2022 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Frances O’Connor’s Emily

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After Maggie and Rebecca showcased their skillset behind the camera for 2021 premieres, we continue that trend with veteran British-Australian actress Frances O’Connor making her directorial debut. Production took place across the pond on Emily in the month of April for an acquisitions friendly title featuring Emma Mackey as Emily Brontë and Fionn Whitehead as Branwell Brontë. O’Connor apparently starting working on the project a decade ago.

Gist: This focus on the life the world of author Emily Brontë in the years leading up to the creation of her seminal novel “Wuthering Heights.”

Production Co./Producers: David Barron, Piers Tempest with Arenamedia’s Robert Connolly, Robert Patterson.

Prediction: PREMIERES.

U.S. Distributor: Rights Available. Embankment (domestic, international).

Eric Lavallée
Eric Lavalléehttps://www.ericlavallee.com
Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist, and critic at IONCINEMA.com, established in 2000. A regular at Sundance, Cannes, and Venice, Eric holds a BFA in film studies from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013, he served on the narrative competition jury at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson’s "This Teacher" (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). He is a Golden Globes Voter, member of the ICS (International Cinephile Society), FIPRESCI and AQCC (Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma).

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