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Sarajevo Film Fest Opener; San Sebastian’s Spanish Selection & Rúnar Rúnarsson Heads To Venice With Short Film – Festival Briefs

Sarajevo Film Fest Opener; San Sebastian's Spanish Selection & Rúnar Rúnarsson Heads To Venice With Short Film - Festival Briefs

He broke out internationally with his Bosnia War inspired No Man’s Land which clinched the Oscar and Golden Globe for best foreign language film in 2002. Iciar Bollain’s I’m Nevenka, Pedro Martín-Calero’s The Wailing, Pilar Palomero’s Glimmers and Albert Serra’s Tardes de Soledad will compete for the festival’s top Golden Shell award in the main competition. The 13-title Horizons shorts selection, announced by Venice on Friday, will also showcase Cansu Baydar’s Almost Certainly False(Turkey) Rand Beiruty’s Shadow(France, Jordan), Roberto Catani’s Il Burattino e La Balena(France, Italy), Tian Guan’s The Poison Ca t (China), Atefeh Jalali’s Ajar(Iran), Oliver McGoldrick’s Three Keenings(UK, Ireland, U.S.), Moara Passoni’s My Mother Is A Cow(Brazil), Mariachiara Pernisa, Luca Ferri and Morgan Menegazzo’s René Va Alla Guerra(Italy, Slovenia), Andres Rodríguez’s James(Guatemala, Mexico), Arshia Shakiba’s Who Loves The Sun(Canada), Jeannie Sui Wonders’s Moon Lake(U.S.) and Joe Weiland and Finn Constantine’s Marion(France, UK).

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