Andersson, Östlund, Stathoulopoulos add spice to Coproduction Office

16/05/2010

Coproduction Office has added Roy Andersson, Ruben Östlund and Spiros Stathoulopoulos to its already strong line up of auteur films in Cannes.

Philippe Bober, head of sales outfit Coproduction Office announced yesterday that the new film by Sweden’s iconic filmmaker Roy Andersson, A Pigeon Sat on a Branch-Reflecting on Existence, will start production in the fall. Bober already handled Andersson’s two first films part of a trilogy about human existence: Songs from the Second Floor and You, the Living [+see also:
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Bober is also producing and handling sale on Meteora, by Greek-Colombian director Stathoulopoulos, whose previous film (PVC-1) screened at the 2007 Directors’ Fortnight. Set in the 12th century, the film centres on a young Greek Orthodox monk who has an illicit relationship with a visiting Russian Orthodox nun. Filming will wrap at the end of 2010.