This was yet another year of extraordinary international cinema and our team picked their choices for the top foreign-language films of 2021.
Author: Ricardo Gallegos
Ricardo Gallegos
Ricardo is a Mexico City-based bilingual writer, Certified Rotten Tomatoes film critic and Digital Animation graduate. He loves cats, Mass Effect, Paddington and is the founder of the film website “La Estatuilla.
Brazil’s 2022 Oscar submission ‘Deserto Particular’ is an sensorial erotic experience about love, desire, and transformation.
Aleksandra Terpińska’s award-winning social drama ‘Other People’ is a unique and very original musical portrait of Polish society.
The Silence of the Mole is the extraordinary story behind a man who infiltrated a violent Guatemalan regime to shine a light on its atrocities.
14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible follows inspiring climber Nirmal “Nims” Purja as he conquers the 14 eight-thousanders in record time.
Heddy Honigmann’s 100UP is a moving portrait of life and longing that follows the life of a handful of centenarians around the world.
‘The First Wave’ puts you in the middle of a NY hospital to experience the horror and human cost of the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Once Upon a Time in Uganda is a heartfelt documentary about the artistic passion and filmmaking magic behind Uganda’s Wakaliwood.