Nortel
Networks Palm Springs Int'l Film Festival

January 11 - 22 (Palm Spring, CA)

Beyond
the Gala Screenings, Palm Springs is closely observed by the film
community for its screenings of Oscar contenders in the Foreign-Language
category. With 46 (down by one from lasts year's record-breaking
47) films submitted to the Academy, the festival is presenting 33
during its 10-day event. Among them, Ecuador's first time entry
to the Oscars - Dreams from the Center, the favored film
to win - Ang Lee's Crouching Tigger, Hidden Dragon, a past
Oscar winner - Switzerland's Xavier Koller (Journey of Hope,
1990) and Hong Kong's strong contender - In the Mood for
Love, which could possibly bring home the first Oscar for Hong
Kong.

Finland:
Seven Songs from the Tundra by Anastasia Lapsui and Markku
Lehmuskallio Denmark: A Place Nearby by Kaspar Rostrup

Mexico: Love's
a Bitch by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Germany: No
Place to Go by Oscar Roehler

China: Breaking the Silence by Sun Zhou

Brazil: Me,
You, Them by Andrucha Waddington

Norway: Odd Little Man by Stein Leikanger

Argentina: Felicidades by Emilio Bender

The Netherlands: Little Crumb by Maria Peters

Israel: Time of Favor by Joseph Cedar

Italy: The
Hundred Steps by Marco Tullio Giodana

Switzerland: Gripsholm by Xavier Koller

Poland: Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease by Krzysztof
Zanussi

Russia: His Wife's Diary by Alexey Uchitel

Georgia: 27
Missing Kisses by Nana Djordjadze

Iran: A
Time for Drunken Horses by Bahman Ghobadi

Venezuela: Devil Gold by José Ramón Novoa

Sweden: Songs
from the Second Floor by Roy Andersson

Turkey: Run for Money by Reha Erdem

Austria: The Stranger by Götz Spielmann

Czech Republic: Divided We Fall by Jan Hrebejk

Korea: Chunhyang
by Im Kwon-taek

Ecuador: Dreams from the Center by Carlos Naranjo Estrella


Belgium: Everybody Famous by Dominique Deruddere

Yugoslavia: Sky Hook by Ljubisa Samardzic

France: The
Taste of Others by Agnès Jaoui

Chile: Coronacion
by Silvio Caiozzi

Croatia: Marshall Tito's Spirit by Vinko Bresan

Thailand: 6ixty-Nin9
by Pen-ek Ratanaruang

Hungary: Glamour by Frigyes Gödrös

Greece: Peppermint
by Costas Kapakas

Taiwan: Crouching
Tiger, Hidden Dragon by Ang Lee

Hong Kong: In
the Mood for Love by Wong Kar-Wai

Presentation


Gala
Films

Special
Guests

Midfest
Report

Awards


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