08/01/2025 - The Hungarian filmmaker’s upcoming movie will be co-produced by the French-German network alongside works by French director Vincent Le Port and Brazil’s Wesley Rodrigues

Director Kornél Mundruczó (© Viktória Petrányi)

The fourth and final selection committee for 2024, organised by Arte France Cinéma (under the aegis of Olivier Père), has committed to co-produce and pre-purchase three projects. Standing tall amongst these is The Revolution According To Kamo (see the article), which will be the ninth feature by Hungarian director Kornél Mundruczó, who has been acclaimed six times within Cannes’ Official Selection (having competed with Delta [+see also:
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Arte France Cinéma is also throwing its weight behind Hautfaye, which is French director Vincent Le Port’s second feature film after Bruno Reidal, Confessions of a Murderer [+see also:
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Last but not least, Arte France Cinéma is also set to co-produce the animated project Le royaume des oiseaux. This first feature film by Brazil’s Wesley Rodrigues will be a fantasy tale set in the early stages of the Industrial Revolution, in the enduringly wild and agricultural area of Sertão, an arid land where men can turn into birds of prey and where Assum Preto is taken in as a child by Carcará, an outlaw who aspires to becoming a local legend. Production is entrusted to Sacrebleu Productions (France) and Lupa Filmes (Brazil), and is set to kick off in January 2027, with the final product scheduled for completion by spring 2028.

For the record, Arte France Cinéma are also supporting upcoming films by Joachim Trier, Tarik Saleh, Kaouther Ben Hania, Nadav Lapid, Kleber Mendonça Filho, Arnaud Desplechin, Mia Hansen-Løve, Claire Denis, Bi Gan, Kantemir Balagov, Lucile Hadzihalilovic, Hafsia Herzi, Yann Gonzalez, Emmanuel Finkiel, Hlynur Pálmason, Justyna Tafel, Diego Céspedes, Momoko Seto, Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet, Laura Samani, Chie Hayakawa, Zou Jing, Chabname Zaria, Marine Atlan, Jérémy Comte, Hu Wei, Louise Hémon and by the duo composed of Romain Renard and Fursy Teyssier.

(Translated from French)