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Updated Cannes 2011 Predictions List
We're about 36 hours away from Cannes Film Festival's big unveiling of the 2011 line-up and while the Main Comp should bare very little surprises (see the math below), the one title whose status is still a mystery and could break into the 20 or so titles is Carlos Reygadas' Post Tenebras Lux.
Jesper Ganslandt Picks Out a Few ‘Blondie’ For All-Female Drama
Jesper Ganslandt will commence filming on his third film sometime this spring. The Swedish filmmaker's aptly titled Blondie most probably refers to the airhead factor in a trio of the figures involved rather than the nation's dominant hair color or the late 70's singer/songwriter.
Lucky 13: Jessica Oreck, Jason Kohn and Margaret Brown Receive Cinereach Support
Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo's Jessica Oreck, Manda Bala (Send a Bullet)'s Jason Kohn and The Order of Myths/Be Here to Love Me's Margaret Brown are among the filmmakers of thirteen projects in all to receive some serious coin from the Cinereach folks -- indie and doc filmmaker staples such as Matt Wolf, Liza Johnson, Dee Rees, Ramin Bahrani, Alistair Banks Griffin and Maryam Keshavarz have all benefitted from this organization's help.
Opa! Strand Picks Up Venice Winner ‘Attenberg’
Of course, you need confident distribs such as the Strand Releasing folks to take on an atypical film such as Athina Rachel Tsangari's award-winnning Attenberg. Strand are planning a release sometime in the fall.
Return to Calabria: Directors’ Fortnight Confirms ‘Corpo Celeste’
After programming Le Quattro Volte in last year's Directors' Fortnight line-up, Frederic Boyer has turned towards Calabria (the toe portion of Italy) once again - confirming to Variety that Alba Rohrwacher's debut narrative film "Corpo Celeste," will be among the films included in the sidebar and in the same measure will be up for the Camera d'or award for Best First Feature (the only award that includes all the Cannes sections).
