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Projects by Zu Quirke, Corinna Faith, Anna Fredrikke Bjerke, Ashley Horner Topline Second U.K. Focus at New Nordic Films (EXCLUSIVE)
The four U.K. titles in development to be pitched take in Corinne Faith’s “Unspeakable,” handled by The Bureau Sales.
The pedigreed Paris-London based The Bureau for instance, credited for Netflix’s “The Strays”, Andrew Haigh’s “45 Years” (Oscar-nominated for best actress), and “Supernova,” starring Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci, will be on hand to pitch “Unspeakable” by rising talent Faith, Bafta-nominated for the short film “Care”. The U.K-Norwegian partners will look for further national and regional funding in Haugesund.The two other co-pro projects ,“The Fell” and “Let it Come Down,” helmed by visionary writer-directors Quirke (Amazon’s “Nocturne”) and Bjerke (writer of Netflix’s “Midsummer Night”) are also looking mainly for Norwegian coin and co-producers. “It is rare that a horror combines the traditions of nuanced character drama, folk mythology and a balance of contemporary and timeless truths,” noted Escape Plan’s Anna Keeley who warns that “at the end of the story, you’ll never think of fairies in the same way again.”
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