Industry manager Daria Voumard added: “We are looking forward to presenting their projects to our industry guests and provide them the platform to create connections which will hopefully lead to completing these wonderful projects.” this year, highlighting five emerging talents as well as the last work of the late and acclaimed cult-director Mike Hodges,” noted Markus Duffner, head of Locarno Pro. We are delighted with the focus on the U.K. “With First Look, we want to present a diverse and eclectic selection of works-in-progress and to showcase a wide range of upcoming films. They show the lengths of cruelty that people in love can be brought to.Ĭécile Embleton and Alys Tomlinson will introduce the audience to “Mother Vera”: an Orthodox nun facing an inner conflict after 20 years of service. “Bastien and Matt are flawed in different ways, and perhaps should have left each other long ago. Admitting that in the film, years of emotional baggage will finally unload during a “sultry” week in Barcelona. “It’s searingly honest and sometimes uncomfortable, but a truthful portrait of a relationship in crisis,” he said. Adesunloye – also producing for DreamCoat Films – will take on other lovers at crossroads in “Vanilla,” where an interracial gay couple is trying to celebrate their anniversary while also dealing with past infidelity. “I wanted to go deeper with Lena and Daniel, taking them on a twisting, intimate, epic journey, stripping back the layers from that first rush of lust through every stage of passion, love and hate, discovering their true natures and whether they can survive or not.”ĭirector Joseph A. ‘7 Keys’ brings my subversive female lens to the erotic thriller, where women are too often reduced to body parts, alive or dead,” she observed. “I want to push back the boundaries of the kinds of films women are meant to make. Wilkinson is a “huge fan” of genre, she admitted. “It harks back to the erotic and murderous dance of ‘The Seven Veils and Bluebeard,’ bringing that mythic feel to modern London, where lost souls crave a real connection.” It’s an idea I have been obsessed with for a long time – someone having the keys to all the places they used to live and using them with a new partner, to reveal who they really are,” she says. The film is produced by Jeva Films. “It’s a dark, sexy thriller that condenses a toxic romance into one wild weekend across other people’s homes in London. In “7 Keys,” Joy Wilkinson will focus on a couple deciding to go on an unusual erotic odyssey. On the genre front, Nicolai Schumann will deliver a thriller about a man waking up in a locked room with “The Lonely Musketeer,” produced by Addy Films. “The 25-year timespan, although frustrating at times, has been an opportunity to witness profound personal shifts in the hairdressers’ lives within the wider changing context of the UK’s cultural landscape.” “I began filming in 1996 as an observational ‘year in the life’ documentary. ‘Cuts’ has never been just about the haircut, but a place where people would go to connect and create,” explains Lewis. Sarah Lewis, also producing for Felt Culture, will take a look at London’s barbershop “Cuts” in “No Ifs or Buts.” A place that, guided by founders James Lebon and Steve Brooks, moved from its early 1980s post-punk roots to become a hub for DJs, photographers and style icons. The film is a deeply personal story of his life’s loves and losses.” “Mike was a humble visionary and a delight to work with. We lost him in December, but luckily, we have a director’s cut and an even more pressing need to make sure his final film sees the light of the big screen,” says Solon Papadopoulos. “We have been working with Mike on this feature documentary over the past three, four years. The film was directed, written and narrated by Hodges himself. This year, the late Mike Hodges – known for “Get Carter” or “Flash Gordon” – will be celebrated in “All at Sea,” produced by Hurricane Films, a semi-autobiographical documentary depicting his life. Locarno Film Festival's 'Family Portrait' Debuts Trailer, Lights On Launches Sales (EXCLUSIVE) Locarno: Arianna Bocco, Mariette Rissenbeek, Agnieszka Moody to Discuss 'What's the Deal With Independent Cinema?' in Fest Keynote (EXCLUSIVE) Locarno Film Festival Taps First Female Board President, Maja Hoffmann Since its introduction in 2012, First Look has already focused on Colombia, Mexico, Chile, Brazil, Israel, Poland, the Baltic Countries, Portugal, Serbia, Switzerland and Germany works-in-progress have been selected for the 12 th edition of Locarno’s First Look, an international launchpad for films in post-production taking place during Locarno Pro Days.
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