A sprinkling of Cannes, Locarno and Venice with a major awards contender from Sundance (and Directors’ Fornight) in Once Upon a Time in Harlem are among the eleven feature film selections in the Wavelengths programme, Curated by Andréa Picard, we find Quinzaine selected items by Lisandro Alonso and Radu Jude coming with La libertad doble and The Diary of a Chambermaid. Denis Côté showcases his Locarno selected Nobody’s Violence. Mariano Llinás nears the five hour mark with Lido selected Life of Jorge Luis Borges. Here are the selections:
Wavelengths Features
At Night | Beatrice Gibson | United Kingdom, France – North American Premiere
La libertad doble | Lisandro Alonso | Chile, Argentina, Luxembourg, Germany, United Kingdom – North American Premiere
Everything Else is Noise (Lo demás es ruido) | Nicolás Pereda | Germany, Canada, Mexico – North American Premiere
Life of Jorge Luis Borges (Biografía de Jorge Luis Borges) | Mariano Llinás | Argentina – North American Premiere
London | Sebastian Brameshuber | Austria – North American Premiere
My Wife Cries (Meine Frau Weint) | Angela Schanelec | Germany, France – North American Premiere
Nobody’s Violence (Violence du corps de l’autre) | Denis Côté | Canada – North American Premiere
Once Upon a Time in Harlem | William Greaves, David Greaves | USA – Canadian Premiere
The Black Box is Orange | Yuula Benivolski | Canada – World Premiere
The Diary of a Chambermaid (Le journal d’une femme de chambre) | Radu Jude | France, Romania -North American Premiere
The Remotes | John Torres | Philippines – World Premiere
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