Locarno:
Bruton
Int Sales Rep: Visit Films (It Follows)
Dir: Vincent Grashaw (Bang Bang)
Cast: Theo Rossi (Emily the Criminal), Tony Hale (Arrested Development), Aya Cash (The Boys)
Official Synopsis:
A tragic accident leads Bryan Bruton on a wild and unforgettable experience within the Florida prison system.
The 79th Locarno Film Festival runs from Aug. 5-15.
Venice, sales rep P/Us:
No Paradise If You Are Killed by a Woman
Int. Sales Rep: True Colours (Perfect Strangers)
Dir/Wri: Halkawt Mustafa (Hiding Saddam Hussein)
Premiering Out of Competition at Venice
Official Synopsis:
Kurdish sniper Vyan has suppressed her emotions to survive war. When she discovers her sister, lost in ISIS’ 2014 attack, may be alive in Mosul, she returns to the ravaged city to find her and face the trauma she’s long avoided.
Les Indes (The Indies)
Int. Sales Rep: MoreThan Films (Blue Heron)
Dir/Wri: Pauline Julier and Nicolas Chapoulier (debut)
Premiering in competition during Venice Days
Official Synopsis:
Follows two French soldiers and a Spanish nobleman tasked with delivering a portrait of the infanta of Spain to Louis XIV in 17th century Europe to seal a fragile alliance between the two crowns.
The 83rd Venice Int. Film Festival runs from Sept. 2-12.
TIFF, sales rep P/Us:
Nosotros
Int. Sales Rep: FiGa Films (Nudo Mixteco)
Dir/Wri: Joaquín Ruano (debut)
Official Synopsis:
A security guard from rural Guatemala forms a forbidden bond with a trans woman in the capital city, but their fragile sanctuary is threatened when his colleagues’ suspicion and prejudice close in.
The 51st Toronto Int. Film Festival runs from Sept. 10-20.
San Sebastian:
In My Father’s Room (Muyou no Hito)
Int. Sales Rep: Bitter End (dist. The Odyssey)
Dir/Wri: Maha Harada (debut)
Official Synopsis:
After receiving a key to her late father’s room, art museum employee Satomi traces his final days and discovers a man who found quiet comfort in language, tea ceremony, and small beauty, recognizing the grace in how he lived.
The 74th San Sebastian Film Festival will run from Sept. 18-26.