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UK FILMCANNES 2015

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The British Council, whose film team acts as a link between UK films and filmmakers and new international audiences, works with a range of programme selector teams from the world’s premier international film festivals, including the teams from Cannes, to arrange preview screenings of the best new British films. Do note that the British Council also supplies an additional catalogue detailing not just the UK talent on show in Cannes but also highlighting UK films on current release as well as a selection of UK films nearing completion. You can download this at http://film.britishcouncil.org/british-films-directory/uk-film-catalogues/cannes

Find out more about the UK industry at www.WEAREUKFILM.com

The 68th Cannes Festival presents a selection of UK films and film talent in its 2015 edition. This Catalogue includes details of all UK productions and official co-productions screening across the various Cannes sections. It also highlights some of the other titles screening which are not official co-productions but which have significant British elements.

It is divided into Features and Shorts screening in the Official Selection including Competition, Un Certain Regard, Out of Competition, Midnight Screenings, Special Screenings, Short Films Competition, Cinéfondation Shorts Selection and the parallel sections Cannes Classics, Directors Fortnight and Critics Week.

This catalogue has been compiled by the British Council, one of a number of key UK Film organisations represented in Cannes under the single umbrella of WE ARE UK FILM. A grouping of the UK’s film commission, national and regional agencies, together we provide clear information about our outstanding locations, services, films and talent, and we represent the UK Film industry enabling connections with both national and international partners.

INTRODUCTION

UK FILMCANNES 2015FEATURES

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Amy Carol

SynopsisFrom BAFTA award-winning director Asif Kapadia (Senna), ‘Amy’ tells the incredible story of six-time Grammy-winner Amy Winehouse - in her own words. Employing extensive unseen archive footage, this modern and moving film shines a light on the world we live in.

A once-in-a-generation talent, Amy Winehouse instantly captured the world’s attention. A pure jazz artist in the most authentic sense - she wrote and sung from the heart using her musical gifts to analyse her own problems. The combination of her raw honesty and supreme talent resulted in some of the most unique and adored songs of modern era. Tragically, relentless media attention coupled with Amy’s troubled relationships, her global success and precarious lifestyle saw her life fall apart. As a society, we celebrated her huge successes but were quick to judge her failings when it suited us. The talent that was initially her salvation eventually became the trigger for her disintegration. Amy Winehouse died from alcohol poisoning in July 2011 at the age of 27.

Official Selection Cannes 2015 - Midnight Screenings

DetailsYear: 2015Running Time: 125 minsDirector: Asif KapadiaProducer: James Gay-ReesCo-Producer: George PankExecutive Producer: David Joseph, Adam BarkerEditor: Chris KingMusic: Antonio Pinto (original music)Principal Cast: Amy Winehouse, Janis Winehouse, Mitchel Winehouse, Andrew Morris, Blake FielderArchive Producer: Paul Bell

SynopsisSet in 1950s New York, two women from very different backgrounds find themselves in the throes of love in ‘Carol’. As conventional norms of the time challenge their undeniable attraction, an honest story emerges to reveal the resilience of the heart in the face of change.

A young woman in her 20s, Therese Belivet is a clerk working in a Manhattan department store and dreaming of a more fulfilling life when she meets Carol, an alluring woman trapped in a loveless, convenient marriage. As an immediate connection sparks between them, the innocence of their first encounter dims and their connection deepens.

Official Selection Cannes 2015 - In Competition

DetailsYear: 2015Running Time: 118 minsDirector: Todd HaynesProducer: Elizabeth Karlsen, Stephen Woolley, Christine VachonEditor: Affonso GonçalvesScreenwriter: Phyllis Nagy based on the novel by Patricia HighsmithDirectory of Photography: Ed Lachman ASCProduction Designer: Judy BeckerMusic: Carter BurwellPrincipal Cast: Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Sarah Paulson, KyleChandler, Jake LacyCostume Designer: Sandy Powell

Production CompanyNumber 9 Films (UK), Killer Films (US)Number 9 FilmsLinton House24 Wells StreetLondonW1T 3PH+44 (0)20 7323 [email protected]/

Sales AgentHanWay Films24 Hanway StreetLondonW1T 1UH+44 (0)20 7290 [email protected]

Production CompanyGlobe Productions presents an Onthe Corner film© 2015 Universal MusicOperations Limited

On The Corner Films8-9 Greville StreetLondon EC1N 8SB

+44 (0)20 7148 [email protected]

Sales AgentCornerstone Films12 Sunray AvenueLondon SE24 9PY+44 (0)7580 [email protected]

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Cemetery of Splendour (Rak Ti Khon Kaen)

The Lobster

SynopsisIn Khon Kaen a lonesome middle-aged housewife tends a soldier with sleeping sickness and falls into a hallucination that triggers strangedreams, phantoms, and romance.

“I write this film as a rumination on Thailand, a feverish nation. It will be the first film that takes place entirely in my hometown, Khon Kaen. It’s also a very personal portrait of the places that have latched onto me like parasites - the elementary school, the hospital, the library, the lake. Like the sleepers in this film, I shun the malady of reality, and together we take refuge in dreams of forever.” Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Official Selection Cannes 2015 - Un Certain Regard

DetailsYear: 2015Running Time: 122 minsDirector: Apichatpong WeerasethakulProducer: Simon Field, Keith Griffiths, Apichatpong Weerasethakul,Charles de Meaux, Michael Weber, Hans GeissendoerferEditor: Lee ChatametikoolScreenwriter: Apichatpong WeerasethakulDirectory of Photography: Diego GarcíaPrincipal Cast: Jenjira Pongpas, Banlop Lomnoi

SynopsisA love story set in the near future where single people, according to the rules of The City, are arrested and transferred to The Hotel. There they are obliged to find a matching mate in 45 days. If they fail, they are transformed into an animal of their choosing and released into The Woods. A desperate Man escapes from The Hotel to The Woods where The Loners live and falls in love, although it is against their rules.


DetailsYear: 2015Running Time: 118 minsDirector: Yorgos LanthimosProducer: Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday, Ceci Dempsey, Yorgos LanthimosCo-Producer: Christos V. Konstantakopoulos, Leontine Petit, Carole Scotta, Joost de Vries, Derk-Jan WarrinkExecutive Producer: Andrew Lowe, Tessa Ross, Sam LavenderEditor: Yorgos MavropsaridisScreenwriter: Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthimis FilippouDirectory of Photography: Thimios BakatakisProduction Designer: Jacqueline AbrahamsSound: Johnnie BurnPrincipal Cast: Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, Jessica Barden, Olivia Colman, Ashley Jensen, Ariane Labed, Angeliki Papoulia, John C. Reilly, Léa Seydoux, Michael Smiley, Ben Whishaw

Production CompanyUK, Thailand, France, Germany, Malaysia productionKick the Machine (TH),Illuminations Films (Past Lives) (UK), Anna Sanders Films (FR), Match Factory Productions (DE), GFF Geissendoerfer Film-und Fernsehnproduktion KG (DE), Astro Shaw (MY)

Illuminations Films (Past Lives)187 Beach StreetDeal, Kent CT14 6LY+44 (0)1304 [email protected]

Sales AgentThe Match Factory (DE)Balthasarstr. 79-8150670 CologneGermany+49 221 539 [email protected]

Production CompanyIreland, UK, Greece, France,Netherlands coproductionElement Pictures (IE), Scarlet Films (UK), Limp (UK), Faliro House Productions SA (GR), Haut et Court (FR), Lemming Film (NL), British Film Institute (UK), Channel Four Television Corporation (UK)

Element Pictures UKLee Magiday14 Newburgh StreetLondon W1F 7RT+44 (0)20 7287 [email protected]

Scarlet Films - Ceci Dempsey+44 (0)7973 [email protected]

Limp Yorgos Lanthimosc/o Element Pictures14 Newburgh StreetLondon W1F 7RT+44 (0)20 7287 [email protected]

Sales AgentProtagonist Pictures42 - 48 Great Portand StreetLondon W1W 7NB+44 (0)20 7734 [email protected]

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Macbeth Steve McQueen: The Man and Le Mans

Synopsis‘Macbeth’ is the story of a fearless warrior and inspiring leader brought low by ambition and desire. A thrilling interpretation of the dramatic realities of the times and a reimagining of what wartime must have been like for one of Shakespeare’s most famous and compelling characters, a story of all-consuming passion and ambition, set in a war torn Scottish landscape.


DetailsYear: 2015Running Time: 113 minsDirector: Justin KurzelProducer: Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Laura Hastings-SmithCo-Producer: Andrew WarrenEditor: Chris DickensScreenwriter: Todd Louiso & Jacob Koskoff and Michael Lesslie (based on the play by William Shakespeare)Directory of Photography: Adam ArkapawProduction Designer: Fiona CrombieSound: Steve Single (supervising sound editor), Markus Stemler (sound designer), Al Sirkett (sound designer)Music: Jed KurzelPrincipal Cast: Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Paddy Considine, Sean Harris, Jack Reynor, Elizabeth Debicki and David Thewlis

SynopsisBy 1970, Steve McQueen ruled Hollywood. Hot off the back of classics like ‘The Thomas Crown Affair’ and ‘Bullitt’ he could now make the movie that was his life’s passion: McQueen’s experience on ‘Le Mans’ changed his life forever.

Interweaving stunning newly discovered footage and voice recordings with original interviews, this is the true story of how one of cinema’s legends would risk almost everything in pursuit of his dream.

Cannes 2015 - Cannes Classics

DetailsYear: 2015Running Time: 112 minsDirector: Gabriel Clarke, John McKennaProducer: John McKennaExecutive Producer: Andrew Marriott, Bonamy Grimes, Barry Smith, Chad McQueen, David Green, David Reeder, Jamie CarmichaelEditor: Matt WyllieScreenwriter: Gabriel ClarkeDirectory of Photography: Matt SmithMusic: Jim CopperthwaitePrincipal Cast: Neile Adams McQueen, Chad McQueen, Siegfried Rauch, Derek Bell, David Piper, Jonathan Williams, Louise Edlind, Alan Trustman, Bob Rosen, Mario IscovichArchive Producer: Richard Wiseman

Production CompanyUSA, UK coproduction

Noah Films (UK), PitlaneProductions (UK), McQueenRacing (US)

Noah Films+44 (0)7957 402091www.noahfilms.co.uk

Sales AgentContent Film19 Heddon StreetLondonW1B 4BG+44 (0)20 7851 [email protected]

Production CompanySee-Saw Films2nd Floor74 Rivington StreetLondonEC2A 3AY+44 (0)20 3301 [email protected]/

Sales AgentStudioCanal (FR)1, Place du Spectacle92130 Issy les MoulineauxFrance+33 1 71 35 35 [email protected]

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Tale of Tales (Il racconto dei racconti)

Youth (La giovinezza)

SynopsisBased on an early 17th century collection of fairy tales by Neopolitan author Giambattista Basile, the film weaves realistic and fantastical elements together in a dark exploration of classic tales.

From the bitter quest of a jealous Queen, to an Ogre thwarting the love of a young princess, to a mysterious woman provoking the passion of a King, these stories weave the beautiful with the grotesque, creating a stunning and unique work of gothic imagination.


DetailsYear: 2015Running Time: 125 minsDirector: Matteo GarroneProducer: Matteo Garrone, Jeremy Thomas, Jean and Anne-Laure LabadieExecutive Producer: Alessio Lazzareschi, Peter Watson, Nicki Hattingh, Anne Sheehan, Sheryl CrownEditor: Marco SpoletiniScreenwriter: Matteo Garrone (screenplay), Edoardo Albinati (screenplay),Ugo Chiti (screenplay), Massimo Gaudioso (screenplay), Giambattista Basile (original story collection)Directory of Photography: Peter SuschitzkyProduction Designer: Dimitri CapuaniMusic: Alexandre DesplatPrincipal Cast: Salma Hayek, Vincent Cassel, John C. Reilly, Toby Jones, Shirley Henderson

SynopsisSpringtime. Fred and Mick, two old friends now approaching eighty, are on vacation together in an elegant hotel at the foot of the Alps. Fred, a composer and conductor, is now retired. Mick, a film director, is still working. The two friends know that their time is quickly running out, and they decide to face their future together. They look with curiosity and tenderness on their children’s confused lives, Mick’s enthusiastic young writers, and the other hotel guests, all of whom, it seems, have all the time that they lack. And while Mick scrambles to finish the screenplay for what he imagines will be his last important film, Fred, who gave up his musical career long ago, has no intention of returning to it. But someone wants at all costs to hear his compositions and to see him conduct again.


DetailsYear: 2015Running Time: 118 minsDirector: Paolo SorrentinoProducer: Nicola Giuliano, Francesca Cima, Carlotta CaloriEditor: Cristiano TravaglioliScreenwriter: Paolo SorrentinoDirectory of Photography: Luca BigazziProduction Designer: Ludovica FerrarioMusic: David LangPrincipal Cast: Michael Caine, Harvey Keitel, Rachel Weisz, Paul Dano, Jane Fonda

Production CompanyItaly, France, UK coproductionArchimede (IT), Le Pacte (FR),Recorded Picture Company (UK), Rai Cinema (IT)

Recorded Picture Company24 Hanway StreetLondonW1T 1UH+44 (0)20 7636 [email protected]

Sales AgentHanWay Films24 Hanway StreetLondonW1T 1UH+44 (0)20 7290 [email protected]

Production CompanyItaly, France, UK, Switzerlandcoproduction

Indigo Film (IT), Medusa Film (IT), Barbary Films (FR), Pathé (FR), Number 9 Films (UK), France 2 Cinéma (FR), C-Films (CH)

Number 9 FilmsLinton House 1st Floor24 Wells StreetLondon W1T 3PH+44 (0)20 7323 [email protected]/

Sales AgentPathé International (FR)2, rue LemennaisParis 75008France+33 1 71 72 33 [email protected]

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UK FILMCANNES 2015

SHORTS

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Love is Blind MANOMAN

SynopsisAlice is in the passionate embrace of her young lover as she finally succumbs to temptation. But when her husband James unexpectedly returns home early, Alice finds herself in an emotional minefield. Wracked with guilt for being unfaithful just as James offers an olive branch, while simultaneously negotiating her lover’s escape.

Official Selection Cannes 2015 - Shorts Competition

DetailsYear: 2015Running Time: 6 minsDirector: Dan HodgsonProducer: Elizabeth BrownExecutive Producer: Lady Best, Suzy Brown, Bill Nicholson, Magapanthus Smith, Bob HodgsonEditor: Dan HodgsonScreenwriter: Dan HodgsonDirectory of Photography: Adrian MarciateProduction Designer: Hannah Purdy FogginSound: Richard ChesebroughMusic: Pete and the PiratesPrincipal Cast: Will Best, Sophie Allen, Ace Mahbaz

SynopsisGlen is barely a man. In a desperate attempt to tap into his masculinity he attends a primal scream therapy session. Surrounded by wailing men he cannot even make a sound. When another member of the class pushes Glen too far he finally lets something out - a miniature version of himself which does whatever it wants, regardless of the consequences.

Official Selection Cannes 2015 - Cinéfondation Selection

DetailsYear: 2015Running Time: 11 minsDirector: Simon CartwrightProducer: Kamilla Kristiane HodolEditor: Paco SweetmanScreenwriter: Simon CartwrightDirectory of Photography: Steven Cameron FergusonProduction Designer: Sara TaddeiSound: Dayo JamesMusic: Terence DunnPrincipal Cast: Gordon Pearson

Production CompanyThe National Film and Television SchoolBeaconsfield StudiosStation RoadBeaconsfieldHP9 [email protected]

Simon Cartwright+44 (0)[email protected]://simon-cartwright.com

Sales AgentThe National Film and Television SchoolBeaconsfield StudiosStation RoadBeaconsfieldHP9 [email protected]

Production CompanyBird Flight [email protected]

Sales AgentPremium Films6 rue Desargues75011 ParisFRANCE+33 1 42 77 06 [email protected]

(UK Sales)Coffee & Cigarettes3rd Floor121 - 125 Charing Cross Road, London WC2H [email protected]+44 (0)20 7434 1524+44 (0)7779 227 770www.coffeeandcigarettes.co.uk/

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Patriot Rate Me

SynopsisAgainst the backdrop of simmering racial tensions within her rural English community, the life of eleven year old Hannah changes forever when she meets a boy from a forbidden part of town.

Official Selection Cannes 2015 - Shorts Competition

DetailsYear: 2015Running Time: 15 minsDirector: Eva RileyProducer: Michelangelo FanoEditor: Abolfazl TalooniScreenwriter: Eva RileyDirectory of Photography: David PimmProduction Designer: Irene DimarcaSound: Robert MaloneMusic: Antonio NardiPrincipal Cast: Halle Kidd, Rafael Constantin, Michael Elkin, Ray James

SynopsisA portrait of teenage escort, Coco.

Cannes 2015 - Directors’ Fortnight

DetailsYear: 2015Running Time: 17 minsDirector: Fyzal BoulifaProducer: Taina Galis, Fyzal BoulifaExecutive Producer: Nik Holltum, Yoni Magid, Scott Sullivan, Alisa PomeroyEditor: Taina Galis, Fyzal BoulifaScreenwriter: Fyzal BoulifaDirectory of Photography: Taina GalisProduction Designer: Tilly ShinerSound: Anna BertmarkMusic: FelicitaPrincipal Cast: Zehra Zorba, Leo Hatton

Production CompanyThe National Film and Television SchoolBeaconsfield StudiosStation RoadBeaconsfieldHP9 [email protected]

Sales AgentThe National Film and Television SchoolBeaconsfield StudiosStation RoadBeaconsfieldHP9 [email protected]

Production CompanyToo True Films Ltd141 Wellesley CourtLondonW9 [email protected]@tootruefilms.com

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UK SHORTS PORTALWatch the best new work from across the UK

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Welcome to the British Council UK ShortS PortalWhether you are looking for exciting graduate shorts from our film schools, breakthrough talent developed through our national and regional agencies, pioneering animations or inspiring documentaries, you can find the best new work the UK has to offer right here.

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UK Film Cannes 2015 - Features4 Amy4 Carol5 Cemetery of Splendour

(Rak Ti Khon Kaen)5 The Lobster6 Macbeth6 Steve McQueen:

The Man and Le Mans7 Tale of Tales

(Il racconto dei racconti)7 Youth (La giovinezza)

UK Film Cannes 2015 - Shorts9 Love is Blind9 MANOMAN10 Patriot10 Rate Me

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