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Critics’ Week 2016 Announces Official Selection

The Critics’ Week, a parallel section of the Cannes Film Festival, has announced the films that will make up its Official Selection this year. The Critics’ Week is focused on discovering new cinematic talent – since it was founded by the French Union of Film Critics in 1962 its objective has been to screen first or second features by directors from all over the world.

Feature Films

Albüm, by Mehmet Can Mertoğlu (Turkey)
Diamond Island, by Davy Chou (Cambodia/France)
Grave, by Julia Ducournau (France)
Mimosas, by Oliver Laxe (Spain)
Shavua ve yom, by Asaph Polonsky (Israel)
Tramontane, de Vatche Boulghourjian (Lebanon)
A yellow bird K., by Rajagopal (Singapore)

Short Films

Arnie, by Rina B. Tsou (Taiwan/Philippines)
Ascensão, by Pedro Peralta (Portugal)
Campo de viboras, by Cristèle Alves Meira (Portugal)
O delírio é a redenção dos aflitos, by Fellipe Fernandes (Brazil)
l’enfance d’un chef, by Antoine de Bary (France)
Limbo, by Konstantina Kotzamani (Greece)
Oh what a wonderful feeling, by François Jaros (Canada)
Prenjak, by Wregas Bhanuteja (Indonesia)
Le soldat vierge, by Erwan Le Duc (France)
Superbia, by Luca Tóth (Hungary)

Opening Film

Victoria, by Justine Triet (France)

 Closing Films

Bonne figure, by Sandrine Kiberlain (France)
En moi, by Laetitia Casta (France)
Kitty, by Chloë Sevigny (USA)

 50+5 Screenings

Los pasos del agua, by César Augusto Acevedo (Colombia)
Myomano shel tzalam hatonot, by Nadav Lapid (Israel)

Special Screenings

I tempi felici verranno presto, by Alessandro Comodin (Italy)
Apnée, by Jean-Christophe Meurisse (France)

For more information, we recommend that you watch the following video, in which Charles Tesson, the director of the Critics’ Week, talks about the Official Selection from 2015 (in French, with English subtitles)