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Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2010: So Yong Kim’s For Ellen

In only a pair of outings, Kim has confirmed her presence as an indie filmmaker worthy of future auteurist theories — her type of cinema, minimalist and miniscule triage dramas, reach for the highest levels of intimacy and with an isolated and an emotionally distraught Paul Dano, I’m expecting her to take up more room on the scene than her previous two combined. Seek out her films: In Between Days and Treeless Mountain.

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#53. For Ellen

Director/Writer: So Yong Kim
Producers: So Yong Kim and Jen Gatien (Holy Rollers)
Distributor: Rights Available.

The Gist: When an aspiring young rock musician (Paul Dano) agrees to sign divorce papers with his estranged wife, he discovers he is not ready to forfeit all custody of his six-year-old daughter.….(more)

Cast: Paul Dano and more cast TBA.

Why is it on the list?: In only a pair of outings, Kim has confirmed her presence as an indie filmmaker worthy of future auteurist theories — her type of cinema, minimalist and miniscule triage dramas, reach for the highest levels of intimacy and with an isolated and an emotionally distraught Paul Dano, I’m expecting her to take up more room on the scene than her previous two combined. Seek out her films: In Between Days and Treeless Mountain.

Release Date/Status?: In pre-production with a tagged February start, this should be a Venice/TIFF/NYFF Film Festival entry, with a theatrical release in the late innings of 2010.

 
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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).

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