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In Depth Look: Un Certain Regard’s Godard, Hong Sang-soo, Dolan, Schmitz, Fund & Loza and Vega Bros.
The latest from Oliver Schmitz, who contributed to Paris, Je T'aime. For the time being, info is sparse on Schmitz's Life Above All, Daniel & Diego Vega's Octubre and the Ivan Fund & Santiago Loza tandem seemed to have released Los labios nationally prior to what would be an international premiere.
In Depth Look: Un Certain Regard’s Puiu, Nakata, Xiaoshuai, Cianfrance, Kocsis and Hochhausler
When Hideo Nakata was mentioned as a possibility, and then named today, I honestly thought it was a misprint and that they mislabeled the pic - but I think we can elevate our expectation level for Chatroom because of scribe Enda Walsh's participation in the project -- she penned Steve McQueen's debut film which I mentioned above. I predicted a healthy Hungarian presence this year, and Ágnes Kocsis' Adrienn Pál is the first mention for that country.
Updated List: Forecasting The Director’s Fortnight and Critic’s Week Picks
With the Un Certain Regard category pretty much complete, we can now focus our attention on next week's announcements for the sidebar sections of the Director's Fortnight and Critic's Week. I've listed a whopping 26 films and I'm confident that several will show up in the approximate 30 or so feature films with many first-time works that will make up both sections (put together).
No Cannes for Tarr, Assayas, Mundruczo, Schnabel, Loach and Malick?
Cannes announced 16 films in the Main Competition today and the Un Certain Regard is perhaps complete but could fit two more titles in, but as expected, Terrence Malick's film is still in limbo. Apart from that frustrating example, there are about three to five available slots in the Main Comp and some hefty titles that are missing in action. I've compiled a list below, but worth mentioning are blatant omissions such as Julian Schnabel's Miral, Kornel Mundruczo's Frankenstein Project, Ken Loach's Route Irish and perhaps even Bruce Robinson's The Rum Diary.
Cannes Main Competition: Haroun, Amalric, Weerasethakul and Loznitsa
A film from Chad and a film from the Ukraine are probably the only surprises out of the 16 films mentioned early this morning. Now a French resident, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun comes into the comp with A Screaming Man (Un homme qui Crie), he was at Venice a several years back with Daratt, which won the Grand Special Jury Prize. Sergey Loznitsa docu and fiction filmmaker has been on film per year pace for the past decade - he'll show up in the comp with You, My Joy.
