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Discovering World Cinema

By: Ally the Manic Listmak​er

One film per country list

I’ve seen films from 81+ countries (country/example):

North America (5)
Martinique (Rue cases nègres/Sugar Cane Alley)
USA (The Royal Tenenbaums)
Canada (The Sweet Hereafter)
Mexico (Japón/Japan)
Cuba (Memorias del subdesarrollo)

South America (7)
Argentina (Nueve Reinas/Nine Queens)
Bolivia (La nación clandestina)
Brazil (City of God)
Chile (Jackal of Nahueltoro)
Colombia (Maria Full of Grace) Note: IMDB also lists Ecuador and USA as the country.
Peru (La teta asustada/The Milk of Sorrow) Note: IMDB also lists Spain as the country.
Venezuela (Araya) [ Cyclo XXX’s list ]

Africa (14)
Burkina Faso (Sia, le rêve du python)
Cameroon (Chocolat)
Chad (Daratt/Dry Season)
Cote d’Ivoire (Black and White in Color)
Mali (Yeelen/Brightness)
Mauritania (Heremakono/Waiting for Happiness)
Senegal (Touki Bouki)
South Africa (Tsotsi)
Tunisia (Silences of the Palace)
Egypt (The Curlew’s Cry/The Nightingale’s Prayer)"
Algeria (La battaglia di Algeri/The Battle of Algiers)
Morocco (Indigènes/Days of Glory) Note: IMDB also lists the country as France and Belgium.
Zimbabwe (Everyone’s Child)
Zaire (La vie est belle/Life is Rosy)

Europe (28)
England (Secrets & Lies)
Scotland (Ratcatcher) Note: IMDB says UK, but Lynne Ramsay is from Scotland
Ireland (Hunger (2008))
France (La double vie de Véronique) Note: IMDB also lists Poland and Norway as the country.
Spain (Hable con ella/Talk to Her)
Portugal (Um Filme Falado/A Talking Picture)
Italy (Vincere)
(West) Germany (The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant)
Austria (Benny’s Video) Note: IMDB also lists Switzerland as the country. [ Pawelito’s List ]
Switzerland (Höhenfeuer/Alpine Fire) [ Kolar’s List ]
Greece (Mia aioniotita kai mia mera/Eternity and a Day)
Albania (The Forgiveness of Blood)
Poland (Zezowate szczescie/Bad Luck)
Romania (Politist, adj./Police, Adjective)
Bulgaria (Kradetzat na praskovi/The Peach Thief)
Hungary (Sátántangó)
Lithuania (A Casa/The House)
Bosnia & Herzegovina (No Man’s Land) Note: IMDB also lists Slovenia, Italy, France, UK, Belgium as the country.
Macedonia (Before the Rain)
Belgium (L’enfant)
Finland (Match Factory Girl)
Sweden (Låt den rätte komma in/Let the Right One In)
Denmark (Breaking the Waves) Note: IMDB also lists Sweden, France, Netherlands , Norway, Iceland as the country.
Norway (Oslo, 31. august)
Iceland (Heima)
The Netherlands (Antonia’s Line)
Czechoslovakia …now Czech Republic and Slovakia (Obchod na korze/Shop on Main Street)
-Slovakia (Záhrada/The Garden)
Yugoslavia (no longer a country): (Underground)
-Serbia: When Father Was Away on Business (Emir Kusturica)
Estonia (Püha Tõnu kiusamine/The Temptation of St. Tony)

Middle-East/Asia (25)
Turkey (Susuz yaz/Dry Summer)
Syria (Al-makhdu’un/The Dupes)
Afghanistan (The Kite Runner)
Iran (Nema-ye Nazdik/Close-Up)
Iraq (Lakposhtha parvaz mikonand/Turtles Can Fly)
Israel (Ajami)
Palestine (Paradise Now)
Lebanon (Sukkar banat/Caramel) Note: IMDB also lists the country as France.
Armenia (Sayat Nova/Color of Pomegranates)
Ukraine (Earth)
Georgia (The Loneliest Planet)
Russia (Chelovek s kino-apparatom/Man With the Movie Camera) Note: Country is officially the “Soviet Union” (Filmed in Ukraine and Moscow, Russia)
India (Aparajito)
Sri Lanka (Song of Ceylon)
Thailand (Sang sattawat/Syndromes and a Century)
Vietnam (Mùi du du xanh – L’odeur de la papaye verte/The Scent of Green Papaya)
The Philippines (The Perfumed Nightmare)
Indonesia (Leák/Mystics in Bali) not in the Auteurs database
South Korea (Madeo/Mother)
China (Huozhe/To Live)
-Taiwan (Yi Yi) Note: Taiwan is claimable by China
-Hong Kong (Fa yeung nin wa/In the Mood For Love) IMDB’s Note: Hong Kong is a Special Administrative Region of China.
Singapore (Shier lou/12 Storeys)
Japan (Onna ga kaidan wo agaru toki/When a Woman Ascends the Stairs)
Laos (Extract of LAOS IMAGES SAUVÉES from director Madeleine Riffaud featured in Olivier Assayas’ Apres/MaiSomething in the Air)

Australia/Oceania (2)
Australia (Rabbit-Proof Fence)
New Zealand (An Angel at My Table)

Countries to see films from (140+):
Andorra | Angola | Antigua and Barbuda | Azerbaijan
The Bahamas | Bahrain | Bangladesh | Barbados | Belarus | Belize | Benin | Bhutan | Botswana | Brunei | Bulgaria | Burundi
Cambodia | Cape Verde | Central African Republic | China Comoros | Republic of the Congo | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Costa Rica | Croatia | Cyprus
Djibouti | Dominica | Dominican Republic
East Timor | Ecuador | El Salvado | Equatorial Guinea | Eritrea | Ethiopia
Fiji
Gabon | The Gambia | Ghana | Grenada | Guatemala | Guinea | Guinea-Bissau | Guyana
Haiti | Honduras
Jamaica
Jordan
Kazakhstan | Kenya | Kiribati | Korea, North | Kosovo | Kuwait | Kyrgyzstan
Latvia | Lesotho | Liberia | Libya | Liechtenstein | Luxembourg
Madagascar | Malawi | Malaysia | Maldives | Malta | Marshall Islands | Mauritius | Federated States of Micronesia | Moldova | Monaco | Mongolia | Montenegro | Mozambique | Myanmar (Burma)
Namibia | Nauru | Nepal | Nicaragua | Niger | Nigeria
Oman
Pakistan | Palau | Panama | Papua New Guinea | Paraguay | Puerto Rico
Qatar
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis | Saint Lucia | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Samoa | San Marino | Sao Tome and Principe | Saudi Arabia | Serbia | Seychelles | Sierra Leone | Slovakia | Slovenia | Solomon Islands | Somalia | Sudan | Sudan, South | Suriname | Swaziland | Syria
Tajikistan | Tanzania | Togo | Tonga | Trinidad and Tobago | Turkmenistan | Tuvalu
United Arab Emirates | Uruguay | Uzbekistan
Vanuatu | Vatican City
Wales
Yemen
Zambia

2013
Saw films from Cote d’Ivoire, Mauritania, and Zaire for the first time.

2012
Saw films from Norway, Zimbabwe, and Bolivia for the first time.

2011
Saw films from Chad, Sri Lanka, Albania, Georgia, and Iceland for the first time.

2010 Goal To see films from 10 different countries I’ve never seen a film from before.
Progress with Goals (10/10): Singapore, Burkina Faso, Cuba, Macedonia, Egypt, Tunisia, Chile, The Philippines, Finland, Lithuania

2009
Saw films from Peru, Turkey, and Iran for the first time.

Dividing by country

Here is a link to the preliminary 2009 Oscar nominations for best foreign language film.

List of all the countries in the world

Visit my site: Cinema Becomes Her

 

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Tatjana Suskic

16Nov11

why don't you change Yugoslavia to Serbia?

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Jonny Souster

22Aug11

lots of good stuff here, seen a few of these but great idea to go through them like this. the amount you've seen is really impressive. only one query - isn't the The Kite Runner an American film? it is about Afghanistan, sure, but its pretty Hollywood. Did a little bit of research and found there have been some feature films made since the Taliban were overthrown, Zolykha's Secret for example. I might have a watch.

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    Ally the Manic Listmaker

    22Aug11

    Thanks for your comment. I agree with you. However, a Moroccan-American girl I met insisted that I should add The Kite Runner. I decided, okay, I would add it, although I had never thought about it. It is more about the locale and the story than where the funding comes from. If I saw a movie with Isabelle Huppert that was based on a Moliere play, but was funded by the Egyptian government, I guess I would still consider it French.

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    Jonny Souster

    22Aug11

    good point. it depends what you intended by the list. if you wanted to learn about these countries and their cultures then a film made by an outsider might do as good a job and offer more. besides it's your list so you can do what you like! its a great film, i loved it. i lent it to a friend about an hour ago.

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3eyes

18May11

What a fascinating project! (Clap clap) I suggest you regard Taiwan & China as different countries. There are lots of fascinating films from both. One of my favorites from China is "Mongolian Ping Pong." (I'm a little confused about Mongolia's relationship to China.) Anyway, here are a few more countries: 1. Kyrgyzstan - Beshkempir / The adopted son.... 2. Kazakhstan - Tulpan.... 3. Bhutan - Milarepa: Magician, Murderer, Saint; The cup.... 4. Jordan - Captain Abu Raed.... 5. Rwanda - Munyurangabo... 6. Chad - Daratt / Dry season.... 7. Pakistan - Khuda Kay Liye (In the Name of God).... 8. Iceland - 101 Rejkavik; Noi the Albino; Children of Nature....

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Theo Pappas

6Aug10

Great list! I love world cinema, you're really well versed.

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