4/10/2023 0 Comments Julia ducournauRajagopal (co-produced by Acrobate Films international sales: Alpha Violet). Distribution in France and international sales will be handled by Les Films du Losange.Īlso of note in competition are four minority French co-productions: Albüm by Turkish director Mehmet Can Mertoglu (co-produced by France with Turkey and Romania, via ASAP Films and Arte France Cinéma, and with backing from Eurimages distributed in France by Le Pacte and international sales managed by The Match Factory), Tramontane by Lebanon’s Vatche Boulghourjian (co-produced by Le Bureau - Le Petit Bureau, which is also in charge of the international sales), Mimosas by Spanish director Oliver Laxe (co-produced by Rouge International) and A Yellow Bird by Singaporean director K. Produced by Charlotte Vincent for Aurora Films, Diamond Island was co-produced by Arte France Cinéma and Vicky Films, Cambodia’s Anti-Archive and German outfit Vanderstatic, with backing from the Franco-German co-production mini-treaty, contributions from the CNC’s world cinema support, the Asian Cinema Fund, the Lower Normandy region and the Hubert Bals Fund. There, he meets up with his charismatic and mysterious big brother, who introduces him to the exciting world of the country’s young upper classes. For his fiction feature debut, the filmmaker who rose to fame with the documentary Le Sommeil d'Or (Berlinale Forum in 2012) has written a screenplay that recounts the misfortunes of Bora, who leaves his home village to go and work on the building sites on Diamond Island, an ultra-modern island that is under construction. French distribution will be handled by Wild Bunch, which is also in charge of the international sales.Īnother majority French production will be in the running for the 2016 Critics’ Week Grand Prix: Diamond Island by Franco-Cambodian director Davy Chou. Produced by Jean des Forêts for Petit Film, Raw had a budget of €3.48 million, including co-productions by Rouge International and Belgian outfit Frakas Productions, pre-purchases by Canal+, Ciné+, the RTBF and VooTV, an advance on receipts from the CNC, the Belgian tax shelter via Casa Kafka, and backing from Ezekiel Film Productions, Wallimage-Bruxellimage, the Wallonia-Brussels Federation, Arte/Cofinova, the TorinoFilmLab, the Media programme and Ciclic. Written by the director, the story revolves around a 16-year-old woman who strays dramatically from her family’s vegetarian principles when she eats meat from her very first day at vet school, an act that subsequently reveals her true nature. Standing out among the seven features in competition in the 55th Critics’ Week (12-20 May, as part of the 69th Cannes Film Festival) is Raw by Julia Ducournau, a Franco-Belgian co-production that swings between comedy, drama and horror, and boasts a cast including Garance Marillier, Ella Rumpf, Joana Preiss, Rabah Naït Oufella, Laurent Lucas, Bouli Lanners and Marion Vernoux.
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