A project that was nurtured via the various Sundance labs, Patti Cake$ played like gangbusters during its world premiere screening at the Eccles. Fox Searchlight who distributes the film on Friday, August 18th paid a hefty 10.5 million for the theatrical release rights to Geremy Jasper‘s feature debut. It would later play as the Directors’ Fortnight closing film in Cannes.
As you can tell by the applause, the film slayed the Park City folks and announced the arrival of first time actress Danielle Macdonald. Joining the very emotional Jasper on stage we find Macdonald, Bridget Everett, Siddharth Dhananjay, Mamoudou Athie and Cathy Moriarty. The first question during the Q&A is how he found his cast.
Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).
