{"id":148348,"date":"2021-01-06T15:16:38","date_gmt":"2021-01-06T12:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/film-school-rejects\/"},"modified":"2021-01-06T15:16:38","modified_gmt":"2021-01-06T12:16:38","slug":"film-school-rejects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/film-school-rejects\/","title":{"rendered":"#Film School Rejects"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a269774b05dc\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a269774b05dc\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/film-school-rejects\/#20_AV_The_Hunt_Turkey\" >20. AV: The Hunt (Turkey)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/film-school-rejects\/#19_Madre_SpainFrance\" >19. Madre (Spain\/France)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/film-school-rejects\/#18_Saudi_Runaway_Switzerland\" >18. Saudi Runaway (Switzerland)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/film-school-rejects\/#17_The_Wild_Goose_Lake_China\" >17. The Wild Goose Lake (China)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/film-school-rejects\/#16_Beasts_Clawing_at_Straws_South_Korea\" >16. Beasts Clawing at Straws (South Korea)<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Film School Rejects<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\">\n                <\/aside>\n<p><!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 3.7.8--><em>This article is part of our\u00a02020 Rewind. Follow along as we explore the best and most interesting <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">movies<\/a>, shows, performances, and more from this very strange year. In this entry, we virtually <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a> beyond our border to find the best international movies of 2020.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>Every year is brimming with great international films, the majority of which slide under the American radar due to a mass leaning on English language content. That is partially understandable and partially frustrating if you know what the world of non-English film has to offer. Once upon a time, the English-speaking masses shattered through the glass ceiling of conditioned subtitle discomfort (all hail <em>Parasite<\/em>, breaker of chains), and, actually, that was only nine months ago, so everyone is looking for non-English recs now, right? Right??<\/p>\n<p>Despite the bizarre year in production and distribution, 2020 is as strong as ever in the international realm. From coming-of-age voodoo ghost stories to drunk teachers, and from corruption-revealing documentaries to BDSM as a means of healing, the films on this list range wildly in genre, style, and expression, and nearly every film comes from a different country.<\/p>\n<p>In an ever-globalizing world, films from other nations have a lot to teach us about the shared human experience and the ways in which worldviews differ (and validly so). If you\u2019re tired of old storytelling modes, <strong><i>My Mexican Bretzel <\/i><\/strong>has got you covered. If you\u2019re concerned about the American healthcare system, <strong><i>Collective <\/i><\/strong>has something to teach you about the Romanian version. If you recently kissed your childhood best friend and it turns out they weren\u2019t feeling it, you\u2019ll find the French Canadians of <strong><i>Matthias &amp; Maxime<\/i><\/strong> eerily relatable. And if you just want a good movie, you\u2019ve got twenty here to pick from, courtesy of me and Rob Hunter.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"20_AV_The_Hunt_Turkey\"><\/span>20. AV: The Hunt (Turkey)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-361118\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/av-the-hunt.jpg\" alt=\"Av The Hunt\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/av-the-hunt.jpg 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/av-the-hunt-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/av-the-hunt-160x120.jpg 160w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/av-the-hunt-320x240.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>For one reason or another, best of the year lists focused on non-English films often lean towards the classy and\/or dramatic, as evidenced by Luke\u2019s picks below. But sometimes straight-up genre fare muscles its way into consideration. This Turkish film clocks in at a lean eighty-six minutes, but it packs quite a punch along the way. Similar to 2013\u2019s more dramatically devastating <em>Before Snowfall<\/em>, it involves an attempted honor killing, but this time it\u2019s the targeted victim whom we follow in her attempt to outrun family members fueled by culture-ingrained brutality to punish her for daring to love a man beyond their <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roval. <strong><em>AV: The Hunt<\/em><\/strong> delivers a fast-moving, suspenseful, and violent ride as she seeks escape from a society unwilling to break with tradition, and it\u2019s made all the more powerful knowing her journey is based on a sad and unforgivable reality. (Rob Hunter)<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"19_Madre_SpainFrance\"><\/span>19. Madre (Spain\/France)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-361196\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/madre-spain-france-min.jpg\" alt=\"Madre Spain France\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/madre-spain-france-min.jpg 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/madre-spain-france-min-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/madre-spain-france-min-160x120.jpg 160w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/madre-spain-france-min-320x240.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Marta Nieto<\/strong> is outstanding in this criminally underseen gloomy psychological drama, perhaps the only film since 2005 to show any semblance of the profoundly strange and stirring mood that was <em>Birth<\/em>. That\u2019s in large part because there aren\u2019t many movies that stage a middle-aged woman and a young boy (in this case, a teen) across from each other in a near-romantic, near-maternal relationship, albeit one that is nearly impossible to interpret. The narrative of <em><strong>Madre<\/strong><\/em> is layered with phases of sorrow and mental instability born in the wake of loss and complicated by memory. Yet, empathy is central in <strong>Rodrigo Sorogoyen<\/strong>\u2019s new film, in which a middle-aged mother resigns herself to a quiet life waitressing near the beach after the death of her teenage son.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"18_Saudi_Runaway_Switzerland\"><\/span>18. Saudi Runaway (Switzerland)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-361116\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/saudi-runaway.jpg\" alt=\"Saudi Runaway\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/saudi-runaway.jpg 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/saudi-runaway-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/saudi-runaway-160x120.jpg 160w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/saudi-runaway-320x240.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Documentaries don\u2019t typically make my year-end picks, but that\u2019s due more to my own viewing schedules than it is to the quality of the docs. I don\u2019t typically watch them in my daily life, but I make an exception for them at film festivals. (No, I don\u2019t know why.) <em><strong>Saudi Runaway<\/strong><\/em> is one I saw at Sundance 2020 \u2014 my first and last in-person film festival of 2020 \u2014 and it\u2019s a film that\u2019s stuck with me throughout this horrid year. Directed by <strong>Susanne Regina Meures<\/strong>, it was filmed almost entirely outside of her presence while a young woman in Saudi Arabia captured her own life on an iPhone. She\u2019s heading toward an arranged marriage, one she wants no part of, and the footage she shoots shows the restrictions of an explicitly patriarchal society alongside her efforts and plans for escape. They\u2019re elaborate and precise, and the suspense becomes unbearable at times as the pieces fall into place even as the slightest wrong move could cause it all to come crashing down. The anxiety you\u2019ll feel while watching is immense, but it\u2019s dwarfed by this young woman\u2019s reality. (Rob Hunter)<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"17_The_Wild_Goose_Lake_China\"><\/span>17. The Wild Goose Lake (China)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-361197 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/wild-goose-lake-min.jpg\" alt=\"Wild Goose Lake\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/wild-goose-lake-min.jpg 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/wild-goose-lake-min-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/wild-goose-lake-min-160x120.jpg 160w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/wild-goose-lake-min-320x240.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><\/p>\n<p><em>Black Coal, Thin Ice <\/em>wowed international audiences in 2014 and became <strong>Diao Yinan<\/strong>\u2019s directorial launch pad. <strong><em>The Wild Goose Lake <\/em><\/strong>marks his first film since. Premiering at Cannes in 2019, it inevitably fell below the peerless brilliance of <em>Black Coal<\/em> but not without holding its own weight in neon neo-noir wonder. The film follows a man on the run in the Wuhan underground as he meets and sheds a rolling cast of characters. Rain is always falling. Night is always swarming. The pressure never lets up. Moped chases lead to murky, violent ends. Yinan has delivered another thrilling hunt that\u2019s difficult to forget.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"16_Beasts_Clawing_at_Straws_South_Korea\"><\/span>16. Beasts Clawing at Straws (South Korea)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-361115\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/beasts-clawing-at-straws-2.jpg\" alt=\"Beasts Clawing At Straws\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/beasts-clawing-at-straws-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/beasts-clawing-at-straws-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/beasts-clawing-at-straws-2-160x120.jpg 160w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/beasts-clawing-at-straws-2-320x240.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Twisty thrillers built on the backs of seemingly innocent characters caught up in something criminal are far from uncommon, but less frequent are examples that allow their protagonists to get a little bit dirty. Alfred Hitchcock\u2019s <em>North By Northwest<\/em> is an example of the former while Sam Raimi\u2019s <em>A Simple Plan<\/em> leans to the latter. Writer\/director <strong>Kim Yong-hoon<\/strong>\u2018s mean, surprising, and constantly moving gem <em><strong>Beasts Clawing at Straws<\/strong><\/em> belongs in that second group as a bag of cash moves through hands belonging to good and dangerous people alike. The film plays with time and expectations as characters cross paths in ways both entertaining and deadly, leading to a highly satisfying conclusion. 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