International Awards Contenders: World Cinema Now!

Meet this year’s top international auteurs! From Chile and Colombia to North Macedonia, Poland, and Tunisia, this year’s Chicago International Film Festival showcases many of the movies submitted as their country’s official entry in the Oscar race for Best International Feature Film. As the United States becomes more isolated from the rest of the world, their urgent, touching, and beautifully crafted stories feel more important than ever to watch and bear witness to. Take part in this engaging conversation about the current state of world cinema, and how their makers have crafted films that resonate across borders.

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Panelists

Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke, director of A Useful Ghost (Thailand)

Diego Céspedes, director of The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo (Chile)

Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, directors of Young Mothers (Belgium)

Agnieszka Holland, director of Franz (Poland)

Tamara Kotevska, director of The Tale of Silyan (North Macedonia)

Odessa Rae, producer of The Voice of Hind Rajab (Tunisia)

Simón Mesa Soto, director of A Poet (Colombia)