‘The Substance’ Among 16 Cannes Titles Selected for New Zealand Film Festival – Global Bulletin
variety.comPatrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Coralie Fargeat’s Demi Moore-starring feminist body horror film “The Substance” has been set as the closing night title for the New Zealand International Film Festival.
The picture is one of 16 which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival last month selected for the NZIFF which is now under the artistic leadership of Paolo Bertolin.
The NZIFF’s Fresh” strand features: “Good One,” by India Donaldson (daughter of New Zealand cinema legend Roger Donaldson); “To A Land Unknown,” by Mahdi Fleifel; Truong Minh Quý’s “Viet and Nam” a journey of young miners in Vietnam; Mo Harawe’s “The Village Next to Paradise”; and Agathe Riedinger’s “Wild Diamond.” The “Widescreen” strand showcases films including: Chinese director Guan Hu’s Un Certain Regard-winning “Black Dog”; Mohammad Rasoulof’s “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” which took home Cannes’ Special Jury Prize; Boris Lojkine’s “The Story of Souleymane”; and Rúnar Rúnarsson’s “When the Light Breaks.”“All We Imagine As Light,” by Payal Kapadia, the first Indian film in 30 years to compete at Cannes and the winner of the Grand Prix, will feature in the Visions strand, along with Gints Zilbalodis’ “Flow” and Miguel Gomes’ “Grand Tour,” which earned the best director award and depicts a civil servant’s journey across Asia in 1917 while fleeing his wedding.
The festival’s Journeys strand highlights “Armand” by Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel, which won the Caméra d’Or for best first feature.
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