2012 Cannes Film Festival Predictions: Jean-Paul Civeyrac’s Fairy Queen

Gist: Made with about 30 students from l’École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs (writing, artistic and technical teams) Fairy Queen tells the strange story of a filmmaker fascinated by one of his actresses. His fascination is as inexplicable to him as it is inevitably destructive. In losing his head, the director risks losing the film, and with it, all that mattered in his life.

Prediction: On one hand, Civeyrac is no stranger to Cannes, and this film is definitely finished. However, since it was commissioned by l’École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs, the film has already – in fact, only just recently, sometime in March – had its world premiere screening at Centquatre in Paris. Since there hasn’t been an international screening yet, it is technically eligible to play in Cannes, but the festival does greatly prefer calling firsties. It’s a toss-up, but we’re just a bit pessimistic about this one’s chances.