Key Players in the Cannes Market: Fortissmo Films

Compared with last year, Fortissmo Films come packing with only a single title, but that doesn’t mean their sales agent won’t be spending pretty much the entire festival from their rented office balcony. They signed a fairly ambitious deal with Fox – first time I’ve heard of a major studio outputting their titles to a films sales company of this nature and they’ve got one receiving a world preem at the festival in Sergei Loznitsa’s My Joy (see pic) has the unique distinction of being from a first-timer – it’s a rare feat to see a first timer in the Main Comp – so, we might be looking at a gem here folks. Among the hot titles on the sales side of things is Anh Hung Tran’s Norwegian Wood – a pic that I was sure was going to land a spot in Cannes this year, but appears to still be in post prod. Look for it to be headed to Venice & TIFF. Doc film on Bob Marley should be an easy close in many territories. P.S: If there are any Fortissmo people that read this – I would love to pass by and grab a screener for the TIFF title I missed: The Last Days of Emma Blank.

MY JOY (SCHASTYE MOE) by Sergei LOZNITSA – Completed
REIGN OF ASSASSINS by Chao-Pin SU – Production
SANDCASTLE by Junfeng BOO – Completed
THE PROMISED LAND by Michael WINTERBOTTOM – Pre-Production
WASTED ON THE YOUNG by Ben C. LUCAS – Post-Production
DREAM HOME by Ho-Cheung PANG – Completed
GRIFF THE INVISIBLE by Leon FORD – Production
JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT: THE RADIANT CHILD by Tamra DAVIS – Completed
NORWEGIAN WOOD by Anh Hung TRAN – Post-Production
THE HAIRDRESSER (DIE FRISEUSE) by Doris DÖRRIE – Completed
THE SHOCK LABYRINTH: EXTREME by Takashi SHIMIZU – Completed
WINTER’S BONE by Debra GRANIK – Completed

$9.99 by Tatia ROSENTHAL – Completed
AGAINST THE CURRENT by Peter CALLAHAN – Completed
AIR DOLL (KUKI NINGYO) by Hirokazu KORE-EDA – Completed
BLACK OASIS by Stephan ELLIOTT – Pre-Production
BURIED SECRETS (DOWAHA) by Raja AMARI – Completed
CHILDREN OF THE PYRE by Rajesh JALA – Completed
DANCE, SUBARU! by Chi Ngai LEE – Completed
DANIEL & ANA (DANIEL Y ANA) by Michel FRANCO – Completed
DISGRACE by Steve JACOBS – Completed
EVERY LITTLE STEP by James D. STERN – Completed
FACE (VISAGE) by Tsai MING-LIANG – Completed
FOOD, INC. by Robert KENNER – Completed
LAILA’S BIRTHDAY (EID MILAD LAILA) by Rashid MASHARAWI – Completed
LIFE DURING WARTIME by Todd SOLONDZ – Completed
MARLEY – Production
MIAO MIAO by Hsiao-Tse CHENG – Completed
NYMPH (NANG MAI) by Pen-Ek RATANARUANG – Completed
PRINCE OF TEARS by Yonfan – Completed
ROAD, MOVIE by Dev BENEGAL – Completed
TELSTAR by Nick MORAN – Completed
THE LAST DAYS OF EMMA BLANK (DE LAATSTE DAGEN VAN EMMA BLANK) by Alex VAN WARMERDAM – Completed
THE WARRIOR AND THE WOLF (LANG ZAI JI) by Tian ZHUANGZHUANG – Completed