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Locarno’s Alliance 4 Development Lineup, Including a ’Tale of Colonial Revenge’ and a ‘Psycho-Thriller About the Age of Narcissism’
Locarno’s projects initiative Alliance 4 Development announces 11 new projects, from dramas to dark comedies and thrillers.
In “I’m Not Here to Make Friends” by Julia Niemann, who recently enjoyed arthouse success with controversial Sundance premiere “Veni Vidi Vici” co-directed with Daniel Hoesl, she’s following Emmy, a contestant on a dating reality show. “With ‘Atlantic Mirage,’ we aim at making an unapologetically queer genre film, set in the city of Agadir, a territory full of history and mystery, expressed through bold aesthetic choices and hoping to reveal a new generation of Moroccan actors,” says the director. A waiter, unable to say no, is humiliated until he strikes back; an aspiring author, hoping to meet her great idol, is accused of theft; a rejected love turns into obsession and a roommate interview culminates in bloody violence.
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