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Experts join Kazakhstan’s Myn Bala
BY LIZ SHACKLETON Talent from the US, Europe and Asia have signed up for $7m his- toric adventureMyn Bala, which has begun filming in Kazakhstan. The producers are in talks with
sales agents here and will be pre- senting a trailer and first footage. Produced by Kazakhfilm and New Film Format, the film is directed by Akan Satayev (Strayed). From the US and Europe, edi-
tors Nicolas Trembasiewicz (The Transporter) and Christopher Bell (The Bourne Ultimatum), sound editor Stéphane Albinet (Tsar) and supervising post-production sound editor Jean Goudier (Alex- ander) have all boarded the film. Hong Kong action director
Teddy Chen (Bodyguards And Assassins) is creative consultant, while Central Asian DoP is Khasan Kydyraliyev (The Light Thief). “Kazakh films should stand on
a par not only with Hollywood, but also Asian cinema in terms of artistic expression and technical quality,” said Myn Bala co-pro- ducer Aliya Uvalzhanova.
Korea’s Finecut takes on Hong, Kim, Leafie
BY LIZ SHACKLETON Korean sales company Finecut has arrived in Cannes with several new titles including Un Certain Regard entries The Day He Arrives, directed by Hong Sang- soo, and Kim Ki-duk’s dramatic documentaryArirang. Arirang features Kim talking
about his life and films, while The Day He Arrives follows a film- maker who travels to Seoul to meet an old college friend. Finecut has also picked up spy
action film Athena: Goddess Of War and feature animationLeafie: A Hen Into The Wild, which has been six years in the making. Starring Jung Woo-sung (Reign
Of Assassins), Athena is produced by Taewon Entertainment (Iris). Based on a bestselling novel,
Leafie is directed by newcomer Oh Seong-yoon and features the voice talents of Moon So-ri (Oasis) and Choi Min-sik (Oldboy). Produced by Korea’s Myung Films and Odolotogi Studio, the film is scheduled for release this summer on more than 1,400 screens in
Wild Bunch boosts its slate
»Continued from p3 Among previously announced
titles are Fernando Meirelles’ 360, currently shooting with Anthony Hopkins, Jude Law, Rachel Weisz and Ben Foster. The screenplay, by Peter Morgan, is inspired by Arthur Schnitzler’s classic La Ronde. Wild Bunch will have a promo while Morgan will also be in Cannes to support the film.
James Marsh’s Shadow Dancer
stars Clive Owen, Andrea Risebor- ough, Gillian Anderson and Aidan Gillen in a sort of Irish Sophie’s Choice. Paramount has UK rights. Abel Ferrara has recently com-
pleted shooting on 4:44 Last Day On Earth starring Willem Dafoe, Natasha Lyonne and Paz de la Huerta in the story of a couple fac- ing upsetting personal revelations
Leafie: A Hen Into The Wild
Korea via Lotte Entertainment, and in China through Dadi. Finecut’s new titles also include
Blind, a thriller about a blind woman who is party to a murder, and horror filmThe Cat. Both films will be released in Korea this sum- mer by Next Entertainment World. Finecut has also concluded fur-
ther deals on last year’s titles, including Bedevilled, which has gone to Madman for Australia and New Zealand; and Pablo Trapero’s Carancho, which has gone to Brun Bro Films for Benelux and Les
as the world is coming to an end. Wild Bunch will have a promo reel and is representing world sales in association with Funny Balloons. The company will screen a
promo of Roman Polanski’s Car- nage starring Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet and Christoph Waltz. Wild Bunch is selling certain ter- ritories, while producer Said Ben Said is also handing sales. 7 Days In Havana, which Wild
Bunch’s Maraval says is “not your usual omnibus”, is from directors
Films d’Aujourd’hui for Canada. The company has also sold Kim
Jee-woon’s I Saw The Devil to Luna Films for Singapore and Mont- blanc for French-speaking Swit- zerland. Hello Ghost has gone to Singapore’s Scorpio East, Indone- sia’s Queen Films and Malaysia’s Hwa Yea Multimedia, which also took thriller Midnight FM and romantic comedyCyrano Agency. Midnight FM was also sold to
Universal Full Band for China, while Taiwan’s Catchplay has takenHeartbeat andNight Fishing.
Benicio Del Toro, Pablo Trapero, Elia Suleiman, Laurent Cantet, Julio Medem, Juan Carlos Tabio and Gaspar Noé. The film is a snapshot of Havana in 2011, with each director devoting his chapter to a different day of the week. Dan- iel Brühl, Emir Kusturica and Josh Hutcherson are among the cast. Wild Bunch will screen a promo. Only God Forgives from Nicolas
Winding Refn stars Luke Evans, Kristin Scott Thomas, Vithaya Pansringarm and Yaya Ying. Refn
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Zentropa launches VoD platform
BY GEOFFREY MACNAB Danish powerhouse Zentropa is launching its own VoD platform,
zentropaondemand.com, availa- ble internationally. Zentropa on Demand goes live on May 18 with access to the entire Zentropa cata- logue, from Lars von Trier’s debut feature The Element Of Crime (1984) to Oscar winner In A Better World (2010) by Susanne Bier. There are also films from Per Fly, Niels Arden Oplev, Annette K Olesen, Kristian Levring, Lone Scherfig and Thomas Vinterberg. Zentropa is billing itself as “the
first production company in the world to launch its own VoD plat- form”. “The cultural imperialism has
now begun for real,” its head, Peter Aalbaek Jensen, said of the new initiative. Zentropa was formed in 1992 by Trier (whose featureMel- ancholia screens in Competition next week) and Aalbaek Jensen. Zentropa on Demand will also give access to rare short films, Zentropa TV series and non-published material from the archives.
plans a December shoot for the story of murder and corruption set in the world of Thai boxing. In addition to other previously
announced films — and the first promos from Sylvie Verheyde’s Confessions Of A Child Of The Cen- tury starring Pete Doherty and Charlotte Gainsbourg — Wild Bunch will screen the market pre- mieres of Robert De Niro/Monica Bellucci love storyThe Ages Of Love, Agnes Merlet’s Hideaways and Christophe Ruggia’s In Turmoil.
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