Up-and-Coming European Producers Pitch Their Projects in Cannes (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comLeo Barraclough International Features Editor European Film Promotion is playing host at the Cannes Film Festival to 20 up-and-coming European producers, selected for its Producers on the Move program.
Variety invited the producers to share details of their upcoming projects. Katharina Posch, Austria“I’m Not Here to Make Friends”Director: Julia Niemann“I’m Not Here to Make Friends” is a sleek and sunny psycho thriller about a reality TV show set on a remote island.
Playing with elements of horror and satire it asks the question: Why do we want to be seen so badly? Elisa Heene, Belgium“Nightshade”Director: Leni Huyghe“Nightshade” by Cinéfondation talent Leni Huyghe is a psychological thriller about Leanna, a chemist, who starts experimenting with the poisonous plant Nightshade and discovers its hallucinatory powers.
Leana gets addicted and loses herself in a dreamlike world, where the midwife Marta is accused of witchcraft. Kalin Kalinov, Bulgaria“Axis of Life”Director: Atanas Hristoskov“Axis of Life” is an English-language dystopian drama.
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