08-05-2018

FNE at Cannes 2018: Bumper Year for CEE in Cannes Official Selection

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    CANNES: It looks like 2018 is going to be a bumper year for films from the central and eastern European region in Cannes. The Main Competition, Certain Regard, Quinzaine and Critics Week all have included either majority or minority coproductions from central and eastern Europe in their official selection. Films from Poland, Georgia, Czech Republic, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia are all represented.

    Poland’s Cold War (Poland, UK, France) directed by Paweł Pawlikowski scores a slot in the main competition with Opus Film as the Polish producer. The Turkish film The Wild Pear Tree / Ahlat Agaci (Turkey, Germany, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Sweden, Qatar) directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan has minority coproducers RFF International (Bulgaria), 2006 D.O.O. (BiH), Sisters and Brother Mitevski (Macedonia) on board, as well as being produced in partnership with Nu Boyana Film Studios. Georgia also will be showcased in the main competition with Girls of the Sun (France, Belgium, Georgia, Switzerland) directed by Eva Husson, which was coproduced by Georgia’s 20 Steps Productions and benefited from Georgia’s cash rebate system during its shooting there. Poland scores again as a minority coproducer of Ayka (Russia, Poland, Germany) directed by Russian Sergey Dvortsevoy, which was coproduced by Otter Films.

    Certain Regard selected Sergei Loznitsa’s Donbass (Germany, France, Ukraine, Netherlands, Romania), which was coproduced in Romania by Digital Cube and Poland scores again with The Harvesters / Die Stropers (South Africa, Greece, France, Poland) directed by Etienne Kallos, which was coproduced by Lava Films (Poland).

    In the Quinzaine The Load / Teret (Serbia, France, Croatia) directed by Ognjen Glavonic is produced by Non-Aligned Films in Serbia and coproduced by Kinorama in Croatia and with New Europe Film Sales handling international sales.

    And in the Critics Week Chris the Swiss (Switzerland, Germany, Croatia, Finland) directed by Anja Kofmel was coproduced by Croatia’s Nukleus Film. Polish director Agnieszka Smoczynska’s The Fugue / Fuga (Poland, Czech Republic, Sweden) produced by MD4 Sp. z o.o and coproduced by the Czech Axman Production also screens in the Critics Week. The Greek/Croatian coproduction Third Kind directed by Yorgos Zois screens out of competition.

    Cannes Programme Main Competition 2018

    Everybody Knows (Spain, France, Italy)
    Directed by Asghar Farhadi

    At War (France)
    Directed by Stéphane Brizé

    Dogman (Italy, France)
    Directed by Matteo Garrone

    The Wild Pear Tree / Ahlat Agaci (Turkey, Germany, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Sweden, Qatar)
    Directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan
    Coproduction: Zeyno Film (Turkey), Detail (Germany), RFF International (Bulgaria), 2006 D.O.O. (BiH), Sisters & Brother Mitevski (Macedonia), The Chimney Pot (Sweden), Qatar
    Supported by the Bulgarian National Film Centre, the Macedonian Film Agency and the Sarajevo Film Fund, as well as Eurimages. Produced in partnership with Nu Boyana Film Studios.

    The Image Book (France)
    Directed by Jean-Luc Godard

    Netemo sametemo / Asako I & II (Japan)
    Directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi

    Sorry Angel (France)
    Directed by Christophe Honoré

    Girls of the Sun (France, Belgium, Georgia, Switzerland)
    Directed by Eva Husson
    Produced by Maneki Films in coproduction with Wild Bunch and Arches Films, Gapbusters, Georgia’s 20 Steps Productions, Bord Cadre films, in association with Elle Driver, BackUp Media, B Media 2014, Indéfilms 6 and Cinécap, and with the participation of Canal +, OCS, RTBF, Proximus, Tax Shelter Casa Kafka Pictures and the Wallonie-Bruxelles Federation
    Supported by the French CNC (support for new technologies in production and development support), Creative Europe Programme – MEDIA of the European Union, ANGOA, Aquitaine région and the Film In Georgia cash rebate system and Georgian National Film Centre
    Sales: Elle Driver

    Ash is Purest White (China, France, Japan)
    Directed by Jia Zhang-ke

    Shoplifters (Japan)
    Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda

    Capernaum (Lebanon, France)
    Directed by Nadine Labaki

    Burning (South Korea)
    Directed by Lee Chang-Dong

    Ayka (Russia, Poland, Germany)
    Directed by Russian Sergey Dvortsevoy
    Coproduced by Otter Films in Poland
    Supported in the Polish Film Institute

    Un Couteau Dans Le Coeur / Knife plus Heart (France)
    Directed by Yann Gonzalez                                                                                  

    Blackkklansman / Black Klansman (USA)
    Directed by Spike Lee

    Under the Silver Lake (USA)
    Directed by David Robert Mitchell

    Three Faces (Iran)
    Directed by Jafar Panahi

    Cold War (Poland, UK, France)
    Directed by Paweł Pawlikowski
    Produced by Apocalypso Pictures, Opus Film, MK Productions
    Supported by the Polish Film Institute
    Sales: MK2 Films, Protagonist Pictures

    Lazzaro Felice (Italy, Switzerland, France, Germany)
    Directed by Alice Rohrwacher

    Yomeddine (Egypt, USA, Austria)
    Directed by A.B. Shawky

    Summer (Russia)
    Directed by Kirill Serebrennikov

    Certain Regard

    A Genoux Les Gars / Sextape (France)
    Directed by Antoine Desrosieres

    Chuva E Cantoria Na Aldeia Dos Mortos / The Dead and The Others (Brazil, Portugal)
    Directed by Renée Nader Messora, João Salaviza

    Di Qui Zui Hou De Ye Wan / Long Day’s Journey Into Night (China, France)
    Directed by Bi Gan

    The Harvesters / Die Stropers (South Africa, Greece, France, Poland)
    Directed by Etienne Kallos
    Produced by Cinema Defacto/Spier Films (South Africa) and coproduced by Lava Films (Poland) and Heretic (Greece), Bord Cadre (France)
    Supported by the Polish Film Institute and Eurimages
    Sales: Pyramide International

    Donbass (Germany, France, Ukraine, Netherlands, Romania) Un Certain Regard
    Directed by Sergei Loznitsa
    Produced by Ma.ja.de. Fiction in coproduction with Ukraine’s Arthouse Traffic, France’s JBA Production, Dutch Graniet Film, Dutch Wild at Art, Romania’s Digital Cube, associate producer Atoms & Void
    Supported by Eurimages and the CNC’s World Cinema Support and the Romanian CNC
    Sales: Pyramide International

    Euforia (Italy)
    Directed by Valeria Golino

    Girl (Belgium, Netherlands)
    Directed by Lukas Dhone

    Grans / Border (Sweden, Denmark)
    Directed by Ali Abbasi

    Gueule d’Ange / Angel Face (France)
    Directed by Vanessa Filho

    In My Room (Germany, Italy)
    Directed by Ulrich Kohler

    L'Ange (Argentian, Spain)
    Directed by Luis Ortega

    Laskovoe Bezrazlichie Mira / The Gentle Indifference of The World (Kazakhstan, France)
    Directed by Adilkhan Yerzhanov

    Les Chatouilles / Little Tickles (France)
    Directed by Andréa Bescond, Eric Metayer

    Manot (India, France)
    Directed by Nandita Das

    Mon Tissu Prefere / My Favourite Fabric (France, Germany, Turkey)
    Directed by Gaya Jiji

    Muere, Monstruo, Muere / Murder Me, Monster (Agrentina, France, Chile)
    Directed by Alejandro Fadel

    Rafiki (Kenya, South Africa, France, Netherlands, Germany)
    Directed by Wanuri Kahui

    Sofia (France, Qatar)
    Directed by  Meryem Benm'barek

    Quinzaine

    Feature Films

    Pajaros De Verano / Birds Of Passage (Columbia, Mexico)
    Directed by Cristina Gallego, Ciro Guerra

    Amin (France)
    Directed by Philippe Faucon

    Climax (France, Monaco, Belgium, USA)
    Directed by Gaspar Noé

    Carmen Y Lola (Spain)
    Directed by Arantxa Echevarria

    Comprame Un Revolver / Buy Me A Gun (Mexico, Columbia)
    Directed by Julio Hernandez Cordon

    Les Confins Du Monde (France)
    Directed by Guillaume Nicloux

    El Motoarrebatador / The Snatch Thief (Argentina)
    Directed by Agustin Toscano

    En Liberté (France)
    Directed by Pierre Salvadori

    Joueurs / Treat Me Like Fire (France)
    Directed by Marie Monge

    Leave No Trace (USA)
    Directed by  Debra Granik

    Los Silencios (Brazil, France, Columbia)
    Directed by Beatriz Seigner

    Ming Wang Xing Shi Ke De / The Pluto Moment (China)
    Directed by Ming Zhang

    Mandy (Belgium, USA)
    Directed by Panos Cosmatos

    Mirai (Japan)
    Directed by Mamoru Hosoda

    Le Monde Est A Toi (France)
    Directed by Romain Gavras

    Petra (Spain, France)
    Directed by Jaime Rosales

    Samouni Road (Italy, France)
    Directed by Stefano Savona

    The Load / Teret (Serbia, France, Croatia, Iran) Quinzaine des Réalisateurs
    Directed by Ognjen Glavonic
    Produced by Kinorama, Non-Aligned Films, Cinema Defacto, Three Gardens Film (Iran)
    Supported by CNC – aide aux cinémas du monde, HAVC, Eurimages, Visions Sud Est, Hubert Bals Fund, Film Center Serbia, AP Vojvodina, Doha Film Institute
    Sales: New Europe Film Sales

    Weldi  / Dear Son (Tunsia, Belgium, France)
    Directed by Mohamed Ben Attia

    Troppa Grazia (Italy, Greece, Spain)
    Directed by Gianni Zanazi

    SHORT FILMS

    Basses (France)
    Directed by Félix Imbert

    This Magnificent Cake! (Belgium, France, Netherlands)
    Directed by Emma De Swaef, Marc Roels

    La Chanson (France)
    Directed by Tiphaine Raffier

    La Lotta (Italy)
    Directed by Marco Bellocchio

    Las Cruces (France)
    Directed by Nicolas Boone

    La Nuit Des Sacs Plastiques (France)
    Directed by Gabriel Harel

    Our Song To War (Beligum)
    Directed by  Juanita Onzaga

    O Órafao (Brazil)
    Directed by Carolina Makowicz

    Skip Day (USA, UK)
    Directed by Patrick Bresnan

    Le Sujet (Canada)
    Directed by Patrick Bouchard

    Cannes Critics Week

    Special Screenings

    Features

    Wildlife (USA)
    Directed by Paul Dano

    Our Struggles (Belgium, France)
    Directed by Guillaume Senez

    Shéhérazade (France)
    Directed by Jean-Bernard Marlin

    Guy (France)
    Directed by Alex Lutz

    Short Films

    La Chute / The Fall (France)
    Directed by  Boris Labbé

    Third Kind (Greece, Croatia)
    Directed by Yorgos Zois

    Ultra Pulpe / Apocalypse After (France)
    Directed by Bertrand Mandico

    Feature Competition

    Chris the Swiss (Switzerland, Germany, Croatia, Finland)
    Directed by Anja Kofmel
    Produced by Dschoint Ventschr Filmproducktion in coproduction with Croatia’s Nukleus Film
    Supported by HAVC, Eurimages
    Sales: UDI - Urban Distribution International

    Diamantino (Portugal, France, Brazil)
    Directed by Gabriel Abrantes and Daniel Schmidt

    Egy Nap / One Day (Hungary)
    Directed by Zsófia Szilágyi

    The Fugue / Fuga (Poland, Czech Republic, Sweden)
    Directed by Agnieszka Smoczynska
    Produced by MD4 Sp. z o.o
    Coproduced by Axman Production, Commonground Pictures
    Supported by the Council of Europe's Eurimages Fund, Polish Film Institute, Czech Film Fund, Lower Silesia Film Fund, Mazovia Film Fund
    Sales: Alpha Violet www.alphaviolet.com

    Kona Fer I Stríð / Woman At War (Iceland, France, Ukraine)
    Directed by Benedikt Erlingsson

    Sauvage (France)
    Directed by Camille Vidal-Naquet

    Sir (India, France)
    Directed by Rohena Gera

    Short Film Competition

    Amor, Avenidas Novas (Portugal)
    Directed by Duarte Coimbra

    Ektoras Malo: I Teleftea Mera Tis Chronias / Hector Malot – The Last Day Of The Year (Greece)
    Directed by Jacqueline Lentzou

    Mo-Bum-Shi-Min / Exemplary Citizen (South Korea)
    Directed by Kim Cheol-Hwi

    Pauline Asservie / Pauline, Enslaved (France)
    Directed by Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet

    La Persistente (France)
    Directed by Camille Lugan

    Rapaz / Raptor (Chile)
    Directed by Felipe Galvez

    Schächer (Switzerland)
    Directed by Flurin Giger

    Tiikeri / The Tiger (Finland)
    Directed by  Mikko Myllylahti

    Un Jour De Mariage / A Wedding Day (Algeria, France)
    Directed by Elias Belkeddar

    Ya Normalniy / Normal (Russia)
    Directed by Michael Borodin