HOPE FOR HOPE?
Alex Billington at First Showing.net posted that Cannes competition choice Hope will be released in the U.S. on Sept. 9th which means it's a film that could play TFF #53...but it's cutting it very tight. TFF will conclude on Monday, Sept. 7th. The film made a minor splash at Cannes and ended that fest with a 6.15 rating on the Cannes-ratins.org website.
IMDb describes it:
"A mysterious discovery is made on the outskirts of the remote harbor town. The residents find themselves in a desperate fight for survival against something they have never encountered before."
The film is being distributed domestically by NEON which doesn't diminish any chance that it could play TFF.
For the moment I'm going to put it in the "possible but not probable" column.
https://www.firstshowing.net/schedule2026/#aug
As a matter of fact...
ANNOUNCED RELASE DATES FOR TFF POSSIBLE FILMS
Digger 10/2 (Has been announced as not planning any festival exposure)
The Social Reckoning 10/9
Wild Horse Nine 11/6
I Play Rocky 11/13
YELLOW LETTERS AND BERLIN
Mubi posted an overview of Ilker Catak's Berlin Golden Bear winner Yellow Letters on Monday which reminded me that I haven't really mentioned that I think it has a very good shot at making the TFF lineup. Catak was at Telluride in 2023 with The Teacher's lounge which ended up with an Oscar nomination for Best International Feature.
The description for Yellow Letters goes like this:
"The marriage of Derya and Aziz is under pressure after losing their jobs because of state arbitrariness and moving to Istanbul to live with Aziz's parents. They and their 13-year-old daughter Ezgi have to redefine their way of life."
Additionally, I think the other Berlin film that might show at The SHOW is Markus Schleinzer's Rose starring the actress of the moment Sandra Huller. Huller won the Berlin award for Best Actress. Rose is also being distributed by MUBI.
The description for Rose:
"A woman in the early 17th century, who is disguised as a man and wants to be a good citizen at any cost."
I'm not saying these are locks for TFF #53 by any means but, I wouldn't be surprised if one or both where in the lineup on announcement morning.
https://mubi.com/en/notebook/posts/being-powerless-but-ethical-in-erdogan-s-new-turkey-ilker-catak-s-yellow-letters
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