Luchetti, Rosales and Bruni-Tedeschi among nine European contenders
While this year's Un Certain Regard selection has not departed from the sidebar’s tradition as a showcase for the diversity of world cinema at the 60th Cannes Film Festival (May 16-27), the list of films unveiled today in Paris may see further additions in the weeks to come, as the 2006 line-up is to include 24 features in total.
The list of films unveiled today in Paris may see further additions in the weeks to come, as the 2006 line-up is to include 24 features in total.
The current line-up features nine European productions: Mio fratello è figlio unico [+see also:
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interview: Daniele Luchetti
interview: Riccardo Tozzi
film profile] by Italy’s Daniele Luchetti, La soledad [+see also:
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film profile] by Spain’s Jaime Rosales), French/Italian director Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi’s La rêve de la nuit d'avant [+see also:
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film profile], Am Ende kommen Touristen [+see also:
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interview: Alexander Fehling
film profile] by Germany’s Robert Thalheim. French helmer Céline Sciamma will present her Les pieuvres [+see also:
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film profile] and Lola Doillon Et toi, t'es sur qui? [+see also:
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film profile], while fellow French filmmaker Barbet Schroeder’s documentary L'avocat de la terreur has also been selected. Estonia will be represented by Kadri Kousaar (Magnus) and the feature debut California Dreaming [+see also:
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film profile] by the late Romanian director Cristian Nemescu, who died last summer in a car crash at the age of 27.
Another selected title is US director Harmony Korine’s Mister Lonely [+see also:
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film profile], a majority UK film co-produced by France and Ireland.
Un Certain Regard line-up
Daniele Luchetti - Mio fratello è figlio unico (IT)
Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi - La rêve de la nuit d'avant (FR)
Céline Sciamma - Les pieuvres (FR)
Lola Doillon - Et toi, t'es sur qui ? (FR)
Jaime Rosales - La soledad (ES)
Robert Thalheim - Am Ende kommen Touristen (DE)
Cristian Nemescu - California Dreaming (RO)
Kadri Kousaar - Magnus (EE)
Barbet Schroeder - L'avocat de la terreur (FR)
Harmony Korine - Mister Lonely (UK)
Lee Isaac Chung - Munyurangabo (US)
Carmen Castillo - Calle Santa Fe (CL)
Yang Li - Mang Shan (RC)
Enrique Fernandes and Cesar Charlone - El Bano Del Papa (UY)
Eran Kolirin - Bikur Hatizmoret (IL)
Ekachai Uekrongtham - Kuaile Gongchang (TH)
(Translated from French)
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