Oldenburg Unveils First Wave of Premieres for 32nd Edition

The Oldenburg International Film Festival Has Unveiled the FIRST TITLES OF ITS 32ND EDITION, HIGHLIGHTING A SLATE OF WORRLD Premieres and Debuts with Strong SHOWINGS FRIAN IRISH CINANH CEME Cannes, Karlovy Vary, and Locarno.

Three New Irish Productions Anchor This Year’s Program. Jim Sheridan, A Six-Time Oscar Nominee, Teams with David Merrimean on Re-CreationWHICH REVISITS The Contested Case of Ian Bailey, Long Linked to the 1996 Murder of Sophie Toscan Du Plantier. The Film Premiered at Tribeca and Features Vicky Krieps and John Connors.

Connors also stars in Crazy LoveThe DEBUT FEATURE by Stage Director Kevin Trecy and Cinematographer Jason Byrne. The Drama, About An Unlikely Romance in a Psychiatric Hospital, Will Have Its World Premiere at Oldenburg. Rounding Out the Irish Spotlight is Horseshoe From Edwin Mullane and Adam O’Keeffe, A Family Drama with Supernatural Elements that Won Best Irish FIRST FILLM AT GALWAY.

Additional Highlights Include Ondřej Provazník’s Broken voiceswhochh premiered in karlovy vary; Vincent Grashaw’s KEEP QUietwho dbutked in locarno and features lou Diamond phillips; an The Girl in the SnowLouise Hemon’s Debut that screened in cannes ‘Critics’ Week. The Festival Will Also Screen Ben Leonberg’s Good BoyWHICH Premiered at SXSW.

World Premieres Include Alejandro Castro Arias’ Harakiri, and Miss YouGuillaume Campanacci’s The Silent SinnerNancy biniadaki’s MaysoonCris tapia marchiori’s Gunmanand Jérôme vandwattyne’s Belgian Satire Summer Hit Machine.

Oldenburg have also unveiled this year’s festival trailer. Directed by Edgar Pêra (Telegraphic Letters, Magnetick Pathways), and co-punied with festival Director Torsten Neumann, It Reimagines Hg Wells’ The War of the Worlds with An alien Invasion Set Loose on the Streets of the Northern German City.

The Short Film Will Launch in Cinemas Nationwide in Germany on Aug. 21. YOU CAN CHECK IT OUT NOW BLOW.