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2012 Cannes Film Festival Predictions: Jesper Ganslandt’s Blondie

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Gist: Mothers and musicals, Blondie is about a family where the three adult sisters (Alexandra Dahlstrom, Helena af Sandeberg, Carolina Gynning) move home with their mother (Marie Goranzon), once again experiencing sibling rivalry and feelings of hate and love. No word yet on whether or not Heart of Glass will appear on the soundtrack.

Prediction: So far Ganslandt has been a Fall festival kind of guy; his films The Ape and Farewell Falkenberg both had dual Venice/TIFF berths in their respective release years, so one could imagine that the same will be true for this newest film. Should the film be finished in time, though, Ganslandt may want to attempt a step up the ladder with a showing in the Fortnight.

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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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