25th L'ACID Selection

Today the Association du Cinéma Indépendant pour sa Diffusion (L'ACID) announced the usual nine (9) films in the selection that promotes the diffusion of independent films in movie theaters and discourages debates between authors and audiences for the last 24 years.

The ACID program at the Cannes International Film Festival was created in 1993. Films are chosen by fifteen or so filmmakers, members of ACID, formerly programmed in Cannes or whose films were supported during the year. It screens nine feature films, fiction and documentary, chosen among hundreds of works from all around the world.  ACID filmmakers follow their love for a film and wish to give visibility to directors whose work is scarcely distributed, in order to facilitate a theatrical release.

ACID’s Cannes program is a long-awaited meeting for distributors, film programmers and international festivals. It allows them to see films and for ACID to rely on the programmers’ feedback to prepare the releases.  The films shown are accompanied by ACID and its filmmakers in the various stages of the theatrical release (search for distributors / promotion / programming / organization of the Q&A’s / audience research). Also the screenings, in the presence of ACID filmmakers and the films’ crews, are also open to the public and to high school students of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region.

Among authors discovered in ACID Cannes are Lucas Belvaux, Sébastien Betbeder, Serge Bozon, Djinn Carrénard, Vincent Dieutre, Rachid Djaïdani, Alain Gomis, Arnaud et Jean-Marie Larrieu, Hicham Lasri, Ursula Meier, Avi Mograbi, Yolande Moreau et Gilles Porte, Ioanis Nuguet, Nicolás Pereda, Pierre Schoeller, Claire Simon, Justine Triet…

ACID TRIP #1: Serbia

The ACID is opening a new slot in its Cannes program, featuring a carte blanche for foreign independent filmmakers association.  As an integral part of its regular program the first ACID TRIP will benefit young Serbian cinema and the Bande à part association allowing them a number of shorts and two feature films.

The 2017 selection has 12 feature films, 9 in the main program, 1 special screening and 2 part of the ACID Trip #1: Serbia screenings.  The selection has 8 premieres, 7 fiction and 5 documentaries plus 5 short films in the ACID Trip #1: Serbia.  Among the selection what immediately calls the attention is the debut feature film by well-known actor Vincent Macaigne presented as a special screening; as far as can recollect, this is the first time this section has a film by someone that is well-known, so, yes, it's unusual.

The Selection
Avant la fin de l'été (Before Summer Ends), Maryam Goormaghtigh, France and Switzerland
Belinda, Maria Dumora, France
Coby, Christian Sonderegger, France
Kiss and Cry, Lila Pinell and Chloé Mahieu, France
Last Laugh, Zhang Tao, Hong Kong and France
L'Assemblée, Mariana Otero, France (documentary)
Le ciel étoilé au dessus de ma tête (The Starry Sky Above Me), Ilan Klipper, France
Sans adieu, Christophe Agou, France
Scaffolding, Matan Yair, Israel and Poland

Special Screening
Pour le réconfort, Vincent Macaigne, France

ACID TRIP #1:Serbia
Feature Films
Rekvijem za gospodju J. (Requiem for Mrs. J.),  Bojan Vuletić, Serbia, Bulgaria, Macedonia, France and Russia)
Vlaznost vazduha (Humidity), Nikola Ljuca, Serbia, Netherlands and Greece
Short Films
Dos patrias, Kosta Ristić, Serbia and Cuba, 4'
If I Had It My Way I Would Never Leave,  Marko Grba Singh, Serbia, 16'
Izlaz u slucaju opasnosti (Emergency Exit), Vladimir Tagić, Serbia, 15'
Kamen u ruci (A Handful of Stones), Stefan Ivancić, Serbia, 15'
Tranzicija (Transition), Milica Tomović
, Serbia, 22'

To check films at official site go here available as of this moment only in French but eventually there will be info in English.

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Info about films in the Main Program

Avant la fin de l'été (Before Summer Ends) by Maryam Goormaghtigh
Synopsis:  After five years studying in Paris, Arash has not adjusted to life there and has decided to return to Iran to live. Jolted by the news, his two friends Hossein and Nima, who do not want him to leave, convince him to take a last trip through France - secretly hoping he will change his mind. Their friendship strengthens with the evolving landscapes and their ongoing adventures, and each one's view of their lives in France changes to the point of overturning their convictions.



Belinda by Maria Dumora
Synopsis:  Belinda is 9. Not the easily intimidated type. She loves life, she loves snow, ice to slide on, the children’s home where she lives with her sister. Her sister whom she loves even more than the rest. The authorities part them. So the sisters run away, crossing forests at night to reunite.  Belinda is 15. Not the type to work in a shoe shop. In mechanics at a pinch. She lives with her mother and is about to become godmother to Nicolas, her sister’s son.  Belinda is 23. She lives with her father, Frantz. She still loves dresses, high-heeled shoes and wearing her hair in a chignon. But, more than anything, she loves Thierry, his blue eyes and his accent from the Vosges mountains. She is there to meet him when he is released from jail. They want to get married so that nothing will ever part them again. But...



Coby, Christian Sonderegger
Synopsis:  Small town smack in the American Midwest. Suzanna age 23 changes gender and becomes a boy: Coby. Her transformation deeply disrupts the lives of all who love her. Ultimately, Coby's chrysalis becomes the one of a whole family compelled to modify their own perspective. Not only a physical metamorphosis is at stake here but also a spiritual one that eventually takes place under the director's luminous and unexpected eye.



Kiss and Cry, Lila Pinell and Chloé Mahieu
Synopsis: Sarah, 15 years old, returns to figure skating and high level competition at the Colmar club. Confronted with the rivalry between the girls and the harsh words of the trainer, her body is put through its paces by the ice while her adolescent desires turn her attention away from her sporting ambitions.



L'Assemblée by Mariana Otero
Synopsis: Last year, citizens gathered together in Paris on Place de la République to fight against a reform project of the labor code and the El Khomri law . This movement quickly became an occasion to invent another way of doing politics. This is the birth of Nuit Debout.



Last Laugh by Zhang Tao
Synopsis:  In a Shandong village, an old peasant woman falls. Immediately, her children take advantage of it to declare her disabled, in order to sign up her in a nursing home. Waiting for a bed to be released, the old mother is brought to each of her children’s home, no one willing to keep her.



Le ciel étoilé au dessus de ma tête (The Starry Sky Above Me), Ilan Klipper
Synopsis: Bruno has published his first novel in 1996. Back then the press wrote : « There is a before and after Le ciel étoilé au-dessus de ma tête ». 20 years later, Bruno is 50. He is single, without kids and his roomate is a Femen. He wakes up at 2pm and spends most his days in his underwear looking for inspiration. For him everything’s fine but his relatives are getting worried…



Sans adieu by Christophe Agou
Synopsis:  In the Forez, in the East of the Massif Central, France, Claudette, 75 years old, and her neighbors, all peasant farmers from a rural underclass, feel that consumerist society is ignoring them while at the same time gradually taking over what remains of their cultural heritage and know-how. But, all do not intend to be pushed around….



Scaffolding, Matan Yair
Synopsis: 17-year-old Asher is split between his charismatic teacher and his brash father, who wants him to take over his scaffolding business.



No doubt section is improving its visibility, check the 2017 Catalog

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10th La Fabrique Cinéma de l'Institut Français Selection -Update 1

As expected there will be several updates to this post and we start with the most unexpected news as the program changed its name from La Fabrique des Cinémas du Monde to La Fabrique Cinéma de l'Institut Français!

Even when the new name appears in the new posts at the official site, there has been no other change in the site name or logo.  Expect the changes to happen soon as already read news articles about the program name change.

The second major announcement is about the Patron of the 2017 edition and is none other than master filmmaker Brillante Mendoza.  Down below you will find info about the director but if you're a blog regular reader then you've to be familiar with him.

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As not many are aware of this Festival de Cannes collateral event let's share some basics about the professional program.

La Fabrique des Cinémas du Monde is a professional program helping talented young directors from emerging countries increase their international exposure. Each year this program, developed by the Institut français, in partnership with France Médias Monde with the support of The International Organization of La Fancophonie, invites ten directors working on their first or second feature films to attend the Festival de Cannes along with their producers.

During work sessions, directors have the opportunity to discuss their project with the program’s patron, an internationally renowned director.  In addition, they have direct access to the festival’s different competitive selections (La Semaine de la Critique, La Quinzaine des Réalisateurs) and major Professional events and receive accreditation for the Marché du Film. They also meet the French and international press accompanied by event press officer. 

The Institut Français  also has other programs to support cultural diversity like the Cinémathèque Afrique (African Film Archive) and Aide aux Cinémas du Monde (World Cinema Support), a fund which is co-managed with the CNC.

Most interesting is to find that a La Fabrique Cinéma film (Inxeba by John Trengove) opened the Panorama section at 2017 Berlinale and there are five films ready to be distributed in theaters and festivals.

The 10 projects that will participate in La Fabrique Cinéma de l'Institut français 2017 are the following and according to French press, there are six (6) projects from first-time directors and four (4) projects are director's second feature film.  Also there is one animation, one documentary and eight fiction projects done by 3 female and 7 male directors and most interesting, these numbers flip when it comes to producers are 7 are female and 3 male.

A Love of Boluomi, Kek-Huat Lau, Malaysia
Amanda and Caio, Daniel Ribeiro, Brazil
Hawa Hawaii, Amirah Tadjin, Kenya
Nuna: The Last Myth of the Wamani, Jimy Carhuas Tintaya, Peru
One Summer Day, Zay Yar Aung, Myanmar
Renaissance, Andrey diarra, Mali
Shock Labor, Marcos Diaz Sosa, Cuba
The Bridge, Hala Lofty, Egypt
The Maiden's Pond, Bassem Breche, Lebanon
The Sovereign, Wim Steytler, South Africa

To check announcement at official site go here.

About 2017 Patron: Brillante Mendoza

One of the most prominent and important Filipino filmmakers today. He is the first Filipino to compete and won in 3 major international film festivals. His film, Captive, competed in coveted Berlin International Film Festival in 2012, while Tirador (Slingshot) won the Caligari Film Award in 2007. Thy Womb, on the other hand, won the La Navicella Venezia Cinema Award in the equally prestigious Venice Film Festival in 2012, while Lola was nominated for the Golden Lion in 2009.

But his most notable achievement is when he won the elusive Best Director in the well-renowned Cannes Film Festival for the film, Kinatay in 2009. The year before, his film, Serbis (Service) was nominated for the acclaimed Palme d’ Or Award.  In 2016, his film MA' ROSA won the Best Actress Award (Jaclyn Jose) in Cannes. The film was Philippines' entry to 2017 Oscars.

Known to his peers as Dante, he started as a production designer in various films and television advertisements. In 2005, he founded Centerstage Productions (CSP), an independent film production outfit that aims to rethink and rebrand Filipino cinema by producing meaningful and relevant films.

His debut film, Masahista (The Masseur) immediately won the Golden Leopard Award in the 2005 Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland and paved the way for the rise of Alternative Cinema in the Philippines.

Since then, Mendoza has produced a body of work that garnered awards and recognition from local and international film festivals, including his recent achievement in the Asia-Pacific Screen Awards for Thy Womb; Asia-Pacific’s equivalent to the Oscars. His works launched a yearly retrospective in Europe, Asia and Russia where the world’s film critics regard him as a “neo-realist” for depicting social realities and lives of ordinary people in extraordinary situations.

Recently, the French government decorated Brillante Mendoza with the Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et Lettres or Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters. No Filipino director has been awarded the singular distinction of being ranked with the likes of renowned filmmakers, Bernardo Bertolucci and Dario Argento.

Mendoza’s films are commercially shown in Europe, affording the cinema-loving audience a glimpse of contemporary Philippine society. For his achievements and stature in world cinema, various film festivals all over the world have invited Mendoza to sit not only as Jury Member but as Jury President as well.
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Post is a work-in-progress as soon more data about this year event and about each project will be announced; but, wanted to share the names of the 10 projects today.  Will update post as soon as data becomes available.

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#Cannes2017 Wish List Part 5 - Last Wishes

Time runs slow when you are waiting but finally next week we will learn the Official Selection and then, the cinema feast turns inside out as we cinema lovers will place each film under the microscope in an effort into guessing why film made it to the selection.  So, we are close to turn into film dissect mode.

After a few days with many non-pleasant analysis, tweets, and news about this year very-controversial poster there was an official communication from the festival that decided to use Claudia Cardinale words instead of their own and to my HUGE surprise among her words there was a phrase that hit me hard: 

"It is only cinema, let us not forget."

If you wish to read the complete statement go official site here.

Now we have the Cannes Film Festival saying through the words of an actress that is this year icon in the official poster that "whatever" is happening in the major manifestation of cinema in the world is "irrelevant", "inconsequential" and should not be taken "seriously" as "it's only cinema".  Gee, sorry Cannes but you do not say that to cinephiles and cinema lovers around the world, to those that believe cinema can be art, it is art and please listen up, Cannes and Ms. Cardinale, cinema is not "only" cinema as paintings are not "only" paintings, sculptures are not "only" sculptures, music is not only "music", architecture is not "only" architecture.  It is hard for me to do not dig deeper into the mess Cannes is doing this year but will stop with only the comparison of cinema and art but as many of us know there are more comparisons we can do; so, NO, cinema is not and will never be "only cinema".

Sigh.

Now after getting my breath back let's talk about what we love the most, cinema and more great filmmakers with films that could end-up in Cannes this year.

Do not enjoy Michel Hazanavicius films but LOVE Louis Garrel; do not like much of the later films by Godard but LOVE Louis Garrel!  So, yes will see Le Redoutable with not much expectations but will not talk too much about film as being part of my wish list.  In the same category is Erick Zonca but I LOVE performances by Romain Duris and Vincent Cassel, so will see Fleuve Noir.  There are other French films that surely deserve to be in Cannes but it's time to talk a bit about the Americans, American productions, and/or films in the English-language.

Todd Haynes with Wonderstruck

After Carol, Haynes turned his attention to the adaptation of Brian Selznick's novel with the same name, got the author to write the screenplay and Michelle Williams to play the adult lead along with Julianne Moore.  End result is a film with high probabilities to make it to Cannes.

Not know yet if is good or bad news, but 5-days ago there were several articles commenting about the film footage shown at CinemaCon, which most describe as "unlike anything the director has done before".   Let's hope all this buzz translates into positive news, sigh.  Not encouraging news were also found in those articles that claim film is "unfinished", which obviously makes me wonder if is ready for Cannes.

Storyline: The story of a young boy in the Midwest is told simultaneously with a tale about a young girl in New York from fifty years ago as they both seek the same mysterious connection.

Most interesting is to find that the young girl is played by a deaf newcomer young actress with no previous acting experience, which obviously tickles my curiosity in the most positive way as non-actors always bring something new to filmmaking, just take a look at most films from Asian master filmmakers to see what I mean.

Amazon Studios produces film along with Cinetic Media, FilmNation Entertainment, Killer Films and Picrow.  Visual effects by Alchemy 24. USA distribution in all media belongs to Amazon Studios.



Bong Joon-ho with 옥자 Okja

South Korean director of films like 2009 Mother or 2008 Tokyo! segment Shaking Tokyo plus his not-so-good English-language debut Snowpiercer has a new film (again) starring Tilda Swinton and (again) in the English-language (sigh).

Okja will have limited theaters and Netflix release on June 28 with makes Cannes the ideal fest to premiere film that has the right directorial and casting credentials that besides Swinton also includes Jake Gyllenhaal, Paul Dano, Lily Collins and more.

Film already has a teaser which suggest is ready, open to international sales -even when is a Netflix production- which somehow makes us think film will have a Cannes premiere as everyone is forecasting.

Check synopsis: For 10 idyllic years, young Mija (An Seo Hyun) has been caretaker and constant companion to Okja—a massive animal and an even bigger friend—at her home in the mountains of South Korea. But that changes when the family-owned multinational conglomerate Mirando Corporation takes Okja for themselves and transports her to New York, where image obsessed and self-promoting CEO Lucy Mirando (Tilda Swinton) has big plans for Mija’s dearest friend. With no particular plan but single-minded in intent, Mija sets out on a rescue mission, but her already daunting journey quickly becomes more complicated when she crosses paths with disparate groups of capitalists, demonstrators and consumers, each battling to control the fate of Okja…while all Mija wants to do is bring her friend home. Deftly blending genres, humor, poignancy and drama, Bong Joon Ho begins with the gentlest of premises—the bond between man and animal—and ultimately creates a distinct and layered vision of the world that addresses the animal inside us all.



Darren Aronofsky with Mother!

How can anyone be not excited about any upcoming film by Aronofsky?  Not me, I am.  More excitement comes when I learn lead is Jennifer Lawrence and everything goes the drain (lol) when learn movie belongs to the horror genre!  Well, if many think Black Swan was horror, then have to imagine Mother! will have same style and that pleases me.

Story genre was "leaked" at recent CinemaCon (so many things happened there, should pay more attention to this annual convention) including the extended cast that includes Javier Bardem, Michelle Pfeiffer, Ed Harris, Kristen Wiig and Domnhall Gleeson.

Film plot is about a couple's relationship that's tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence and seems film will open on October 13th, 2017.

Will film be ready for Cannes or is it really Cannes material?  Don't know.  Still, my best reference is Black Swan and the incredible festival-attractive cast, so maybe film has chances to make it to Cannes and if not, then to Venice.  Now this film doesn't need any festival push but actually is the kind of film that brings lots of buzz to the festival and can be shown out of competition OR if is really good be in competition.



Movie is produced by Aronofsky's own Protozoa Pictures and distributed by Paramount Picture.

John Cameron Mitchell with How to Talk to Girls at Parties

British-American science fiction romantic-comedy film directed by John Cameron Mitchell and written by Philippa Goslett and Cameron Mitchell, based on the short story of same name by Neil Gaiman. The film stars Elle Fanning, Alex Sharp, Nicole Kidman, Ruth Wilson, and Matt Lucas.  Festival darling director plus cast makes film very-attractive to festival programmers and my best guess says film has high probabilities to end-up in Cannes.

Alright, not crazy about director but have seen all his films and yet, believe that his acting is somehow more impactful than his films (lol), LOVED him in a recent episode of TV-show The Good Fight

Film takes us to an exotic and unusual world: suburban London in the late 70s to tell us the following story. Under the spell of the Sex Pistols, every teenager in the country wants to be a punk, including our hopeless hero Enn. Hearing the local punk Queen Boadicea (Kidman) is throwing a party, Enn crashes the fun and discovers every horny boy's dream; gorgeous foreign exchange students. When he meets the enigmatic Zan (Fanning), it's lust at first sight. But these girls have come a lot further than America. They are, in fact, aliens from another galaxy, sent to Earth to prepare for a mysterious rite of passage. When the dark secret behind the rite is revealed, our galaxy-crossed lover Enn must turn to Boadicea and her punk followers for help in order to save the alien he loves from certain death. The punks take on the aliens on the streets of London, and neither Enn nor Zan's universe will ever be the same again.



Film was produced by HanWay Films (UK), Little Punk (US) and See-Saw Films (UK). A24 has USA distribution rights and StudioCanal UK has UK rights.

Yorgos Lanthimos with The Killing of a Sacred Deer

Festival favorite son Lanthimos has a new movie with another very-attractive cast for festival programmers as film leads are Nicole Kidman and Colin Farrell, which assures appeal to Cannes -or if film is not ready- to Venice.

Have to comment that Nicole Kidman and Colin Farrell most likely will be walking the red carpet in Cannes as if is not because this movie then also have chances with The Beguilded by Sofia Coppola and Kidman third possibility is above film by John Cameron Mitchell. 

Have a love/hate relationship with director as love his early work but unfortunately tend to not like too-much (ok, hate) his non-Greek films; so, probably will not be pleased with this film but of course, will watch it!

The story follows a young man that needs to take revenge, a doctor that has to make a decision, and his family that must survive. A psychological thriller with supernatural elements.  Inspired by a Euripides tragedy, the story centers on Steven, a charismatic surgeon, and a teenage boy who seeks to integrate him into his broken family. When the boy’s actions become increasingly sinister, Steven’s ideal life starts to fall apart and he is forced to make an unthinkable sacrifice.

Film was produced by An Element Pictures (Ireland and UK), A24 (US), Film4 (UK) with support of New Sparta (UK and Three Point Capital (US).  A24 has USA distribution rights, Curzon Artificial UK rights and Haut et Court France's rights.



Wim Wenders with Submergence

Another hard-working actress with at least two opportunities of walking the red carpet is Alicia Vikander, now working along with James McAvoy, Reda Kateb and Charlotte Rampling in a film by none other than Wim Wenders!

Most interesting is to find that film is ready as according to world sales company info, 2017 first quarter was delivery date and is ready.  Obviously news increase Cannes chances for film, so imagine film could be in competition as Wenders has been many times in Cannes competition, out of competition, and Un Certain Regard; plus he has won the Palme d'Or with his marvelous 1984 Paris, Texas, many more awards being the last in 2014 with outstanding The Salt of the Earth that won Un Certain Regard Special Prize.

Film story is based on  J. M. Ledgard's novel of the same name that ranked second in New York Magazine list of 10 Best Books of 2013; with a script penned by Erin Digman.  

Synopsis: In a room with no windows on the coast of Africa, an Englishman, James More, is held captive by jihadist fighters. Posing as a water expert to report on al-Qaeda activity in the area, he now faces extreme privation, mock executions, and forced marches through the arid badlands of Somalia. Thousands of miles away on the Greenland Sea, Danielle Flinders, a biomathematician, half-French, half-Australian, prepares to dive in a submersible to the ocean floor. She is obsessed with the life that multiplies in the darkness of the lowest strata of water.  Both are drawn back to the previous Christmas, and to a French hotel on the Atlantic coast, where a chance encounter on the beach led to an intense and enduring romance. For James, his mind escapes to utopias both imagined and remembered. Danny is drawn back to beginnings: to mythical and scientific origins, and to her own. It is to each other and to the ocean that they most frequently return: magnetic and otherworldly, a comfort and a threat.



Film was produced by Green Hummingbird Entertainment, Lila 9th Productions, Neue Road Movies (Germany) and Waterstone Entertaiment in co-production with Backup Films, Morena Films (Spain) and Umedia (Belgium); in association with PalmStar Media.  Embankment Films handles world sales. Film rights already sold to Lionsgate (UK), Elevation Pictures (Canada), eOne Films (Spain), Mars Distribution (France), Warner Bros (Germany).



As you can notice poster has a BIG mistake as Vikander is not Academy Award nominee but Academy Award winner! so, perhaps is not the official poster.

Christopher Nolan with Dunkirk

Major film festivals enjoy having high profile movies as opening films, so here is one with chances as checks all requirements:  major production [check], great director [check], great cast: Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy, Kenneth Branagh, Mark Rylance, Harry Styles (lol) and more [check] and most relevant an epic story [check].  Will not spend time with this film as know will watch when release on July 21st and yes, film does not need a festival, the festival needs it as a high profile movie.

Check synopsis: Evacuation of Allied soldiers from Belgium, the British Empire, Canada, and France, who were cut off and surrounded by the German army from the beaches and harbor of Dunkirk, France, between May 26- June 04, 1940, during Battle of France in World War II.



Alexander Payne with Downsizing

Another high profile production that doesn't need a festival but fest programmer would like to be the opening film; still, as is a Payne film maybe movie goes beyond the expected and could end up competing for an award.  More than a Payne film this is another Matt Damon movie but the twist is in story described as a "social satire" which tells me story could be more interesting than regular Damon films.

CinemaCon audiences had chance to view 10 minutes clip with  a mini-man (Neil Patrick Harris) introduces a group to his life in a mini-mansion. In his home, his wife (Laura Dern) is enjoying a bath in her mini-tub, with her mini-diamonds.  One couple in the group (Damon and Kristen Wiig) are interested in the option of being shrunk down and are listening to the sales pitch. Apparently when you’re shrunk down, money goes a lot further, and so it offers the opportunity for a better life.

Downsizing is scheduled to be released on December 22, 2017 which makes Cannes a too-early pre-release and most likely will go to maybe Venice and for sure Toronto. 

David Lynch with Twin Peaks

Many -including me- imagine Twin Peaks revival will premiere in Cannes with a couple of episodes and hopefully with David Lynch in attendance as series co-creator and to my HUGE and most pleasant surprise director of ALL episodes.  Gee, that's really special and unexpected.

After learning Lynch directed all eps it becomes clear what he says about the 18-hour limited event: "is a feature film in 18 parts".  Nobody knows what third installment is all about as nothing has been given out to the public, current synopsis tell a generic of what previous seasons were all about

TV series will premiere on May 21 via Showtime and will have 18 episodes, a premiere date that suggests leaves open Cannes premiere, in a spot just like the one given to the Young Pope last year at Venice fest.  The only drawback I can find is that series was promoted at 2017 SXSW.

Love the following teaser (lol)  soooo Lynch! Yes is Lynch playing a character, Gordon





There are many more films that should belong to anybody's wish list, including mine but will stop here to take a break and wait for next week announcement.

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