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Cannes’ L’Atelier 2012: Marco van Geffen and Mahmoud Al Massad Among 15 Selected
In the seven previous editions (with 2007 being the best crop of films with noteworthy titles such as Bertrand Bonello's De La Guerre, Michelangelo Frammartino's Le Quattro Volte, Semih Kaplanoglu's Milk, Ciro Guerra's The Wind Journey, João Pedro Rodrigues' To Die Like A Man and So Yong Kim's Treeless Mountain), L’Atelier has been a pivotal stop for new auteurs in world cinema finding some coin. And while this doesn't carry the same weight as Rotterdam, so far the ratio is 72 for 115. Among the 15 projects selected this year we find find the likes of Dutch helmer Marco van Geffen (pictured) who gave us last year's Among Us (Locarno, TIFF), docu helmer Mahmoud Al Massad (Sundance's Recycle) and a foursome of filmmakers who've workshopped their nascent projects at the well-regarded Torino Film Labs. Here's the list below:
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2008: #64 Mr. Nobody
#64. Mr. Nobody Director/writer: Jaco Van DormaelProducers: Philippe Godeau (Baise-moi) Distributor: Currently Seeking Distribution The Gist: "Mr Nobody" is inspired by the...
Anchor Bay Handcuff Austin Chick’s SXSW Preemed Girls Against Boys
After dipping into romantic drama terrain with his debut film XX/XY and examining the dot-com bubble bursting a decade later in August, Austin Chick's...
Anchor Bay Handcuff Austin Chick’s SXSW Preemed Girls Against Boys
After dipping into romantic drama terrain with his debut film XX/XY and examining the dot-com bubble bursting a decade later in August, Austin Chick's Thelma and Louise take Manhattan like thriller has found a distributor with a fanbase to match. Anchor Bay Films have put the cuffs on the helmer's third directorial outing.
Two Shades of Blue; Music Box Makes Post Sundance-Berlin Pick-Up of ‘Keep the Lights On’
Contempo Queer cinema is alive and well. After showings at Sundance and in Berlin, Ira Sachs' Keep the Lights On is following along in the footsteps of Weekend and Pariah towards a theatrical release as Music Box Films inked a deal for the North American rights to the film.
