Repped by Rezo Film for world sales among the directors represented are Bulgaria’s Kamen Kalev, Romania’s Cristi Puiu and Aida Begic from Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Poland scores three slots in the official line-up with Fragmenty, a graduation film by Agnieszka Woszczyńska, a feature co-production between Argentina, Poland and France entitled Refugiado (Polish title: Pod ochroną), lensed by Wojciech Staroń and Niebieski pokój, an animated film by Tomasz Siwiński, will screen at the 67th Cannes International Film Festival. All three films have been co-financed by the Polish Film Institute.
Croatia also scores a slot in the Critics Week short film competition with the German-Croatian co-production The Chicken, written and directed by Una Gunjak and shot entirely in Zagreb. The Croatian co-producer of The Chicken is Siniša Juričić from Nukleus film which had an international hit as the coproducer of Sofia’s Last Ambulance.
The Czech Republic is represented in the ACID by The Way Out directed by Petr Václav a French, Czech coproduction about a young Romani couple who try to live a decent life against a background of society’s prejudices.
Two Romanian short films have been selected. L1-L5 starring Ana Ularu in the main role, directed by Letitia Rosculet and produced by Cloud9film is selected in the Short Film Corner section.
The short film It Can Pass Through the Wall based on Anton Chekhov’s short story “ In the coach-house” and directed by Radu Jude, was selected in the section Quinzaine des Realisateurs. The film is produced by Radu Jude and Ada Solomon. The film is a 100% coproduction by Micro Film, Mitra Film and Cinelabs Romania.
CEE Talent in Cannes Official Line-up
Les Ponts De Sarajevo (Out of Competition)
Director : Jean-Luc Godard, Ursula Meier, Sergei Loznitsa, Cristi Puiu (Romania), Aida Begic (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Angela Schanelec, Isild le Besco, Kamen Kalev (Bulgaria), Vincenzo Marra, Leonardo di Costanzo, Vladimir Perisic (Serbia), Marc Recha, Teresa Villaverde
Directors’ Fortnight
Short Films
Fragmenty directed by Agnieszka Woszczyńska (Poland)
Production: Łódź Film school in co-production with AT Productions and Before My Eyes
Supported by Polish Film Institute
It Can Pass Through the Wall directed by Radu Jude (Romania)
Production: Radu Jude and Ada Solomon.
Coproduction: Micro Film, Mitra Film and Cinelabs Romania.
Feature Films
Refugiado (Polish title: Pod Ochrona) (Argentina, Poland, France)
Directed by Diego Lerman
Polish coproduction: Staron-Film
Supported by Polish Film Institute
Critics Week
Short films
Niebieski Pokoj directed by Tomasz Siwinski
Supported by Polish Film Institute
The Chicken directed by Una Gunja (Germany, Croatia)
Coproduced by Nukleus Film
Supported by the Croatian Audisvisual Centre
ACID
The Way Out directed by Petr Vaclav (Czech, France)
Production: Moloko Film
