With a touch of queer, the opening film slot for the Un Certain Regard section goes to American indie slasher film by the filmmaker who populated Sundance with We’re All Going to the World’s Fair and I Saw the TV Glow. Jane Schoenbrun lands a huge international showcase for Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (a Mubi release). Cannes topper Thierry Frémaux identified fifteen titles in all with about four to five remaining titles to be named in the coming weeks. Also from the U.S, populating the section we find Rotting in the Sun actor Jordan Firstman showcasing his directorial debut with Club Kid – which takes us back to NYC and follows a washed-up underground party promoter whose life takes an unexpected turn when he’s forced to look after a son that he never knew he had. Shot by Adam Newport Berra on 35mm, this includes Firstman, Cara Delevingne and Diego Calva. Female filmmakers aplenty, from Rwanda, Clémentine Dusabejambo will be up for Camera d’Or consideration with her debut Benanima – a post genocide drama, while Moroccan filmmaker Laïla Marrakchi showcases La Más Dulce, Chilean filmmaker Manuela Martelli launches The Meltdown, Austrian helmer Sandra Wollner displays Everytime and Germany based filmmaker Katharina Rivilis premieres I’ll Be Gone in June. Exciting entries from smaller film nations also include Costa Rica’s Valentina Maurel (who premiered her debut I Have Electric Dreams in Locarno) arrives with Forever Your Maternal Animal and from Nepal we find the debut by Abinash Bikram Shah with Elephants in the Fog. Here are the fifteen titles:
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma – Jane Schoenbrun (opening film)
Elephants in the Fog – Abinash Bikram Shah *
Iron Boy – Louis Clichy
Ben’imana – Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo *
Congo Boy – Rafiki Fariala
Club Kid – Jordan Firstman *
Uļa – Viesturs Kairišs
La Más Dulce (Strawberries) – Laïla Marrakchi
El Deshielo (The Meltdown) – Manuela Martelli
Siempre Soy Tu Animal Materno (Forever Your Maternal Animal) – Valentina Maurel
Yesterday the Eye Didn’t Sleep – Rakan Mayasi
I’ll Be Gone in June – Katharina Rivilis *
Words of Love – Rudi Rosenberg
Everytime – Sandra Wollner
All the Lovers in the Night – Sode Yukiko
