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Brit has her first feature selected for Cannes
Brit has her first feature selected for Cannes
Tuesday, 20 April 2010
Cheering news for Brits in Cannes (always assuming anyone is actually able to travel there this year). Originally rumoured to be in line for the Critics' Week, a young British filmmaker, Alicia Duffy, has now secured an even better berth: her first feature has been selected by the Directors' Fortnight, the prestigious parallel (and rival) event to the main competition.
All Good Children is about two young Irish boys who move to rural France after the death of their mother and, we're told, "hypnotically plays out in the gap between childish fantasy and adult reality". Duffy's prize-winning shorts include The Most Beautiful Man in the World, which was in the Official Selection at Cannes 2003 and was nominated for a Bafta.
The provenance of All Good Children typifies the difficulty of pinpointing a film's nationality these days: it's billed as an Irish/French/Belgian co-production, but the company behind it, Caveman Films, is British and was set up by the actor/director Andy Serkis and Jonathan Cavendish, whose producing credits include the Bridget Jones films and Elizabeth: The Golden Age.
The provenance of All Good Children typifies the difficulty of pinpointing a film's nationality these days: it's billed as an Irish/French/Belgian co-production, but the company behind it, Caveman Films, is British and was set up by the actor/director Andy Serkis and Jonathan Cavendish, whose producing credits include the Bridget Jones films and Elizabeth: The Golden Age.
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