A mixed bag for this year’s Cannes British and Irish films. There is a strong show in certain respects of the United Nations, but overall it is a weak year for the UK-Ireland women’s representative.
In competition, as it stands, there are no films from British or Ireland directors.
However, in certain respects, three British Ireland debut features have been chosen. Akinola Davies Jr’s, a film director from Nigeria, UK Father’s shadow Star British actor. The semi-autobiographical story is set in one day in the Nigerian capital Lagos during the 1993 election crisis in Nigeria.
UK-Irish costume elements photography alongside Nigerian homeland productions create the backing of BBC films and BFI. Germany’s The Match Factory sells films in Cannes.
Pillion It is a queer biker romance from Harry Lyton sold by the UK cornerstone, with BBC films, BFI and Picture House Entertainment being sold among funders. A photo of the element is also generated bird Producer Lee Groombridge. British actor Harry Melling will be starring alongside Alexander Skarsgard.
Sea sea urchin This is the debut of the feature director of Triangle of sadness and babygirl Actor Harris Dickinson is based in a rough sleeper in London starring Frank Dylan. British costumes Devisio Pictures and Somesuch Produce, BBC Films and BFI also support. French charades have international rights.
UK Funding
There are several films that are partially supported by funding in the UK competition. BBC Films are one of the funders of Danish-Norwegian film director Joachim Triers Sentimental valuea portrait of a family living in Oslo, produced by Norwegian Maria Ekerjodo in collaboration with Andrea Ottomer of I-I Productions in Norway, and co-produced with Zentropa (Denmark and Sweden), Kuprisen Films (Germany), and Lumen and MK Productions (France). Renate Reinsve, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Elle Fanning and Stellan Skarsgård stars are sold by French Mk2.
Film4 is a supporter of films produced in the US. The history of soundfrom South African filmmaker Oliver Hermanus starring Irish actor Paul Mezcal and British Josh O’Connor. It is set during the First World War in the United States. Endcue and FatCity Produce are New York-based production and finance company closer media, which acquired stakes in Mbi in late 2024, in addition to Teresa Ryan Vanglane and Hermanus.
The ninth film in the British costumes of Elizabeth Carlsen and Stephen Woolley produces a certain respect for Ishikawa’s Japanese language nationals. The light view of the hill, A Japanese production company founded by Hirokazu Kore-EDA in collaboration with Bunbuku. The film is based on Ishimino’s debut novel and is supported by Japanese streamer U-NEXT.
Two weeks after the director, Australian filmmaker Shawnburn’s shark thriller Dangerous animals Produced by British and Australian costumes Brouhaha and sold by British Mr. Smith Entertainment.
In Critics Week, Mike Goodridge’s British company Good Chaos produced the Taiwan Set of Shih-Ching Tsou Left-handed girl, With Tsou and US Palme D’Or and Oscar winner Sean Baker.
In the competition, the UK will be exhibited at Mission: Impossible – Final calculationwas photographed in the UK and was home to locations such as Longcross Studios and the Lake District. Hailey Atwell, Simon Pegg, Indira Varma and Hannah Waddington are among the UK cast.
The more on-screen British talents, equipped with a Grace Croisette screen and red carpet, are Tueter Egiofort and Erin Kellyman, who appear in Scarlett Johansson. Eleanor the GreatMichael Ward, Aria Star’s competition title Eddington Emmacky in the revival of the competition of French Autagelia Julia Du Crunow, alpha. O’Connor also appears in Kelly Reichardt’s Art Robbery Mastermind.
U2 Rocker Bono is expected to be in Cannes for a special premiere of the Apple TV+ documentary Bono: The Story of SummitDirected by Australian filmmaker Andrew Dominique.
Last year, Andrea Arnold played in the competition bird. British filmmakers Ken Roach and Jonathan Glazer were selected in 2023 Old Oak and Zones of Interest each. In 2022 there was nothing in the competition.
In recent years, especially the UK-based female filmmakers, have found favor in certain respects – Rungano nyoni’s’s About becoming a Guinea chicken And Sandhiya Suri’s Santoche It was performed in 2024 and was also awarded the highest award for the United Nations with a certain respect How to have sex 2023 – But there’s nothing this year.
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