You would imagine that with IMDb and Wikipedia at our fingertips we would be able to find all films that might interest us. All important films from all countries. Alas, to a certain extent, we often have to rely on people ‘in the know’. With a group as international as we are why not recommend some films from your own country that are seldom talked about and just waiting to be discovered?
Those that wish to take part should email me up to five films from their own country that non-natives may be unfamiliar with and I will prepare a page full of gems for others to discover.
Some points to consider:
- I’ll not be checking passports 🙂 so if you are more familiar with the film industry of another country, then pick that one.
- Ideally the films should be available for all to see with English subtitles (in line with the language of IFG). That is, via DVD or a streaming service (trying not to support illegal downloads 🙂 ).
- When emailing me your list, feel free to add a short personal reflection, or details about the film.
25/05/2020 EDIT: Please do feel free to include forgotten/hidden gems from any country/various countries, just include the country with your recommendation.
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I have got 19 that I am trying to narrow down – there are some fantastic gems that I need to share!
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This is a cool idea; I’ll need some time to think about it.
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Thanks. I thought it was a nice idea too. No hurry at all!
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yes, I think I might be able to come up with a couple of suggestions although it is tricky for Greek films to be both relatively unknown and available on DVD with subtitles….a very tiny cross-section of the Greek films I have seen…especially since some of these I didn’t like much so I wouldn’t recommend…I’ll think about it though. but I guess I am more interesting to see others’ suggestions. 🙂
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You can always dip into the cinema of another country if you cannot come up with anything 🙂 Between us there are not that many countries represented.
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ha! I meant interested…I am not that interesting…:P
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It may be a bit surprising, but I haven’t seen that many Romanian movies and most of the ones I’ve seen I wasn’t a big fan of 😛 but I will think about a few suggestions and see what I can come up with. 🙂
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If you get stuck you can always suggest some films from other countries too 🙂
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Thanks, Rob!
I’m not the biggest fan of German cinema. Given the budget of its film industry and amount of talent the outcome every year is just so pathetic. But every now and then – when Jupiter aligns with Pluto – we do get some fantastic films.
The Polish movies that tend to get the most positive accolades internationally are the ones dealing with “dark topics”, so I’ll try to focus more on the funny side of my other home country’s cinema.
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I am aware of a few forgotten/hidden gems that I would list for Germany – so I’ll be interested to see if they appear on anyone’s list.
Looking forward to seeing what you come up with for Poland 🙂 I have not received any yet, so I might have to set a deadline.
I really don’t mind what country people choose – could be films from multiple countries – I initially thought that people might be most familiar with independent and unknown films from their own country, but I do not think this is the case.
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Btw I haven’t seen “Blinded By the Light” yet, but when I do this week I’ll send you my gems along with the rating.
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Great, thanks 🙂 I hope you enjoy Blinded by the Light 🙂
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I’ll edit the page!
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