Albert Serra Vicky Krieps Marcelo Gomes Felix Van-Groeningen Charlotte Vandermeersch Paolo Cognetti Emily Atef Marie Kreutzer Austria Germany Iran film performer awards premieres Munich Albert Serra Vicky Krieps Marcelo Gomes Felix Van-Groeningen Charlotte Vandermeersch Paolo Cognetti Emily Atef Marie Kreutzer Austria Germany Iran

Marcelo Gomes’ ‘Paloma’ Among 35 World Premieres at Munich Film Festival

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Leo Barraclough International Features EditorThe 39th edition of the Munich Film Festival, which runs June 23-July 2, will screen 120 films from 52 countries, including 35 world premieres, such as “Paloma” by Marcelo Gomes, one of several films in the festival that tackles the subject of trans identities.The three international competition sections will feature numerous highlights from the Cannes Film Festival, including “Corsage,” which opens the event.

Vicky Krieps was honored in Cannes with the best actress award in the Un Certain Regard section for her performance as Empress Elisabeth of Austria, also known as “Sissi.” Four films come to Munich fresh from Cannes’ main competition: “Leila’s Brothers” by Iranian director Saeed Roustayi, about a family’s struggle for survival in an Iran economically weakened by Western sanctions and consumed by corruption; “Pacifiction” by Albert Serra, in which Benoît Magimel excels as a conflicted police commissioner; “The Eight Mountains,” directed by Charlotte Vandermeersch and Felix van Groeningen, a touching adaptation of Paolo Cognetti’s novel about a friendship forged in the spectacular natural environment of the Western Alps; and Hirokazu Kore-eda returns with “Broker,” which received the award for best acting performance in Cannes for Song Kang-ho.

Many female directors are represented in the program. In the CineVision competition, 70% of the films were directed by women; in New German Cinema, it’s 60%.

Very often, these female filmmakers tell stories about women. This is certainly true of the CineMasters competition, where Marie Kreutzer’s empowering and eminently modern reinterpretation of the life of Empress Elisabeth, “Corsage,” is being screened alongside Emily Atef’s.

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