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Cannes premieres Aftersun, sold by Charades, and Enys Men, sold by Protagonist Pictures, are among the titles selected for year\u2019s Great 8, the annual Cannes buyers\u2019 showcase of UK films from emerging directors.<\/p>\n
The other six titles are all in post-production.<\/p>\n
Now in its fifth edition, the 2022 Great 8 showcase is funded and run by the BFI and the British Council, in partnership with BBC Film and Film4.<\/p>\n
Unseen footage from all of the titles will be introduced by their filmmakers and screened on May 12 exclusively to buyers and festival programmers during the online-only showcase, and made available across five different time zones. All of the features will be available to buyers during Cannes.<\/p>\n
Among this year\u2019s line-up is Charlotte Wells\u2019 debut Aftersun, which plays in Critics\u2019 Week, and stars Paul Mescal and newcomer Francesca Corio. The film follows a woman as she reflects on her relationship with her father through watching home video footage.<\/p>\n
Mark Jenkin\u2019s Enys Men plays in Directors\u2019 Fortnight. The horror is set in 1973 on a Cornish island, where a solitary wildlife volunteer\u2019s reality starts to take a twisted turn.<\/p>\n
Further titles include Screen Star of Tomorrow Moin Hussain\u2019s debut feature Birchanger Green, which unravels around a man living a lonely life who starts to believe he descends from an alien race, which is being sold by Bankside Films, and Palestinian-UK director Basil Khalil\u2019s first feature, A Gaza Weekend, set amid a viral epidemic which consumes Israel, leaving Gaza the safest place in the region. It is being sold by Protagonist Pictures.<\/p>\n
Great8 2022 line-up
\nAftersun (UK)
\nDir-scr: Charlotte Wells
\nProds: Adele Romanski, Amy Jackson, Barry Jenkins, Mark Ceryak
\nProd cos: Pastel, Unified Theory, BBC Film, BFI, Screen Scotland, Tango
\nSales: Charades<\/p>\n
Birchanger Green (UK)
\nDir-scr: Moin Hussain
\nProds: Michelle Stein
\nCast: Faraz Ayub, Natalie Gavin, Claire Rushbrook, Simon Nagra, Steve Oram, Jeff Mirza
\nProd cos: Escape Films, Film4, BFI, Screen Yorkshire
\nSales: Bankside Films<\/p>\n
Blue Jean (UK)
\nDir-scr: Georgia Oakley
\nProd: H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Sifre
\nCast: Rosy McEwen, Kerrie Hayes, Lucy Halliday
\nProd cos: Kleio Films, BBC Film, BFI
\nSales: Film Constellation<\/p>\n
Enys Men (UK)
\nDir-scr: Mark Jenkin
\nProd: Denzil Monk
\nCast: Mary Woodvine, Edward Rowe, Flo Crowe, John Woodvine
\nProd cos: Bosena, Film4, Sound\/Image Cinema Lab
\nSales: Protagonist Pictures<\/p>\n
A Gaza Weekend (UK-Palestine)
\nDir: Basil Khalil
\nScrs: Basil Khalil, Daniel Chan
\nProd: Amina Dasmal
\nCast: Loai Noufi, Stephen Mangan, Mouna Hawa, Maria Zreik, Adam Bakri
\nProd cos: BFI, Film4, Alcove Filmed Entertainment, Twickenham Studios, Faiza Saleh Ambah, Arab Fund for Arts and Culture
\nSales: Protagonist Pictures<\/p>\n
Kensuke\u2019s Kingdom (UK-Lux-Fr)
\nDirs: Kirk Hendry, Neil Boyle
\nScr: Frank Cottrell-Boyce
\nProds: Camilla Deakin, Ruth Fielding, Stephen Roelants, Sarah Radclyffe, Barnaby Spurrier, Adrian Politowski, Martin Metz, Jean Labadie, Anne-Laure Labadie
\nCast: Sally Hawkins, Cillian Murphy, Raffey Cassidy, Aaron MacGregor, Ken Wanatabe
\nProd cos: BFI, Align, Lupus Films, Kensuke\u2019s Kingdom, Jigsaw Films, Melusine Productions, Le Pacte, Bumpybox, Film Fund Luxembourg, Ffilm Cymru Wales
\nSales: Bankside Films<\/p>\n
Scrapper (UK)
\nDir-scr: Charlotte Regan
\nProd: Theo Barrowclough
\nCast: Harris Dickinson, Olivia Brady, Lola Campbell, Ambreen Razia, Alin Uzun
\nProd cos: DMC Film, BFI, BBC Film, Great Point Media
\nSales: Charades<\/p>\n
Sweet Sue (UK)
\nDir-scr: Leo Leigh
\nProds: Scott O\u2019Donnell, Andy Brunskill, Tim Nash
\nCast: Maggie O\u2019Neill, Tony Pitts, Harry Trevaldwyn
\nProd cos: Somesuch, Sums Film & Media, BBC Film
\nSales: HanWay Films<\/p>\n
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