22/05/2006

Munich-based Bavaria Film International has just picked up world rights for Milcho Manchevski’s mystery thriller/mythical love story Bones. The film, set to start shooting next June, is a European co-production between Senka Film (Macedonia), Sia Advertising/Camera Ltd. (Bulgaria), Blue Eyes Fiction (Germany), Classic SRL (Italy) and Tornasol Films (Spain).

The cast is made up of most young Macedonian actors and the highly experienced crew is European. “As much as the director's vision must control the outcome, the filmmaking process is fundamentally about collaboration and, in terms of this project, the collaboration is happening across international boundaries", said Manchevski. "Our DoP, Fabio Cianchetti ( The Dreamers [+see also:
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Bones is adding to an attractive Bavaria Film International line-up at Cannes that also includes Norway’s The Bothersome Man [+see also:
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interview: Jens Lien
interview: Jørgen Storm Rosenberg
film profile] by Jens Lien and Belgian title Komma [+see also:
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film profile] by Martine Doyen, both selected in the Critics’ Week, as well as Stefan Krohmer’s drama, Summer ‘04, which had its world premiere yesterday in the Directors’ Fortnight. "Although it’s still the beginning of the festival, we’ve already had a good turnout of buyers so far", Thorsten Ritter, head of Bavaria Film International, told Cineuropa. "There are the usual complaints about the first festival films being disappointing, but things are heating up now".