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Cannes 2009 Producer’s Patch: Kimmel International

Kimmel are coming to Cannes loaded with several items that I’ll be on the look out for 2009/10 such as the new Natalie Portman indie film Hesher, Mark Ruffalo’s Sympathy for Delicious and the New York shot Paper Man from directors Michele and Kieran Mulroney (starring Lisa Kudrow, Jeff Daniels and Ryan Reynolds).

Eric Lavallée

Published on May 13, 2009

They championed such cinematic wonders as Synecdoche, New York and Lars and the Real Girl, but the truth is: the market has changed and we might see the company being more selective and that is why Sidney Kimmel Entertainment’s Kimmel International can get behind more fair by aligning their troupes with other indie producers. Kimmel are coming to Cannes loaded with several items that I’ll be on the look out for 2009/10 such as the new Natalie Portman indie film Hesher, Mark Ruffalo‘s Sympathy for Delicious and the New York shot Paper Man from directors Michele and Kieran Mulroney (starring Lisa Kudrow, Jeff Daniels and Ryan Reynolds).

ALL’S FAIRE IN LOVE by Scott MARSHALL – Completed
DON’T LOOK UP by Fruit CHAN – Post-Production
HESHER by Spencer SUSSER – Pre-Production
INVISIBLE SIGN, AN by Marilyn AGRELO – Post-Production
MOTHERHOOD by Katherine DIECKMANN – Completed
PAPER MAN by Michele & Kieran MULRONEY – Post-Production
SYMPATHY FOR DELICIOUS by Mark RUFFALO – Post-Production
THE GREATEST by Shana FESTE – Completed
TRUST by Robert Edwards – Pre-Production
UNTHINKABLE by Gregor JORDAN – Post-Production

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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).