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Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2011: Miranda July’s The Future

Her breakout debut film touched all the rights cords — July is a great storyteller and visual artist and we’ve been waiting a long time since her Cannes-winning debut. I already like the storyline.

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#27. The Future

Director/Writer: Miranda July
Producers: Gina Kwon, Gerhard Meixner & Roman Paul
Distributor: Rights Available.

The Gist: This tells the story of a thirty-something couple who, on deciding to adopt a stray cat, change their perspective on life, literally altering the course of time and testing their faith in each other and themselves. Sophie and Jason are strange the way all couples are strange when they’re alone. They live in a small LA apartment, have jobs they hate, and in one month they’ll adopt a stray cat named Paw Paw. Like a newborn baby, he’ll need around-the-clock care – he may die in six months, or it may take five years. ….(more)

Cast: Miranda July and Hamish Linklater

List Worthy Reasons…Her breakout debut film touched all the rights cords — July is a great storyteller and visual artist and we’ve been waiting a long time since her Cannes-winning debut. I already like the storyline.

Release Date/Status?: Sundance and Berlin premieres should make this a sought after acquistions title. 

 
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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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