iCM Forum World Cup - Season 3 - Round 1 schedule

[joachimt]

Welcome to the schedule of iCM Forum World Cup - Season 3 - Round 1. If you don't know what this is. Read the preparation topic.

Rules in the group phase:
- You must watch all 4 films of a match before you vote.
- To vote, rank the 4 films from most favorite to least favorite. (note: you're ranking the individual films, not the countries)
- The top 2 of each group will proceed to the next round.
The winners of the match will be decided using these rules:

• Lowest average ranking determines the winner.
• In case of a tie between two movies, head-to-head determines the winner (how many people thought A>B and how many thought B>A).
• In case there's still a tie after the previous rule or there is a tie between three or four movies, most #1-votes determines the winner.
• Still a tie? Fewest #4-votes determines the winner.
• Still a tie? The match will have a 3 day extension.
• Same rules apply to determine second place, of course.

- Don't vote in this thread. Each match will have its own thread according to the schedule.

ICM-list of all movies in this World Cup

List of all topic related to the World Cup

Round 1 schedule

Group A: 2017-12-31 till 2018-1-28

Country	Original Title	English Title	Year	Manager	IMDB	ICM
Russia	Kholodnoe leto pyatdesyat tretego	The Cold Summer of 1953	1988	blocho	link	link
Iran	Gavaznha	The Deer	1974	zhangalan	link	link
Croatia	Ne okreci se sine	My Son Don't Turn Round	1956	Mochard	link	link
Burkina Faso	Buud Yam		1997	hurluberlu	link	link

Group B: 2018-1-17 till 2018-2-14

Country	Original Title	English Title	Year	Manager	IMDB	ICM
Spain	Arrebato	Rapture	1979	beavis	link	link
China	Mang jing	Blind Shaft	2003	hurluberlu	link	link
Finland	Käpy selän alla	Skin, Skin	1966	nimimerkillinen	link	link
Malaysia	Hei yan quan	I Don't Want to Sleep Alone	2006	Fergenaprido	link	link

Group C: 2018-2-4 till 2018-3-4

Country	Original Title	English Title	Year	Manager	IMDB	ICM
Hungary	Megáll az idö	Time Stands Still	1982	tarr	link	link
South Korea	Splash Splash Love		2015	mjf314	link	link
Romania	Padurea spânzuratilor	Forest of the Hanged	1965	clemmetarey	link	link
Uruguay	25 Watts		2001	toro913	link	link

Group D: 2018-2-21 till 2018-3-21

Country	Original Title	English Title	Year	Manager	IMDB	ICM
France	Une si jolie petite plage	Such a Pretty Little Beach	1949	klaus78	link	link
India	Dabba	The Lunchbox	2013	tommy_leazaq	link	link
Serbia	Paviljon VI	Ward Six	1978	Mario Gaborović	link	link
Mali	Yeelen	Brightness	1987	Fergenaprido	link	link

Group E: 2018-3-11 till 2018-4-8

Country	Original Title	English Title	Year	Manager	IMDB	ICM
Czechia	Neúplné zatmení	Incomplete Eclipse	1983	Carmel98	link	link
Australia	Samson and Delilah		2009	Daviddoes	link	link
Latvia	Motociklu vasara		1975	RogerTheMovieManiac88	link	link
Bolivia	Ukamau	And So It Is	1966	burneyfan	link	link

Group F: 2018-3-28 till 2018-4-25

Country	Original Title	English Title	Year	Manager	IMDB	ICM
Sweden	Ingeborg Holm	Margaret Day	1913	PeacefulAnarchy	link	link
Japan	Sanbiki no samurai	Three Outlaw Samurai	1964	monty	link	link
Turkey	Bulanti	Nausea	2015	XxXApathy420XxX	link	link
Lebanon	West Beyrouth (À l'abri les enfants)	West Beirut	1998	Armoreska	link	link

Group G: 2018-4-15 till 2018-5-13

Country	Original Title	English Title	Year	Manager	IMDB	ICM
England	Ice Cold in Alex		1958	funkybusiness	link	link
Hong Kong	Tou ze	A Simple Life	2011	Smoover	link	link
Bulgaria	Ritzar bez bronya	Knight Without Armour	1966	Mario Gaborović	link	link
Argentina	La casa del ángel	End of Innocence	1957	RBG	link	link

Group H: 2018-5-2 till 2018-5-30

Country	Original Title	English Title	Year	Manager	IMDB	ICM
Portugal	Recordações da Casa Amarela	Recollections of the Yellow House	1989	Pgonzalez	link	link
Taiwan	Wo zhe yang guo le yi sheng	Kuei-mei, a Woman	1985	mjf314	link	link
Georgia	Pirosmani		1969	tarr	link	link
Morocco	Le grand voyage	The Great Journey	2004	jvv	link	link

Group I: 2018-5-20 till 2018-6-17

Country	Original Title	English Title	Year	Manager	IMDB	ICM
Poland	Constans	The Constant Factor	1980	sebby	link	link
USA	The Incident		1967	filmbantha	link	link
The Netherlands	Ne me quitte pas		2013	Gershwin	link	link
Peru	La boca del lobo	In the Mouth of the Wolf	1988	sacmersault	link	link

Group J: 2018-6-6 till 2018-7-4

Country	Original Title	English Title	Year	Manager	IMDB	ICM
Greece	O fovos	The Fear	1966	tommy_leazaq	link	link
Mexico	Macario		1960	Daviddoes	link	link
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sjecas li se Dolly Bell?	Do You Remember Dolly Bell?	1981	Cynical Cinephile	link	link
Thailand	36		2012	Lonewolf2003	link	link

Group K: 2018-6-24 till 2018-7-22

Country	Original Title	English Title	Year	Manager	IMDB	ICM
Italy	C'eravamo tanto amati	We All Loved Each Other So Much	1974	toro913	link	link
Brazil	Lavoura Arcaica	To the Left of the Father	2001	Gorro	link	link
Switzerland	Reise der Hoffnung	Journey of Hope	1990	Nathan Treadway	link	link
Vietnam	Mùa len trâu	The Buffalo Boy	2004	Eve-Lang-El-Coup	link	link

Group L: 2018-7-11 till 2018-8-8

Country	Original Title	English Title	Year	Manager	IMDB	ICM
Germany	Ich war neunzehn	I Was Nineteen	1968	Lilarcor	link	link
Canada	Les bons debarras	Good Riddance	1980	Armoreska	link	link
Austria	Das finstere Tal	The Dark Valley	2014	metaller	link	link
Dominican Republic	Jean Gentil		2010	Angel Glez	link	link

[Armoreska]

Turkey and silent Sweden. Beyrouth can beat em

[RBG]

it's on

[Armoreska]

What's the 2-weeks wait for? Why not extend the deadline instead?

[monty]

This looks to be a promising Cup indeed. Job well done, guys.
However, I kinda worry that the Romanian entry will suffer from the atrocious bootleg subs, which currently are the only ones available. In fact, I found them so bad that I've been holding off watching this film.

[Angel Glez]

Very good work everybody! I count 8 films that I don't know. Groups of Death: A, L (not sure if I'll support my own baby!)

[monty]

Turkey and silent Sweden. Beyrouth can beat em

And then Japan bests them all.

[Lonewolf2003]

Have seen only a few, haven’t even heard of most either.

[monty]

Quietly pleased to note that burneyfan watched my nom a few hours ago and then promptly favorited it.

[Angel Glez]

However, I kinda worry that the Romanian entry will suffer from the atrocious bootleg subs, which currently are the only ones available. In fact, I found them so bad that I've been holding off watching this film.

Spanish subs were done with love and care.

[Armoreska]

However, I kinda worry that the Romanian entry will suffer from the atrocious bootleg subs, which currently are the only ones available. In fact, I found them so bad that I've been holding off watching this film.

Spanish subs were done with love and care.

So maybe you can fix the english ones. I'm kinda dreading it now as well having seen some of em.

[Nathan Treadway]

Hopefully my attempt at this goes okay. Guess I'll have to wait a while to find out. ;)

to good films!

[monty]

However, I kinda worry that the Romanian entry will suffer from the atrocious bootleg subs, which currently are the only ones available. In fact, I found them so bad that I've been holding off watching this film.

Spanish subs were done with love and care.

Well, the vast majority here will want the Engish subs, which sadly are vastly lacking. Personally, I'd never nominate a film with machine translated English subs.

[Mario Gaborović]

Seen 20/48. Group A looks terrifying. And if I'm not wrong, Ingeborg Holm is the oldest film we ever had in the WC.

[clemmetarey]

However, I kinda worry that the Romanian entry will suffer from the atrocious bootleg subs, which currently are the only ones available. In fact, I found them so bad that I've been holding off watching this film.

Spanish subs were done with love and care.

Well, the vast majority here will want the Engish subs, which sadly are vastly lacking. Personally, I'd never nominate a film with machine translated English subs.

Well, I do not remember the subs impacting in any way my viewing of the film to be honest. I wouldn't have picked it otherwise.

[Nathan Treadway]

What's the 2-weeks wait for? Why not extend the deadline instead?

Nobody's stopping you from watching them now.

[monty]

Spanish subs were done with love and care.

Well, the vast majority here will want the Engish subs, which sadly are vastly lacking. Personally, I'd never nominate a film with machine translated English subs.

Well, I do not remember the subs impacting in any way my viewing of the film to be honest. I wouldn't have picked it otherwise.

That's just because you're French. Otherwise, there's no way you'd stand for lines like

Look: we are going to built a beautiful home so that all the grudgers to die.

. Or even better, ones like this:

I eat a lot in the morning: Breakfast. The english method.

[monty]

Btw, mjf, did you lose your marbles? A South Korean 10 episode mini-series? Really?

[Armoreska]

Btw, mjf, did you lose your marbles? A South Korean 10 episode mini-series? Really?

He asked JT if it's allowed, and it is

[Armoreska]

Well, the vast majority here will want the Engish subs, which sadly are vastly lacking. Personally, I'd never nominate a film with machine translated English subs.

Well, I do not remember the subs impacting in any way my viewing of the film to be honest. I wouldn't have picked it otherwise.

That's just because you're French. Otherwise, there's no way you'd stand for lines like

Look: we are going to built a beautiful home so that all the grudgers to die.

. Or even better, ones like this:

I eat a lot in the morning: Breakfast. The english method.

Are you sure it's not an absurdist comedy?

[clemmetarey]

Well, the vast majority here will want the Engish subs, which sadly are vastly lacking. Personally, I'd never nominate a film with machine translated English subs.

Well, I do not remember the subs impacting in any way my viewing of the film to be honest. I wouldn't have picked it otherwise.

That's just because you're French. Otherwise, there's no way you'd stand for lines like

Look: we are going to built a beautiful home so that all the grudgers to die.

. Or even better, ones like this:

I eat a lot in the morning: Breakfast. The english method.

Fair enough Still, if these are the worst examples, they'll do just fine in my opinion. I do understand your concern though, I'd rather have subs with no mistake too.

[beavis]

can you make a round 1 ICM list joachim?

[monty]

Btw, mjf, did you lose your marbles? A South Korean 10 episode mini-series? Really?

He asked JT if it's allowed, and it is

So each episode is 70 minutes? I can't see myself finishing (or even starting) this one...

It seems Joachim lost his marbles, too.

[monty]

Still, if these are the worst examples, they'll do just fine in my opinion.

Let's hope others here feel as forgiving when they encounter passages like:

Do you live at the comandment?

- At the castle.
My husband is the nephew of the castle. It his 300 years old.

[Mario Gaborović]

Btw, mjf, did you lose your marbles? A South Korean 10 episode mini-series? Really?

He asked JT if it's allowed, and it is

So each episode is 70 minutes? I can't see myself finishing (or even starting) this one...

It seems Joachim lost his marbles, too.

Wait a second: it says 2 episodes, 60 minutes each... Are we speaking about different titles?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splash_Splash_Love

[PeacefulAnarchy]

He asked JT if it's allowed, and it is

So each episode is 70 minutes? I can't see myself finishing (or even starting) this one...

It seems Joachim lost his marbles, too.

Wait a second: it says 2 episodes, 60 minutes each... Are we speaking about different titles?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splash_Splash_Love

"It initially aired on web platform Naver TV Cast in a 10-episode format. It was then broadcast by MBC on December 13 and 20, 2015 in two 60-minute episodes"

Since it ays web series I'm guessing the episodes were 10-15 minutes long and then reconfigured

[monty]

Since it says web series I'm guessing the episodes were 10-15 minutes long and then reconfigured

Sounds really exciting.

[Mario Gaborović]

Groups of death, anyone?

[Fergenaprido]

Groups of death, anyone?

DFAL look the most difficult to predict to me.

There are some other groups that look like they'll be very competitive as well; some lesser-known countries look poised to make it to the second round. I'm already liking this new format, so let's see if my enthusiasm wanes at all over the course of the year.

[Armoreska]

Groups of death, anyone?

None of them, I think. We'll have to see post factum.

[Nathan Treadway]

Groups of death, anyone?

What are your predictions?

[monty]

Groups of death, anyone?

What are your predictions?

Here's my five cents: South Korea will win it all.

[Mario Gaborović]

Groups of death, anyone?

What are your predictions?

Don't wanna sound arrogant, but the D group, where I'm manager myself, seems to be the strongest one.

A French classic, a Chekhov adaptation, and best-known African film. I think India seems a bit weaker, but its ratings on IMDb are 7.8 so I wouldn't write it off too early.

Also the group where Japan is... I feel pity for Lebanon and Turkey. Monty's wet dreams of destroying his opponents come true.

[Armoreska]

Groups of death, anyone?

What are your predictions?

Also the group where Japan is... I feel pity for Lebanon and Turkey. Monty's wet dreams of destroying his opponents come true.

Yes, we're looking at a fierce 3-way battle for the 2nd spot, and to victor goes maximum glory.

[Angel Glez]

Don't wanna sound arrogant, but the D group, where I'm manager myself, seems to be the strongest one.

A French classic, a Chekhov adaptation, and best-known African film. I think India seems a bit weaker, but its ratings on IMDb are 7.8 so I wouldn't write it off too early.

I LOVE The Lunchbox so I guess it has very little chance.

[blocho]

If you had told me beforehand that I would face Iran, Croatia, and Burkina Faso in the first round, I would have said fine. But these look like strong films. And I'm haunted by my first round loss to Croatia last time around.

Question: I see that Buud Yam is a sequel to Wend Kuuni. Is it necessary to see the earlier film to understand/appreciate the sequel?

[Armoreska]

Why not watch them both regardless

[Angel Glez]

Question: I see that Buud Yam is a sequel to Wend Kuuni. Is it necessary to see the earlier film to understand/appreciate the sequel?

I think you should. Fortunately it's only 67' long, so the diptych does not break the rule of 3 hours maximum.

[hurluberlu]

If you had told me beforehand that I would face Iran, Croatia, and Burkina Faso in the first round, I would have said fine. But these look like strong films. And I'm haunted by my first round loss to Croatia last time around.

Question: I see that Buud Yam is a sequel to Wend Kuuni. Is it necessary to see the earlier film to understand/appreciate the sequel?

It is not necessary at all. Actually Buud Yam being an initiation journey and an identity quest where you gradually get to know the protagonist through his encounters and all the places he is visiting, it might even work better without having watched Wend Kuuni.

[Pretentious Hipster]

I guess I'll start seeing some of them. Although I have no interest and know that my choice will lose, I'll feel too guilty being a manager in this and not involved in the other matches.