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A film from Chad and a film from the Ukraine are probably the only surprises out of the 16 films mentioned early this morning. Now a French resident, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun comes into the comp with A Screaming Man (Un homme qui Crie), he was at Venice a several years back with Daratt, which won the Grand Special Jury Prize. Sergey Loznitsa docu and fiction filmmaker has been on film per year pace for the past decade - he'll show up in the comp with You, My Joy.

It's been almost one year since we last reported on Apichatpong Weerasethakul and him wanting to transform his multi-platform project "Primitive" into an eventual feature film project. For a buck, you can watch the short on TheAuteurs in preparation for Uncle Bonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, which is officially in the can.

Screen Daily reports that the Thai filmmaker is preparing the tale about a man who is dying and whose long-lost son re-appears as a "monkey ghost". Weerasethakul will start lensing Uncle Boonmee: A Man Who Can Recall His Past Lives sometime in October when precipitation levels are at a high.

Nothing can top last year's Cannes for the German Sales Agent -- Apichatpong Weerasethakul can thank the Tim Burton led jury for Uncle Boonmee being crowned with the Palme. This year The Match Factory have one in the main comp, a dark horse contender with Aki Kaurismaki's Le Havre and they have a trio in the Un Certain Regard section in Oslo, August 31st, Tatsumi and Stopped on Track.

Many critics would agree that Apichatpong Weerasethakul's Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives is a great addition to any foreign film/art-house catalogue, but when it comes to distributing Palme d'Or winning films you need a shrewd, savvy studio head to bring the film to market. Strand Releasing added value to their investment by pimping out the one-sheet via the gifted hands of an award-winning comic book artist and cartoonist in Chris Ware.