Below is a list of titles selected for Cannes Official Selection, Critics Week and Directors Fortnight originating from outside the Americas and Europe, i.e. Asia, Africa and the Middle East, with sales agents and nationalities of co-production partners where known. Streamlined would also like to cover Latin American cinema, but doesn’t currently have the bandwidth. One days perhaps…
COMPETITION:
About Dry Grasses, dir: Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Turkey)
Int’l sales: Playtime
Banel & Adama, dir: Ramata-Toulaye Sy (Senegal)
Int’l sales: Best Friend Forever (Belgian arm of Indie Sales)
Four Daughters, dir: Kaouther Ben Hania (Tunisia)
Int’l sales: The Party Film Sales
Youth (Jeunesse), dir: Wang Bing (Hong Kong, Luxembourg, Netherlands, France)
Int’l sales: Pyramide International
Monster, dir: Hirokazu Kore-eda (Japan)
Int’l sales: Goodfellas (ex-Asia), Gaga Corp (Asia)
OUT OF COMPETITION:
Cobweb, dir: Kim Jee-Woon (Korea) [pictured above]
Int’l sales: Barunson E&A
MIDNIGHT SCREENINGS:
Kennedy, dir: Anurag Kashyap (India)
Int’l sales: Zee Studios
Omar La Fraise, dir: Elias Belkeddar (Algeria)
Int’l sales: StudioCanal
Project Silence, dir: Kim Tae-gon (Korea)
Int’l sales: CJ ENM
CANNES PREMIERE:
Kubi, dir: Takeshi Kitano (Japan)
Int’l sales: Kadokawa
SPECIAL SCREENINGS:
Man In Black, dir: Wang Bing (France, US, UK)
Int’l sales: Asian Shadows
UN CERTAIN REGARD:
The Breaking Ice, dir: Anthony Chen (China)
Int’l sales: Rediance
Goodbye Julia, dir: Mohamed Kordofani (Sudan)
Int’l sales: MAD Solutions
Hopeless, dir: Kim Chang-hoon (Korea)
Int’l sales: Plus M Entertainment
If Only I Could Hibernate, dir: Zoljargal Purevdash (Mongolia)
Int’l sales: Urban Sales
Les Meutes, dir: Kamal Lazraq (Morocco)
Int’l sales: Charades
The Mother Of All Lies, dir: Asmae El Moudir (Morocco)
Int’l sales: Autlook
The New Boy, dir: Warwick Thornton (Australia)
Int’l sales: CAA & UTA North America), The Veterans (rest of the world)
Omen, dir: Baloji (RDC Congo)
Int’l sales: Memento International
Only The River Flows, dir: Wei Shujun (China)
Int’l sales: MK2 Films
Terrestrial Verses, dir: Ali Asgari, Alireza Khatami (Iran)
Int’l sales: Films Boutique
CRITICS WEEK:
Inshallah A Boy, dir: Amjad Al Rasheed (Jordan-Saudi-Qatar-France)
Int’l sales: Pyramide International
Sleep (Jam), dir: Jason Yu (Korea)
Int’l sales: Lotte Entertainment
Tiger Stripes, dir: Amanda Nell Eu (Malay-Tai-Sing-Fr-Ger-Neth-Indo-Qat)
Int’l sales: Films Boutique
DIRECTORS FORTNIGHT:
Agra, dir. Kanu Behl (India)
Int’l sales: Les Films de l’Atalante, Saregama Films
Inside The Yellow Cocoon Shell, dir. Thien An Pham (Viet-Sing-Fr)
Int’l sales: Cercamon
Deserts, dir. Faouzi Bensaïdi (Mor-Fr-Ger-Bel)
Int’l sales: Urban Sales
In Flames, dir. Zarrar Kahn (Can-Pak)
Int’l sales: XYZ Films (New Visions label)
Mambar Pierrette, dir: Rosine Mbakam (Cameroon)
Int’l sales:
A Song Sung Blue, dir. Zihan Geng (China)
Int’l sales: Totem Films
In Our Day, dir: Hong Sangsoo (Korea) CLOSING FILM
Int’l sales: Finecut