La película española, Los Girasoles Ciegos, de José Luis Cuerda, no aparece en ninguna quiniela sobre las películas que puedan pasar el primer corte. Lo tiene muy difícil.
Entre los candidatos hay un país que se estrena, Jordania y otro que no suele ser habitual, Reino Unido, que participa con una película en galés.
Afganistán: “Opium War,” Siddiq Barmak, director;
Albania: “The Sorrow of Mrs. Schneider,” Piro Milkani and Eno Milkani, directors;
Argelia: “Masquerades,” Lyes Salem, director;
Argentina: “Lion’s Den,” Pablo Trapero, director;
Austria: “Revanche,” Gotz Spielmann, director;
Azerbayán: “Fortress,” Shamil Nacafzada, director;
Bangladesh: “Aha!,” Enamul Karim Nirjhar, director;
Bélgica: “Eldorado,” Bouli Lanners, director;
Bosnia y Herzegovina: “Snow,” Aida Begic, director;
Brasil: “Last Stop 174,” Bruno Barreto, director;
Bulgaria: “Zift,” Javor Gardev, director;
Canadá: “The Necessities of Life,” Benoit Pilon, director;
Chile: “Tony Manero,” Pablo Larrain, director;
China: “Dream Weavers,” Jun Gu, director;
Colombia: “Dog Eat Dog,” Carlos Moreno, director;
Croacia: “No One’s Son,” Arsen Anton Ostojic, director;
República Checa: “The Karamazovs,” Petr Zelenka, director;
Dinamarca: “Worlds Apart,” Niels Arden Oplev, director;
Egipto: “The Island,” Sherif Arafa, director;
Estonia: “I Was Here,” Rene Vilbre, director;
Finlandia: “The Home of Dark Butterflies,” Dome Karukoski, director;
Francia: “The Class,” Laurent Cantet, director;
Georgia: “Mediator,” Dito Tsintsadze, director;
Alemania: “The Baader Meinhof Complex,” Uli Edel, director;
Grecia: “Correction,” Thanos Anastopoulos, director;
Hong Kong: «Painted Skin,” Gordon Chan, director;
Hungría: “Iska’s Journey,” Csaba Bollok, director;
Islandia: “White Night Wedding,” Baltasar Kormakur, director
India: “Taare Zameen Par,” Aamir Khan, director;
Irán: “The Song of Sparrows,” Majid Majidi, director;
Israel: “Waltz with Bashir,” Ari Folman, director;
Italia: “Gomorra,” Matteo Garrone, director;
Japón: “Departures,” Yojiro Takita, director;
Jordania: “Captain Abu Raed,” Amin Matalqa, director;
Kazajistán: “Tulpan,” Sergey Dvortsevoy, director;
Corea del Sur: “Crossing,” Tae-kyun Kim, director;
Kirguistán: “Heavens Blue,” Marie Jaoul de Poncheville, director;
Letonia: “Defenders of Riga,” Aigars Grauba, director;
Líbano: “Under the Bombs,” Philippe Aractingi, director;
Lituania: “Loss,” Maris Martinsons, director;
Luxemburgo: “Nuits d’Arabie,” Paul Kieffer, director;
Macedonia: “I’m from Titov Veles,” Teona Strugar Mitevska, director;
México: “Tear This Heart Out,” Roberto Sneider, director;
Marruecos: “Goodbye Mothers,” Mohamed Ismail, director
Países Bajos: “Dunya & Desie,” Dana Nechushtan, director;
Noruega: “O’Horten,” Bent Hamer, director;
Palestina: “Salt of This Sea” Annemarie Jacir, director;
Filipinas: “Ploning,” Dante Nico Garcia, director;
Polonia: “Tricks,” Andrzej Jakimowski, director;
Portugal: “Our Beloved Month of August,” Miguel Gomes, director;
Rumanía: “The Rest Is Silence,” Nae Caranfil, director;
Rusia: “Mermaid,” Anna Melikyan, director;
Serbia: “The Tour,” Goran Markovic, director;
Singapur: “My Magic,” Eric Khoo, director;
Eslovaquia: “Blind Loves,” Juraj Lehotsky, director;
Eslovenia: “Rooster’s Breakfast,” Marko Nabersnik, director;
Sudáfrica: “Jerusalema,” Ralph Ziman, director;
España: “Los Girasoles Ciegos (The Blind Sunflowers)” Jose Luis Cuerda, director;
Suecia: “Everlasting Moments,” Jan Troell, director;
Suiza: “The Friend,” Micha Lewinsky, director;
Taiwan: “Cape No. 7,” Te-Sheng Wei, director;
Tailandia: “Love of Siam,” Chookiat Sakveerakul, director;
Turquía: “3 Monkeys,” Nuri Bilge Ceylan, director;
Ucrania: “Illusion of Fear,” Aleksandr Kiriyenko, director;
Reino Unido: “Hope Eternal,” Karl Francis, director;
Uruguay: “Kill Them All,” Esteban Schroeder, director;
Venezuela: “The Color of Fame,” Alejandro Bellame Palacios, director.
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