Tur-Fr-Ger-Neth-Gre-Cro), Emin Alper, North American premiere; and Close (Bel-Fr-Neth), Lukas Dhont.
The list continues with: Corsage (Aus-Fr-Ger), Marie Kreutzer; Godland, (Den-Ice-Fr-Swe), Hlynur Pálmason; The Inspection (US), Elegance Bratton; The Kings Of The World (Col-Nor-Lux-Mex-Fr), Laura Mora, North American premiere; Monica (US-It), Andrea Pallaoro, North American premiere; No Bears (Ir), Jafar Panahi; Noise (Mex-Arg), Natalia Beristáin, North American premiere; One Fine Morning (Fr), Mia Hansen-Løve; R.M.N. (Rom-Fr-Bel), Cristian Mungiu; Saint Omer (Fr), Alice Diiop; and The Substitute (Arg-It-Mex-Sp-Fr), Diego Lerman, US premiere.
The New Directors Competition entries are: Falcon Lake (Can-Fr), Charlotte Le Bon, US premiere; The Great Silence (Den), Katrine Brocks, North American premiere; A Human Position (Nor), Anders Emblem, US premiere; La Maternal (Sp), Pilar Palomero, North American premiere; Luxembourg, Luxembourg (Ukr), Antonio Lukich, US premiere; Mediterranean Fever (Pal-Ger-Fr-Cyp-Qat), Maha Haj, US premiere; Metronom (Rom-Fr), Alexandru Belc, North American premiere; Piaffe (Ger), Ann Oren, US premiere; A Piece Of Sky Drii Winter (Swi-Ger), Michael Koch, US premiere; Plan 75 (Jap-Fr-Phil-Qat), Chie Hayakawa, US premiere; Runner (US-Fr-Ger), Marian Mathias, US premiere; Under The Fig Trees (Tun-Fr-Swi-Ger-Qat), Erige Sehiri, US premiere; and The Woodcutter Story (Fin-Neth-Den-Ger), Mikko Myllylahti, US premiere.
Screening in International Documentary Competition are: Alis (Col-Rom-Chil), Clare Weiskopf, Nicolás van Hemelryck, US premiere; Band (Ice), Álfrún Örnólfsdóttir US premiere; Innocence (Den-Is-Fin-Ice), Guy Davidi; North American premiere; The Killing Of A Journalist (Slo-US), Matt Sarnecki, US premiere; The March On Rome (It), Mark Cousins; The Melt Goes On Forever: The Art & Times Of David Hammons (US-Can), Judd Tully, Harold Crooks, US premiere; The Natural History Of Destruction (Ger-Lith-Neth), Sergei Loznitsa, North American premiere; Pray For Our Sinners (Ire), Sinéad O’Shea, US premiere; and The Visitors Návštěvníci (Cze-Nor-Slo), Veronika Lišková, North American premiere.
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