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Cannes’ Focus COPRO Unveils Its Magnificent Seven: A ‘Key Opportunity to Discover Talented Filmmakers’
Cannes’ Focus COPRO Initiative Unveils Selected Seven Projects from First-Time Filmmakers
“Asaa” by Valentin Noujaïm, “Bergies” directed by Dian Weys, Anna Martí’s “Cara de Santa” and Huiju Park’s “Fantasy Island” made the cut, as well as “Giliw” by Kyla Romero, “Imazhe të humbura” by Samir Karahoda and “Je m’appelle Nina Shakira” by Samuel Suffren. I plan to continue this research and conduct more interviews in the coming months,” he says, hoping his participation in Focus CoPRO will “also draw attention to the South African film industry and its talented filmmakers,” struggling to find local funding support. Director’s Statement: “In this real-time film, filled with a series of long takes linked with sharp and striking cutting points, I want to immerse the viewer alongside the protagonist into the chaos, in order to make spectators feel like implicated witnesses.”
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