Key Players in the Cannes Market: Kinology

Kinology is heading to Cannes with a single title in Copacabana – the Isabelle Huppert starring with her daughter comedy is a focal point in the Critic’s Week section this year. It’s the projects that they’ve got on the sales slate that have got my ears perked up in an upright position – beginning with Juan Solanas’ next – he is currently shooting Upside Down in Montreal, while Andrew Niccol is still in pre-production mod with The Cross – if I remember correctly it was first announced at last year’s Cannes and they are trying to bring down the price tag on the 50 million dollar-ish production. French items worth keeping an eye out for are Benoît Philippon’s Lullaby for Pi – which was shot in Canada and would logically find a spot at TIFF. Mathieu Kassovitz also has a project in development .

BURIED by Rodrigo CORTES – Post-Production
HEARTBREAKER (L’ARNACOEUR) by Pascal CHAUMEIL – Post-Production
JOANN SFAR’S GAINSBOURG (GAINSBOURG (VIE HÉROIQUE)) by Joann SFAR – Completed
MY OWN LOVE SONG by Olivier DAHAN – Completed
SARAH’S KEY by Gilles PAQUET-BRENNER – Post-Production
COPACABANA by Marc FITOUSSI – Completed
THE PIMP (LE MAC) by Pascal BOURDIAUX – Completed

EVERY JACK HAS A JILL by Jennifer DEVOLDÈRE – Completed
LULLABY FOR PI by Benoît PHILIPPON – Post-Production
MENSCH by Steve SUISSA – Completed
ONE (LE SYNDROME DU TITANIC) by Nicolas HULOT – Completed
PUBLIC ENEMY NUMBER ONE (MESRINE) by Jean-François RICHET – Completed
REBELLION (L’ORDRE ET LA MORALE) by Mathieu KASSOVITZ – Pre-Production
SO HAPPY TOGETHER (TELLEMENT PROCHES) by Eric TOLEDANO – Completed
STATE AFFAIRS by Eric VALETTE – Completed
THE CHAMELEON by Jean-Paul SALOMÉ – Post-Production
THE CROSS by Andrew NICCOL – Pre-Production
THE LIFE COACH (LE COACH) by Olivier DORAN – Completed
THE PRODIGIES by Antoine CHARREYRON – Post-Production
ULTIMATUM by Alain TASMA – Completed
UPSIDE DOWN by Juan SOLANAS – Pre-Production
VENGEANCE by Johnnie TO – Completed
WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MYSELF (AIDE-TOI LE CIEL T’AIDERA) by François DUPEYRON – Completed