21/02/2007

After a period of calm during the Berlinale, Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth’s local title Khadak [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Jessica Woodworth
interview: Jessica Woodworth
film profile] is the highlight of this week’s new releases in Belgian cinemas.

Well received on the international festival circuit, the title (see Focus) won the Lion of the Future at Venice and screened to packed auditoriums at Toronto and Sundance.

Sold by Germany’s Telepool, Khadak is being distributed by Cinéart.

For their first feature, the directors-producers (Bo Films) have left behind the world of documentary to reconstruct in bursts and fragments through the eyes of a young shaman the complexity of a sacred link between man and his environment in an exploited and bloody country, Mongolia.

Distributed by BFD, Peter Webber’s Hannibal Rising [+see also:
trailer
film profile] (featuring French actor Gaspard Ulliel) is an Italian/French co-production by Dino de Laurentiis and Tarik Ben Ammar (see news), in association with the UK, the Czech Republic and the US.

Two other co-productions open today. The first is Richard Eyre’s UK/US production Notes on a Scandal [+see also:
trailer
film profile], starring Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett (see news), on release through 20th Century Fox, while the second is Chilean helmer’s Matías Bize In Bed, produced with German outfit CMW (dist. IFD).

Kinepolis is releasing DOA: Dead or Alive by renowned Hong Kong actor-director Corey Yuen (The Transporter). The screen adaptation of the hit video game of the same name was produced by Paul Anderson and Bernd Eichinger in co-production with the US.

Director of AVP: Alien vs. Predator and video games adaptation expert since 1995’s Mortal Kombat, Anderson directed and produced 2002’s Resident Evil, followed by 2004’s Resident Apocalypse – also with the US, Germany’s Constantin Film Produktion and UK outfit Impact Pictures.

(Translated from French)