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Cannes 2018
Films from The Netherlands
INDEX 1
Cannes Classics
João and the Knife 2
Minority co-productions in Un Certain Regard
Donbass 3
Girl 4
Rafiki 5
Minority co-productions in Quinzaine
This Magnificent Cake! 6
Tunisia Factory: Best Day Ever/The Cineaste 6
Cinefondation L’Atelier
The Color of the Skull 7
Producers on the Move
Frank Hoeve 8
Producers Network
Dutch producers in the spotlight 9
In the market
Cobain 10
Missing 11
We 12
Minority co-productions in the market
All Alone 13
An Impossibly Small Object 14
Land 15
Yellow Is Forbidden 16
INDEX 1INDEX
2 CANNES CLASSICS
JOÃO AND THE KNIFEGeorge Sluizer
Based on a Brazilian novel by OdyloCosta Filho and set in the Amazonianand Northeast hinterlands of Brazil, JOÃO
AND THE KNIFE is a hauntingly strange andvisually stunning picture.
Poor and elderly João marries the beauti-ful 19-year-old Maria. As he cannot givehis young bride children, he travels to theAmazonian forest, the green hell, to makemoney collecting rubber. Four years later,on his return as a rich man, he finds Mariacarrying a three-year old little girl whostrangely resembles her. João doubtsabout the fidelity of his wife. He buys aknife and says he will use it to kill Maria.Frightened Maria seeks help from the po-lice and a priest, but in vain. They thenbegin a long journey back to their village.Will João be able to refrain from hurtingthe one he loves so much?
95’ / colour
Genre: dramaOriginal title: A FACA E O RIOProd: Sluizer Films (NL)- Anne Sluizer-Lordon, George SluizerSc: George Sluizer, based on the novel A Faca e o Rio by Odylo Costa FilhoD.O.P.: Jan de BontCompleted: 1972Language: PortugueseCast: Joffre Soares, Ana Maria Miranda
George Sluizer:a.o. DARK BLOOD (2012, feature), THE COM-MISIONER (1998, feature), THE VANISHING(1993, feature), UTZ (feature, 1992).
Sluizer Filmswww.sluizerfilmproductions.com
Sales: Stoneraft Films B.V.Ph: +31 6 2052 8098 [email protected] www.georgesluizer.com
Please check website for updated scheduleSun May 13, 11:00 Buñuel
MINORITY CO-PRODUCTIONS IN UN CERTAIN REGARD 3
DONBASSSergei Loznitsa
110’ / colour
Genre: drama, crimeOriginal title: DONBASSProd: Ma.ja.de. (DE)Co-prod: Arthouse Traffic (UA), JBA Pro-duction (FR), Graniet Film (NL) - Marc vanWarmerdam, Wild at Art (NL) - Peter War-nier Sc: Sergei LoznitsaD.O.P.: Oleg MutuCompleted: May 2018Language: Russian, UkranianCast: Boris Kamorzin, Valeriu Andriutu
Sergei Loznitsa:a.o. A GENTLE CREATURE (2017, feature),THE EVENT (2015, doc), MAIDAN (2014, doc),MY JOY (2010, feature).
Graniet Filmwww.granietfilm.nl
Wild at Artwww.wildatart.nl
Sales: Pyramide FilmsPh: +33 1 4296 [email protected] at Cannes: Riviera J6
When war is called peace, when propa-ganda is uttered as truth, when hatred isdeclared to be love, life itself begins to re-semble death. Surviving Donbass. Apractical guide to Inferno.
In Donbass, a region of Eastern Ukraine, ahybrid war takes place, involving an openarmed conflict alongside robberies on a massscale perpetrated by gangs.In Donbass, war is called love, propaganda isuttered as truth, hatred is declared to be love.It’s not about one region, one country or onepolitical system, it’s about humanity and civili-zation in general. It’s about each and everyone of us.
Please check website for updated scheduleWed May 9, 11:15 Debussy (festival)Wed May 9, 16:00 Debussy festival)Thu May 10, 12:00 Lerins 3 (market)Thu May 10, 13:00 Bazin (festival)Sat May 12, 13:30 Riviera 2 (market)Thu May 17, 12:00 Riviera 1 (market)
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WORLDPREMIERE
4 MINORITY CO-PRODUCTIONS IN UN CERTAIN REGARD
GIRL Lukas Dhont
The story of Lara, a 15-year-old girlborn into a boy’s body, ready to riskeverything to pursue her dream of be-coming a ballerina. Everything…
Determined 15-year-old Lara is com-mitted to becoming a professional bal-lerina. With the support of her father,she throws herself into this quest forthe absolute at a new school. Lara’sadolescent frustrations and impatienceare heightened as she realises herbody does not bend so easily to thestrict discipline because she was borna boy.
Please check website for updated schedule Fri May 11, 14:00 Olympia 8 (market, invite only)Sat May 12, 11:00 Debussy (festival)Sat May 12, 16:30 Debussy (festival)Sun May 13, 17:30 Arcades 1 (market)Sun May 13, 21:45 Soixantième (festival)
100' / colour
Genre: dramaOriginal title: GIRL
Prod: Menuet (BE) Co-prod: Topkapi Films (NL) - Frans vanGestel, Arnold Heslenfeld, Laurette Schil-lings, Frakas Productions (BE)Sc: Lukas Dhont, Angelo TijssensD.O.P.: Frank van den EedenCompleted: May 2018Language: Dutch. FrenchCast: Victor Polster, Arieh Worthalter
Lukas Dhont:a.o. L’INFINI (2014, short), HEADLONG (2012,short).
Topkapi FilmsPh: +31 20 303 [email protected]
Sales: The Match FactoryPh: +49 221 539 [email protected] Match Factory at Cannes: 'La Bagatelle' / 25 La Croisette
WORLDPREMIERE
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RAFIKIWanuri Kahiu
When Kena and Ziki, two girls livingin a Nairobi housing estate, fall forone another, they must choose be-tween love and safety.
"Good Kenyan girls become good Ke-nyan wives," but Kena and Ziki longfor something more. Despite the politi-cal rivalry between their families, thegirls resist and remain close friends,supporting each other to pursue theirdreams in a conservative society.When love blossoms between them,the two girls will be forced to choosebetween happiness and safety.
Please check website for updated scheduleWed May 9, 16:00 Palais G (market)Wed May 9, 13:45 Debussy (festival)Wed May 9, 22:15 Debussy (festival)Thu May 10, 13:30 Palais J (market)Thu May 10, 16:00 Bazin (festival)Mon May 14, 11:30 Palais J (market)
82’ / colour
Genre: drama, LGBTQOriginal title: RAFIKIProd: Big World Cinema (ZA) Co-prod: Rinkel Film (NL) - Reinier Selen,MPM Film (FR), Shortcut Films (LB),Ape&Bjorn (NO), Razor Film (DE), Afro-bubblegum (KE)Sc: Wanuri Kahiu, Jenna Bass D.O.P: Christopher WesselsCompleted: December 2017Language: English, KiswahiliCast: Samantha Mugatsia, Sheila Munyiva
Wanuri Kahiu:a.o. FROM A WHISPER (2009, feature), PUMZI(2009, short).
Rinkel FilmPh: +31 20 616 [email protected]
Sales: MPM PremiumPh: +33 1 4277 [email protected] Premium at Cannes: Riviera H6
WORLDPREMIERE
6 MINORITY CO-PRODUCTIONS IN QUINZAINE
An anthology film set in colonial Africa in thelate 19th-century telling the stories of five diffe-rent characters: a troubled king; a middle-agedPygmy working in a luxury hotel; a failed busi-nessman on an expedition; a lost porter; and ayoung army deserter.
44’ / colour
Genre: animationOriginal title: CE MAGNIFIQUE GâTEAU!Prod: Beast Production (BE)Co-prod: PEDRI Animation (NL), VivementLundi (FR)Completed: May 2018Language: Dutch, French, Aka, Malinke
Marc James Roels & Emma De Swaefa.o. OH WILLY (2012, animated short)Awards: a.o Grand Jury Award SXSW.
PEDRI AnimationPh: +31 35 656 [email protected]
Mon May 14, 19:30 Théâtre CroisetteTue May 15, 16:30 Alexandre III
THIS MAGNIFICENT CAKE!Marc James Roels & Emma De Swaef
BEST DAY EVER is co-directed by Afghan-Dutchdirector Aboozar Amini. At Quinzaine’s TunisiaFactory Aboozar presents the first feature he iscurrently developing: THE CINEASTE. Dutch co-producers: Joost de Vries of An Original Pictureand Jia Zhao of Silk Road Film Salon.
15’ / colour
Genre: dramaOriginal title: BEST DAY EVERProd: DW Paris (FR)Completed: March 2018Language: TunesianCast: Mohamed Dahech, Salha Nasraoui,Amina Ben Smail, Karim Ben Salah.
Aboozar Amini:a.o. WHERE IS KURDISTAN (2016, short), ANGELUS NOVUS (2015, short) + awards, ONTHE STRING OF FORGETFULNESS (2011, short).
Contact THE CINEASTEAn Original PictureJoost de [email protected]
Silk Road Film SalonJia [email protected]
Please check Quinzaine website for updated scheduleWed May 9, 12:00 Théâtre Croisette
BEST DAY EVERAnissa Daoud & Aboozar Amini
CINÉFONDATION L ´ATELIER 7
A post-apartheid South Africa is thrustedinto a deep-rooted fear of an apocalypticcivil war as freedom fighter Nelson Man-dela’s last breath nears. Situated beneaththe grand Drakensberg Mountain rangenext to a traditional Zulu settlement, a puri-tanical Afrikaner community prepare tofight for their land, culture and lives astheir enemy does the same. As the greatracial war nears, various fractions of su-premacist militia sound their calls drawingPieter, a young white boy (13), into thehysteria by enlisting him in one of theircamps. Meanwhile, fleeing from a dubiouspast in a burning Johannesburg, Thato(23), a young black man, arrives to theZulu settlement where he will be drawninto an endless cycle of violence. In a timeof mass paranoia and bloodshed, the twoyouths, from each side, must bare thescars of a nation's deepest wounds.
THE COLOR OF THE SKULLSibs Shongwe-La Mer
Genre: drama, historicalProd: Mille et Une Productions (FR), UProduction (FR)Co-prod: Halal (NL) – Gijs KerboschSc: Sibs Shongwe-La MerStatus: in developmentLanguage: Afrikaans, English, Zulu
Sibs Shongwe-La Mer:Second feature film.NECKTIE YOUTH (2015, feature) awards: a.o.Best Narrative Feature and Best DirectorDurban Intl FF, Cristics´ Prize Geneva FF.
HalalPh: +31 20 639 [email protected]
Still: Necktie Youth by Sibs Shongwe-La Mer
8 PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE
FRANK HOEVEFrank Hoeve had worked as a producer for several years before founding BALDRFilm with Katja Draaijer in 2012. The pair focus on developing and (co-)producingchallenging, author-driven features and documentaries by a select number offilmmakers with a distinctive personal signature. At BALDR Frank has produced anumber of critically acclaimed films such as THOSE WHO FEEL THE FIRE BURNING
by Morgan Knibbe (2014, Dutch Academy Award for Best Feature Length Docu-mentary, Best International Doc Feature Guanajuato IFF, Nominee Best FeatureDoc IDFA), Bram Schouw’s debut feature BROTHERS (2017, Premiers Plans d’An-gers), and, most recently, UBIQUITY by Bregtje van der Haak (2018, HotDocs).
At the moment, BALDR Film has several films in (post-)production: the featureGOLD by Rogier Hesp; the Uruguayan/Brazilian/Argentinian/Dutch co-productionWINDOW BOY WOULD ALSO LIKE TO HAVE A SUBMARINE by Alex Piperno; the Brazi-lian/Dutch/French co-production SICK, SICK, SICK (CineMart 2015) by Alice Fur-tado and the Danish/Swedish/Dutch co-production HEARTBOUND by Janus Metz(Cannes Critics Week winner with ARMADILLO). He is also financing the featureMITRA (Eurimages Award at CineMart 2018) by Kaweh Modiri, which he is aimingto shoot in Spring 2019.
BALDRPh: + 31 20 303 [email protected]
PRODUCERS NETWORK 9
Sabine Brian - NL Film en TVwww.nlfilm.tv/en
Maaike Neve - Bind Filmwww.bindfilm.nl
Eefje Smulders - Bos Broswww.bosbros.com
Koji Nelissen - Kepler Film www.keplerfilm.com
Steven Rubinstein Malamud - IJswater Filmswww.ijswater.nl
Cobain (15) is forced to take overafter his pregnant mother Mia refusesto quit her self-destructive lifestyle.
Fifteen-year-old Cobain tries to get hispregnant mother Mia to quit her self-destructive lifestyle, but she keeps theboy at arm’s length, resisting any kindof interference. When Mia refuses toclean up her act, Cobain decides totake over.
Thu May 10, 17:30 Olympia 3
10 IN THE MARKET
COBAINNanouk Leopold 94' / colour
Genre: dramaOriginal title: COBAINProd: Circe Films (NL) - Stienette Bosklop-per, Lisette KelderCo-prod: A Private View (BE), Coin Film(DE), The Film Kitchen (NL) - Jan van derZanden, Ineke Kanters, VPRO (NL)Sc: Stienette Bosklopper D.O.P.: Frank van den EedenCompleted: December 2017Language: Dutch, EnglishCast: Bas Keizer, Naomi Velissariou (OUT OF LOVE, CHAUSSÉE D’AMOUR), WimOpbrouck (FORBIDDEN LOVE, CAFÉ DERBY).
Nanouk Leopold:a.o. IT’S ALL SO QUIET (2013, feature)Awards: a.o. Best Feature Torino FF, SilverHugo Award Chicago IFF, BROWNIAN MOVE-MENT (2010, feature) Awards: a.o. GoldenCalf for Best Screenplay and Best DirectorNetherlands FF, Int. Film Guide AwardNew Horizons FF.
Circe FilmsPh: +31 20 625 [email protected] www.circe.nl
Sales: Beta CinemaPh: +49 89 6734 [email protected] Cinema at Cannes: Grand Hotel, Bâtiment Le Goéland
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MISSING!Paul Ruven
A thriller about a mother who willstop at nothing to save her missingdaughter.
A dazzling performance by main ac-tress Sanneke Bos as a divorced la-wyer, whose teenage daughter hasgone missing and may have becomethe victim of a sex trafficking ring. Shewill stop at nothing to save herdaughter.
95’ / colour
Genre: thriller, dramaOriginal title: VERMIST! Prod: Talent United Film & TV – PaulRuven, Marian BatavierSc: Marian Batavier, Paul RuvenD.O.P. : Gregg Telussa Completed: January 2018Language: DutchCast: Mark van Eeuwen (KIDNAPPING MRHEINEKEN), Yes-R (GANGSTERBOYS), RoosWiltink (RED WIDOW).
Paul Ruven: a.o. HOSTAGE X (2017, feature), R U SAFE(2016, feature), MAR AND SIEN (2014, shortdoc), THE FLIGHT CHURCH (2013, short),USHI MUST MARRY (2012, feature).
Talent United Film & TVPh: +31 6 5124 [email protected]
Sales: Princ Films Ph: +1 763 458 [email protected] Films at Cannes: Riviera E1
Wed May 9, 13:30 Palais FFri May 11, 09:30 Palais H
A group of rebellious 17-year-oldsmeet on the outskirts of a Belgian vil-lage. Simon, the shy intellectual, iswildly in love with Femke. Ruth, whofollows them closely, is secretly inlove with Simon. Wildly charismaticThomas, an unscrupulous business-man in the making, decides to start akitsch sex-site where they recordporno scenes. Ruth is the first to havepaid sex as the group ventures intoprostitution. But when Femke is invol-ved in an accident the atmosphere wit-hin the group suddenly changes...
12 IN THE MARKET
WERené Eller
In the affluent but dull town of Dender-monde eight very close bored to deathteenagers get caught up in a nihilisticweb of pornography and prostitution.
90’ / colour
Genre: dramaOriginal title: BIJ WIJ EINDIG IKProd: New Amsterdam Film Company (NL)- Julius PontenCo-prod: Miauw (NL), A Team Productions(BE)Sc: Rene Eller, Sanne Nuyens, Bert vanDaelD.O.P.: Maxime DesmetCompleted: October 2017Language: DutchCast: Aime Claeys, Pauline Casteleyn, Tij-men Govaerts, Maxime Jacobs.
René Eller:First feature film.
New Amsterdam Film CompanyPh: +31 20 820 [email protected]
Sales: WidePh: +33 1 5395 [email protected] at Cannes: Riviera G2
Fri May 11, 13:30 Palais BTue May 15, 12:00 Palais C
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ALL ALONEBobo JelčićDespite the recent divorce, Marko ishardly ever alone. Family, co-workersand neighbourhood are all on his sideexcept his beloved daughter.
Divorced father Marko is hardly everalone: he is surrounded on all sides byfamily, friends, co-workers andneighbourhood fixers. Yet he is drivento the brink by limited contact with theone person he loves more than any-one - his daughter, who lives with hermother. When he starts the legal pro-ceedings to get more time with hischild, he enters the Kafkaesque worldof a social-services system in melt-down. His fierce, paternal love for hischild is both the source of his miseryand his greatest joy.
85’ / colour
Genre: dramaOriginal title: SAM SAMCAT
Prod: Spiritus Movens (HR)Co-prod: De Productie (NL) –Annemiekvan Gorp, René GoossensSc: Bobo JelčićD.O.P.: Erol ZubčevićCompleted: 2018 Language: CroatianCast: Rakan Rushaidat, Miki Manojlović,Snježana Sinovčić Šiškov.
Bobo Jelčić:A STRANGER (2013, feature).
De ProductiePh: +31 6 5151 [email protected]
Sales: Media Luna Film SalesPh: +49 221 5109 [email protected] Luna at Cannes: Riveira F12
Sat May 12, 11:30 Lerins 2
An 8-year old girl from Taipei and a33-year old photographer from Am-sterdam seem to have no connection,other than her appearance in a photohe took. Yet somehow their lives seementangled…
A photographer takes a photo of alittle girl on the nightly streets of Taipei. After this the memory of hisown childhood starts to come back tohim more and more and becomes intertwined with the identity of the girl,as looking at the picture he took, hestarts to project his childhood ontohers. A meditative narrative in 3 parts;Taipei, on board of an intercontinentalflight and in Amsterdam.
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AN IMPOSSIBLY SMALL OBJECTDavid Verbeek
100' / colour
Genre: dramaOriginal title: AN IMPOSSIBLY SMALL OBJECTProd: Flash Forward Entertainment (TW)Co-prod: Nukleus film (HR), JDP Croatia(HR), Lemming Film (NL) - Erik Glijnis, Leontine Petit Sc: David VerbeekD.O.P.: Morgan KnibbeCompleted: January 2018Language: Chinese, Dutch, EnglishCast: Chen-Hung Chung, David Verbeek,Klara Mucci.
David Verbeek:a.o. FULL CONTACT (2015, feature), HOW TODESCRIBE A CLOUD (2013, feature), CLUBZEUS (2011, feature) Award: Return of theTiger Award IFF Rotterdam, R U THERE(2009, feature).
Lemming Film Ph: +31 20 661 [email protected]
Sales: Flash Forward EntertainmentPh: +886 2 2926 [email protected]
Thu May 10, 10:00 Gray 5
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LANDBabak Jalali
A modern Western about the YellowEagle family, dealing with thescourge of alcoholism and the loss ofa son killed during military service inAfghanistan.
News reaches the Yellow Eagle fa-mily: a son has died during militaryservice in Afghanistan. Wesley, theyoungest son, is an alcoholic; hedoesn’t seem hit by his brother’sdeath. His daily, but uneasy contactwith the white owners of the liquor sto-res collapses when violence breaksout. Eldest brother Raymond, recove-ring from alcoholism, feels somewhatresponsible for his family, but feels tooemasculated to stand up. Until thetroubles that have affected his bro-thers force him to.
90' / colour
Genre: drama, westernOriginal title: LANDProd: Asmara Films (IT)Co-prod: The Cup of Tea (FR), KNM (CH),Piano Productions (MX), Topkapi Films(NL) - Frans van Gestel, Arnold Heslen-feld, Laurette SchillingsSc: Babak JalaliD.O.P.: Agnès GodardCompleted: November 2017Language: EnglishCast: Rod Rondeaux, Wilma Pelly, JamesColeman, Michele Melega.
Babak Jalali:a.o. RADIO DREAMS (2016), feature) Award:Tiger Award IFFR Rotterdam, Special JuryMention Seattle IFF, Best Director Tarkovsky FF.
Topkapi FilmsPh: +31 20 303 [email protected]
Sales: BAC FilmsPh: +33 1 8049 [email protected]
Fri May 11, 11:30 Palais BThu May 17, 12:00 Riviera 2
Chanel, Givenchy, Dior, Gaultier... Theworld of haute couture designers isone of the most exclusive clubs in theworld: Mostly men. Exclusively Euro-pean. Largely funded by conglomera-tes. Yet, an independent designer fromChina has been invited to present acollection next year. Her designs havebeen likened to Alexander McQueenand she has been profiled by The NewYork Times and Vogue. If you don'tknow here name yet, you will soon.Meet Guo Pei, and discover the unseen world of China's ultra-rich asthey seek to integrate into the west.
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YELLOW IS FORBIDDENPietra Brettkelly
A brave designer chases the dream -to be crowned haute couture. But shecomes from China, the land of knockoffs and production lines. Will herCinderella story end at the Met Ball?
94’ / colour
Genre: documentaryOriginal title: YELLOW IS FORBIDDENProd: Pietra Brettkelly (NZ), Libertine Pictu-res (NZ), The Film Sales Company (US)Co-prod: Avrotros (NL) Sc: Pietra BrettkellyD.O.P.: Jacob BryanyCompleted: April 2018Language: English, Chinese, FrenchCast: Guo Pei
Pietra Brettkelly:a.o. A FLICKERING TRUTH (2015, doc), MAORIBOY GENIUS (2011, doc).
The Film Sales CompanyPH: +1 212 481 [email protected]
Wed May 9, 15:30 Palais J Fri May 11, 17:30 Palais J
