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Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2011: So Yong Kim’s For Ellen

We like her minimalist and miniscule triage dramas In Between Days and Treeless Mountain and look forward in seeing her work with name talent in Paul Dano and Jena Malone. Last year we had this at the number 53 spot.
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#18. For Ellen

Director/Writer: So Yong Kim
Producers: So Yong Kim, Bradley Rust Gray and Jen Gatien
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, Jon Heder, Jena Malone, Margarita Levieva and Dakota Johnson.

Why is it on the list?: We like her minimalist and miniscule triage dramas In Between Days and Treeless Mountain and look forward in seeing her work with name talent in Paul Dano and Jena Malone. Last year we had this at the number 53 spot.

Release Date/Status?: Cannes looks probable. TIFF is a shoe-in for a North American premiere. 

 
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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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