Umbutho we Umnyhadala weSan Sebastian ubhengeze iifilimu eziza kuboniswa kwicandelo lePerlas kulo nyaka.
Iifilimu ezili-18 ezikhethwe phakathi kwezona zibalaseleyo ezithe zadlula kolona khuphiswano lubalulekileyo ehlabathini njenge Berlinale, i Umkhosi weCannes okanye ye Sundance.
Phakathi kweefilimu ezidibana kulo nyaka kwicandelo lePerlas, ophumelele i-Golden Bear eBerlinale uvelele ngakumbi.Amalahle aMnyama, uMkhenkce obhityileyo» kunye nophumelele iPalme d'Or «Ukulala ebusika«.
Sikwafumana ezinye iifilimu ezimbini eziphumelele ibhaso eCannes, ezifana «Mama«, ibhaso leJury ex aequo kunye «Isizwe» ophumelele kakhulu kwiVeki yabagxeki kukhuphiswano lwaseFransi kunye noyena ubalaseleyo kuMnyhadala weSundance wokugqibela, «Iintsuku ezingama-20.000 eMhlabeni«, ifilimu ephumelele ibhaso lolona khokelo lubalaseleyo kukhuphiswano lwefilimu oluzimeleyo.
Iifilimu ezikhethiweyo zecandelo Perlas:
"Iintsuku ezingama-20.000 emhlabeni" ngu-Iain Forsyth kunye noJane Pollard (e-UK)
"Amalahle aMnyama, uMkhenkce oNcinci" nguYinan Diao (eTshayina)
"I-Bande de filles" nguCéline Sciamma (eFransi)
"Ndibambe Tata" nguDaniel Wolfe (UK)
"César Chávez" ngu-Diego Luna (eMexico/eUnited States)
"Difret" nguZeresnay Berhane Mehari (USA)
"KuseManzini" nguNaomi Kawase (eJapan/France/Spain)
"Gett, Uvavanyo lukaViviane Amsalem" nguRonit Elkabetz kunye noShlomi Elkabetz (uSirayeli/iFransi/eJamani)
"Ibali leNkosazana uKaguya" nguIsao Takahata (eJapan)
"Ubuthongo basebusika" nguNuri Bilge Ceylan (iTurkey / iFransi / iJamani)
"La Chambre Bleue" nguMathieu Amalric (eFransi)
"Uthando luyamangalisa" ngu-Ira Sachs (USA)
"Umama" nguXavier Dolan (Canada)
I-Pasolini nguAbel Ferrara (eFransi/eItali/eBelgium)
"Isizwe" nguMyroslav Slaboshpytskiy (Ukraine)
"Amabali asendle" nguDamián Szifrón (Argentina/Spain)
"Retour à Ithaque" nguLauren Cantet (eFransi)
"Ityuwa Yomhlaba" nguWim Wenders kunye noJuliano Ribeiro Salgado (eFransi)