The White Lotus Season 4 promises to be the most meta series of television in some time for industry watchers, and its Cannes setting will be backdrop for a story about “the life of an artist,” according to its exec producer. Shooting in the south of France is well underway, with the season starring the…
Film producer Fauzan Zidni has been elected chair of the Indonesian Film Agency (BPI) for a four-year term, with the government-backed body set to make its first international delegation appearance at the Cannes Film Festival in May. Zidni, a producer at Cinesurya who previously led original production at The Walt Disney Company Indonesia, has appointed…
Luxbox has come on board to handle world sales on “Ashes” (Ceniza en la boca), directed by Diego Luna, which has its world premiere in the Special Screenings section at the Cannes Film Festival. The drama centers on Lucila. She leaves Mexico with her younger brother to reunite with their mother in Madrid, who left…
Ira Sachs‘ latest drama “The Man I Love,” starring Oscar winner Rami Malek and Tom Sturridge, has secured French distribution ahead of its world premiere in competition at the Cannes Film Festival. Alexandre Mallet-Guy’s company Memento will release the film in France. Set in the vibrant era of late ’80s New York, “The Man I…
Paris-based company Lucky Number has boarded Dominga Sotomayor’s “La Perra” ahead of its world premiere at Cannes’ Directors Fortnight. The film is produced by RT Features, the Brazilian outfit behind Walter Salles’ Oscar-winning film “I’m Still Here,” as well as Luca Guadagnino’s “Call Me By Your Name;” and Planta, the Chilean company whose credits include Lisandro Alonso’s “Double…
Cannes is set to welcome a Japan IP market at this year’s festival. Cannes market, the film festival’s business hub, is collaborating with Tokyo International Film Festival Content Market (TIFFCOM) on the strategic gathering, which will run from May 15 to 17. The news comes as Japan readies to take the spotlight at this year’s…
Lightdox has acquired international sales rights to “Gabin,” the debut feature documentary by French filmmaker Maxence Voiseux. The film will celebrate its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in the Directors’ Fortnight section. French distribution is being handled by Arizona Distribution. In northern France, Gabin, the youngest of the Jourdel family, finds himself destined…
Photo: Dominik Bindl/Getty Images Well, this all sounds très chic. The Cannes International Film Festival confirmed its lineup today. Some buzzy films may still be announced, but, looking over the list at the moment, it’s shockingly devoid of American studio films. Prestige Hollywood projects like the Tom Cruise–starring Digger or Disney’s Toy Story 5 are…
New films by Polish filmmaker Paweł Pawlikowski, Japanese writer-director Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Spain’s Pedro Almodovar will premiere at the 79th Cannes Film Festival next month. Organizers for the South of France festival, which runs May 12-23, laid out a lineup heavy on big-name international auteurs at a news conference Thursday in Paris. Cannes’ most sought-after…
Here is first look image of Fatherland, Paweł Pawlikowski’s latest feature that is heading to Cannes. In the image, stars Sandra Hüller and Hanns Zischler can be seen looking stoic as they prepare to embark on a journey. Fatherland centers on the relationship between the Nobel Prize-winning writer Thomas Mann (Zischler) and his daughter Erika (Hüller)…
