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EXCLUSIVE: Leo Leigh\u2019s directorial debut Sweet Sue and Vincent Perez\u2019s fencing film The Edge Of The Blade are among six international films set to get their world premiere at the upcoming Filmfest M\u00fcnchen (June 23 \u2013 July 1), which this year celebrates its 40th edition. Scroll down for full list and details.<\/p>\n
The large summertime festival has been known for premiering German films but this year has collated a stronger collection of global debuts, partly inspired by the launch at the event last year of Marcelo Gomes\u2019 Brazilian film Paloma.<\/p>\n
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\nThe six international debuts \u2014 heralding from U.S., Canada, UK, France, and Israel \u2014 are each looking for a German distributor. Directors and talent will be attending the screenings.<\/p>\n
Leigh is the son of celebrated British auteur Mike Leigh. His BBC Films-backed comedy-drama, sold by HanWay, follows a woman back on the dating scene who embarks on a relationship with a mysterious biker at her brother\u2019s funeral.<\/p>\n
French-language fencing drama The Edge Of The Blade (pictured below), backed by Gaumont, marks Shantaram and An Officer And A Spy star Perez\u2019s first movie in four years.<\/p>\n
The complete program for this year\u2019s festival will be released next week.<\/p>\n
Christoph Gr\u00f6ner, artistic director of Filmfest M\u00fcnchen, said today: \u201cWe aim to be the discoverers of new films and new talent, of international gems and masters of their art. Independent cinema is struggling right now. The world is in crisis: the economy, the film industry, the arts. This means that festivals are more important than ever when it comes to distributing films and finding (new) audiences. We aim to be the birthplace of German as well as of international films. This is a new boutique strategy for six select international independent productions that trust us to handle their world premieres.\u201d<\/p>\n
In a bid to grow and internationalise its lineup, the event has in recent years added the CineRebels competition in 2022 and the CineCoPro Conference in the same year.<\/p>\n
Munich Film Festival: Six International World Premieres (blurbs provided by the festival)<\/p>\n
Sweet Sue by Leo Leigh<\/p>\n
With his directorial debut \u201cSweet Sue\u201d (pictured above), director Leo Leigh celebrates his world premiere at Filmfest M\u00fcnchen. Leigh has already attracted considerable attention with a number of documentaries, such as \u201cSwansea Love Story\u201d (2009) about the widespread heroin addiction among young people in Wales. In his feature film debut \u201cSweet Sue\u201d, Leigh also tries to take a look at struggling existences, but uses a humorous approach. Sue (O\u2019Neill) is now back on the dating scene. She meets a mysterious biker called Ron (Pitts) at her brother\u2019s funeral and sparks fly. But when she meets Ron\u2019s social-media influencer son Anthony (Trevaldwyn), Sue finds herself in an increasingly surreal battle of wills with this ambitious teenager who is convinced that his dance troupe \u2018Electric Destiny\u2019 is tipped for stardom. Will she find the purpose and imagination to bring this little unconventional family together for a chance at happiness? Sweet Sue is a Somesuch, SUMS Film & Media production for BBC Film.<\/p>\n
UKI by Shu Lea Cheang<\/p>\n
Shu Lea Cheang is a pioneer of queer new media art who seeks to overwhelm her viewers. Her works involve elements of queer cinema, science fiction, pornography, and networked installation and performance scenarios. The characters in Cheang\u2019s films question heteronormativity and social norms and explore perspectives on liberated sexuality. Cheang\u2019s latest production, \u201cUKI\u201d, is being screened as a world premiere at Filmfest M\u00fcnchen. In this film with a futuristic cyberpunk aesthetic, a sex worker and replicant named Reiko finds herself in a dystopia in the year 2060. Made redundant and discarded in a landfill for electronic waste, Reiko attempts to regain control of her cybernetic body. \u201cUKI\u201d is produced by J\u00fcrgen Br\u00fcning Filmproduktion.<\/p>\n
A Respectable Woman by Bernard \u00c9mond<\/p>\n
Canadian director Bernard \u00c9mond made a convincing debut at the Cannes Film Festival with his feature film \u201cLa femme qui boit\u201d. Now he\u2019s presenting his latest work, \u201cA Respectable Woman\u201d, in its world premiere at Filmfest M\u00fcnchen. \u00c9mond describes himself as an agnostic and \u201cconservative socialist\u201d, which particularly manifests itself in the humanistic and at times spiritual depth of his works. This also applies to \u201cA Respectable Woman\u201d, which paints an empathetic as well as historical portrait of a woman betrayed. In a plot based on Luigi Pirandello\u2019s short story \u201cSuch Is Life\u201d, \u00c9mond introduces us to Rose Lemay (Florent), who takes back her ex-husband Paul-\u00c9mile (Dubreuli) after the death of his lover. From that liaison, he brings three daughters with him, whom Rose is now expected to take care of. \u201cA Respectable Woman\u201d is a Corporation ACPAV inc. production.<\/p>\n
The Edge of the Blade by Vincent Perez<\/p>\n
Vincent Perez is celebrating his comeback as a director at Filmfest M\u00fcnchen, presenting \u201cThe Edge of the Blade\u201d in its world premiere. This innovative update of cloak and dagger films takes its audience to 19th-century Paris, where it focuses on an unlikely couple. Feminist Marie-Rose Astie (Tillier) wants to be initiated into the art of dueling and needs help from a charismatic master of arms, Cl\u00e9ment Lacaze (Zem). Prior to establishing himself as a director with his first short films \u201cL\u2019\u00c9change\u201d (1992), \u201cRien Dire\u201d (1999), and \u201cHier, tu m\u2019as dit demain\u201d (2000), Perez delivered a convincing performance as an actor in a variety of films. In 2002, Perez\u2019s first feature film, \u201cPeau d\u2019Ange\u201d, was released, but in 2016 the war drama \u201cAlone in Berlin\u201d was to be his last film for a while. \u201cThe Edge of the Blade\u201d marks Perez\u2019s return to the big screen. \u201cThe Edge of the Blade\u201d is a Gaumont production.<\/p>\n
The Return from the Other Planet by Assaf Lapid<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Return from the Other Planet\u201d, Assaf Lapid\u2019s debut film as a director, is being presented to a world audience for the first time. This documentary portrays author Yechiel De-Nur, who in 1945, after his liberation from Auschwitz, published books about his experience of the Holocaust under the pseudonym Ka-Tzetnik (\u201cthe man from the camps\u201d). To date, Lapid, an Israeli filmmaker, has made a name for himself as a screenwriter and editor. Currently, he is co-editing Oscar nominee Dror Moreh\u2019s new project, \u201cCorridors of Power\u201d, an eight-part documentary series for Showtime, the BBC, and the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (KAN). \u201cThe Return from the Other Planet\u201d is produced by Black Sheep Film Productions.<\/p>\n
Edge of Everything by Sophia Sabella and Pablo Feldman<\/p>\n
Sophia Sabella and Pablo Feldman are writer-directors from Los Angeles who carefully craft their characters and pay great attention to detail. They\u2019re celebrating the world premiere of their first feature film, \u201cEdge of Everything\u201d, at Filmfest M\u00fcnchen. In this tender coming-of-age story, 15-year-old Abby (McCormick) is forced to grow up faster than she\u2019d expected. When her mother dies, Abby moves in with her father (Harner) and his new girlfriend (Friedman-Seitz). In her search for direction, Abby befriends a rebellious girl named Caroline (Simpkins), who is not always a good role model, but who gives her a fresh perspective on life\u2019s trials and tribulations.<\/p>\n
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