Deadline on Monday launched the streaming site for Contenders Film: International, its annual awards showcase that this year spotlighted 14 buzzy films submitted to the Oscar International Feature Film race.
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Among the writer-directors and castmembers who participated in panel conversations were Park Chan-wook with No Other Choice (South Korea), Cherien Dabis for All That’s Left of You (Jordan), Petra Volpe and star Leonie Benesch with Late Shift (Switzerland), Agnieszka Holland for Franz (Poland), Hasan Hadi for The President’s Cake (Iraq) and Shai Carmeli-Pollak for The Sea (Israel).
Also taking part were the teams from Finland’s 100 Liters of Gold, Argentina’s Belén, Italy’s Familia, Slovakia’s Father, South Africa’s The Heart Is a Muscle, Hong Kong’s The Last Dance, Slovenia’s Little Trouble Girls and Chile’s The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo.
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The films hailed from distributors and production companies including Altered Innocence; Amazon MGM Studios; Cohen Media Group; Danae Productions; Emperor Motion Pictures; It’s Alive Films; Kino Lorber; Menemsha Films; Music Box Films; Neon; Sony Pictures Classics; The Star Film Company; Tramp Ltd, Medusa Film, Indigo Film and O’Groove; and Watermelon Pictures and Visibility Films.
The virtual event took place Saturday as part of a full Contenders weekend, with the 12-film Contenders Film: Documentary rolling out Sunday. That streaming site will launch Tuesday.
