A Väst co-production film about Dry Grasses has been selected in the main competition in Cannes

– It’s great to have a co-production again at the main competition in Cannes. The presence of two international co-productions this year is a result of Film i Väst’s extensive network of contacts in the film world. Being in the main competition in Cannes is one of Film i Väst’s highest goals. congratulate Nuri Bilge CeylonAnd a captivating drama About dry herbs and Swedish producers Nader Oberly And Beata Gardler On the second floor. Also, congratulations Felipe Galvis The Settlers In Un Certain Regard, he says Christina Borgesson, Production Manager at Film i Väst.

Facts about the movie:

In the main competition for the Palme d’Or: About dry herbs
exit: Nuri Bilge Ceylon
script: Akin Aksu, Ebru Ceylan, Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Producer: NBC Films. Swedish co-producer: Nader Oberly, Beata Gardler, The second state. Co-production between Türkiye, France, Germany, Sweden and Qatar.

Synopsis: A film narrated by a teacher performing his military service in a remote region of eastern Anatolia, Turkey. A story that not only tries to depict in detail the alienation he feels, of his transition from the center to the outer periphery. It also illustrates the great difficulties experienced by the residents of the region, and the consequent geographical, ethnic or social repercussions.

Post-production: Dupp Film, CAN Film

Turkish director and screenwriter Nuri Bilge Ceylon Born in 1959 in Istanbul. He has a long string of movies behind him. The breakthrough came May clouds which was shown in the main competition in Berlin 2000. Gillan’s next four films, geese (2002), seasons (2006), The three monkeys (2008) and Once upon a time Anatolia (2011), all of which were shown in main competition at Cannes, and all four took home prizes at the festival. It was nominated for the Palme d’Or Once upon a time in Anatolia (2011). He was awarded the Palme d’Or and the FIPRESCI Prize hibernation (2014) and was nominated for the Palme d’OrWild pear tree (2018), which was co-produced with Film i Väst.

Un Certain Regard: the sedentary

exit: Felipe Galvez
script: Felipe Galvez and Antonia Girardi
Producer: Quijote Films, Associate Producer: Katherine Borse, Eva Jacobsen, Mikkel Gersen, snowball. Joint producing countries: Chile, Argentina, Great Britain, Taiwan, France, Sweden, Denmark, Germany,

Post-production: CAN Film

Summary: Chile, at the beginning of the twentieth century. Three horsemen hired by a wealthy landowner to mark the boundaries of his vast estate and open a path to the Atlantic Ocean for his sheep. The expedition, consisting of a young Chilean of mixed ancestry, an American mercenary and a ruthless British lieutenant, quickly takes a new “civilian” turn on a raid across vast Patagonia.

Felipe Galvez He was born in Santiago de Chile in 1983 and graduated from Universidad del Cinema in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He directed several short films, among them raptorwhich premiered at the Semaine de la Critique in Cannes 2018. The Settlers (Los Colonos) It is his first feature film.

Film in the West, Cannes Festival

Film i Väst’s co-productions over the years have been celebrated with great success during the Cannes Film Festival, from the year 2000 when birch She won Best Actress in Lars von Triers dancer in the dark The same director was nominated for the Golden Palm Award in 2003 and 2005 Dogville his own Mandirli.

• 2022 won Robin Ostlund Palme d’Or Sadness triangle Same year Tariq Saleh Screenplay Award Winner boy from heavenAnd Amir Ebrahimi visited which won the prize Best Actress in Ali Abbasi Holy spider. As the fourth co-production in the main competition Christian Mungios NMR I took out.
• It was 2021 Joachim Trier Nominated for the Palme d’Or for The worst person in the worldthere Rinat Rinsep She won Best Actress.
• In the year of the epidemic 2020, three co-productions were marked with the quality of the Cannes 2020 mark: Thomas Winterberg another round, Ninja Theberg pleasure And Magnus von Horns sweats.
• 2019 opened Jim Jarmusch Palme d’Or candidates The dead do not die the entire festival. Cornelio Borrumboyos whistles He was also in the main competition.
• In 2018, Nuri Bilge was Ceylan Wild pear treeIt was nominated for the Palme d’Or, and it’s also this year.
• 2017 had won Robin Ostlunds Squarea Palme d’Or.

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