Rebecca Leffler

6 days ago | screendaily.com | Rebecca Leffler

Italian filmmaker Alice Rohrwacher has been selected to preside over the Caméra d’Or jury at the 78th Cannes Film Festival, running May 13-24. The Caméra d’Or (golden camera) is awarded to the best first feature film in Cannes’ Official Selection, or in the parallel Critics’ Week or Directors’ Fortnight sections. Last year’s prize went to Norwegian director Halfdan Ullmann Tøondel for his Un Certain Regard premiere Armand.

1 week ago | screendaily.com | Rebecca Leffler

EXCLUSIVE: Urban Sales has inked a slew of deals for Valentine Cadic’s debut French feature, That Summer In Paris, whichworld premieredat the Berlin Film Festival in the new Perspectives competition.

1 week ago | screendaily.com | Rebecca Leffler

EXCLUSIVE: SND has taken on international sales for Princia Car’s debut French feature The Girls We Want (Les Filles Desir) ahead of the film’s world premiere in Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight. Set in Marseille during the summer holidays, the film centres on a 20-something man and his longtime friends who work at a summer camp for children. When one returns after years away, it shakes up the group’s dynamic as they explore their values, desires and sexuality.

1 week ago | screendaily.com | Rebecca Leffler

Cannes Critics’ Week, the festival sidebar spotlighting first and second features, has revealed the 11 competition and special screenings titles for its 64th edition running May 14-22. Seven films will vie for four top prizes in competition, chosen by a jury helmed by Spanish filmmaker Rodrigo Sorogoyen. Five of those are first films that will compete for the Camera d’Or. Six films in the line-up are directed by women.

1 week ago | screendaily.com | Rebecca Leffler

Source: Wrong Men / Kidam EXCLUSIVE: Paris-based Totem Films has taken on international sales for Alexe Poukine’s comedy drama Kika which is set to world premiere in competition at Cannes’ Critics Week. The debut fiction feature stars Manon Clavel as the titular heroine. Pregnant with her second child and dealing with the aftermath of her partner’s sudden death, she must find a way to make money fast and stay strong.