Foreign Film News

Leningrad Cowboy: Aki Kaurismäki Invests in “The Other Side of Hope”

Published on April 25, 2016

Aki Kaurismäki will likely be hitting the Croisette in back to back years. He’ll be in Cannes to collect Carrosse d’Or (Golden Coach) award from the Directors’ Fortnight section, and according to this bit of funding news, he’ll likely be back in 2017 with his next feature film. Cineuropa reports that The Other Side of Hope has received some coin from Finnish Film Foundation.We believe this is one of the same with the project titled “Pakolainen,” which has muse Sakari Kuosmanen (Leningrad Cowboys Go America, Drifting Clouds and The Man Without a Past) attached to star. Written by Kaurismäki, his Sputnik prod co will produce with Finnish pubcaster YLE and distributor B-Plan Distribution. The Match Factory folks are handling sales.

Gist: Project details are unavailable.

Worth Noting: His brother, Mika Kaurismäki last directed The Girl King (2015) – here is Nicholas’★★ star review.

Do We Care?: The almost sixty year-old filmmaker has been taking more time between projects. Chalk this up among the most anticipated foreign films for 2017. Here is a little something to get you cinephiles in the mood.

Related Topics:Aki Kaurismäki, Foreign Film News, The Other Side of Hope

Eric Lavallée

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).