The BFI is as soon as once more heading to the Cannes Market with its so-called Nice 8 — a number of initiatives from first and second-time filmmakers that it’s going to current to worldwide consumers.
Now in its seventh 12 months, the 2024 Nice 8 showcase is funded and produced by the BFI and the British Council, with help from the Nice Britain & Northern Eire marketing campaign, BBC Movie, and Film4. The record contains Portuguese filmmaker Laura Carreira’s characteristic On Falling, produced by Jack Thomas-O’Brien for Sixteen Movies. The complete record of titles are:
- Brides – director Nadia Fall, author Suhayla El-Bushra
- Carry Them Down – director/author Christopher Andrews
- The Fall Of Sir Douglas Weatherford – director/author Sean Dunn
- On Falling – director/author Laura Carreira
- The Salt Path – director Marianne Elliott, author Rebecca Lenkiewicz
- Daylight – director Nina Conti, writers Shenoah Allen, Nina Conti
- Surviving Earth – director/author Thea Gajić
- Witches – director/author Elizabeth Sankey
With 2022 and 2023 editions happening on-line, 2024 marks the return of the showcase with a bodily format. The movies and filmmakers will probably be in Cannes and introduced to worldwide delegates attending the Marché at a particular reception on the UK Pavilion on Thursday 16 Could hosted by Baroness Neville-Rolfe DBE CMG, the UK Minister of State for Cupboard Workplace.
“Cannes is the place the place we have a good time movie as a world group,” stated Agnieszka Moody, BFI Head of Worldwide Relations. “We’re extraordinarily grateful to our companions on the GREAT marketing campaign for enabling our thrilling rising filmmaking expertise to be current at this very particular occasion as it may be nothing in need of life-changing by way of giving them publicity that may speed up their already promising careers. I look ahead to seeing what gems we uncover on this 12 months’s spectacular line-up and want all of them the perfect of luck in attracting the eye they deserve.”
Nice 8-selected movies and filmmakers who’ve gone on to seek out worldwide crucial acclaim and industrial success embrace Charlotte Wells’s Aftersun, which turned MUBI’s highest-earning launch within the UK. Rungano Nyoni’s I Am Not A Witch, Rose Glass’s Saint Maud, and Charlotte Regan’s Scrapper.
The Cannes Market runs from 14-25 Could. Scroll down for a full rundown on the titles.