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2012 Cannes Film Festival Predictions: David Verbeek’s Full Contact

Gist: Verbeek describes the film as a road movie through the subconscious of a US soldier who remotely operated a plane that accidentally bombed a school in Pakistan, and who feels guilty for something he committed in a country he’s never visited.

Prediction: Verbeek showed his tepidly received R U There in Un Certain Regard a couple of years ago, and the lukewarm response might yield a ‘downgrade’ into the Fortnight for this next one. Full Contact is part of the L’Atelier class of 2011, so it will almost certainly premiere in Cannes whenever it’s ready, which is hopefully now.

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Blake Williams is an avant-garde filmmaker born in Houston, currently living and working in Toronto. He recently entered the PhD program at University of Toronto's Cinema Studies Institute, and has screened his video work at TIFF (2011 & '12), Tribeca (2013), Images Festival (2012), Jihlava (2012), and the Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley. Blake has contributed to IONCINEMA.com's coverage for film festivals such as Cannes, TIFF, and Hot Docs. Top Films From Contemporary Film Auteurs: Almodóvar (Talk to Her), Coen Bros. (Fargo), Dardennes (Rosetta), Haneke (Code Unknown), Hsiao-Hsien (Flight of the Red Balloon), Kar-wai (Happy Together), Kiarostami (Where is the Friend's Home?), Lynch (INLAND EMPIRE), Tarantino (Reservoir Dogs), Van Sant (Last Days), Von Trier (The Idiots)

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