Cannes 2009 Producer’s Patch: Wild Bunch

France-based Wild Bunch are the masters of their domain – we can forget about the horrible way Che fell victim to a bad market by remembering the success story of The Wrestler. They come to Cannes as usual with a ton of items in competition and a slate of films that gives buyers way too many options. I’ll be checking out Cristian Mungiu‘s Tales From the Golden Age, Gabe Ibanez‘s Hierro, Looking for Eric by Ken Loach, the probably banned from filmmaking in China again director Lou Ye‘s Spring Fever, the already controversial (will it be ready on time?) Enter the Void by Gasper Noe and I will hope to fit in Marina De Van‘s thriller Don’t Look Back and Un Certain Regard selected No One Knows About Persan Cats from Iranian filmmaker Bahmann Ghobadi. Wild Bunch also have some savoury titles in post production which I expect to see at TIFF in the fall.

COCO CHANEL & IGOR STRAVINSKY  by Jan KOUNEN – Completed
DON’T LOOK BACK  by Marina DE VAN – Completed
LITTLE NICOLAS  by Laurent TIRARD – Completed
MR NOBODY  by Jaco VAN DORMAEL – Post-Production
THE BUNNY AND THE BULL  by Paul KING – Post-Production
42 BELOW ONE DREAM RUSH   – Completed
DOG POUND  by Kim CHAPIRON – Post-Production
ENTER THE VOID  by Gaspar NOE – Completed
EVEN THE RAIN  by Icíar BOLLAÍN – Pre-Production
GOEMON  by Kazuaki KIRIYA – Completed
HIERRO  by Gabe IBAÑEZ – Completed
LOOKING FOR ERIC  by Ken LOACH – Completed
NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT PERSAN CATS by Bahmann GHOBADI – Completed
OCEANWORLD 3D  by François MANTELLO – Completed
ORDINARY PEOPLE  by Vladimir PERISIC – Completed
PARK BENCHES  by Bruno PODALYDES – Completed
POLYTECHNIQUE  by Denis VILLENEUVE – Completed
ROOM IN ROME  by Julio MEDEM – Post-Production
SOUND OF NOISE  by Johannes Stjärne NILSSON – Post-Production
SOUNDTRACK FOR A REVOLUTION  by Bill GUTTENTAG – Completed
SPRING FEVER  by Lou YE – Completed
TALES FROM THE GOLDEN AGE  by Cristian MUNGIU – Completed
THE BLONDE WITH BARE BREASTS  by Manuel PRADAL – Completed
THE CONCERT  by Radu MIHAILEANU – Post-Production
THE EXODUS (BURNT BY THE SUN 2)  – Completed
THE GOOD HEART  by Dagur KARI – Post-Production
THE TIME THAT REMAINS  by Elia SULEIMAN – Completed
VALHALLA RISING  by Nicolas WINDING REFN – Post-Production
WHATEVER WORKS  by Woody ALLEN – Completed
WHITE MATERIAL  by Claire DENIS – Post-Production
YONA YONA PENGUIN  – Post-Production