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Office at Cannes: 5 Square Merimee Tel: 04 93 39 22 40 Fax: tbc Executives attending Roger Shannon, head of production Angela Topping, deputy head of production Rod Molinare, head of sales Andrea Klein, head of film sales unit Most films budgeted under $3 million Also buying at Cannes Featured product Love is the Devil (England) Drama. Dir: John Maybury. Cast: Derek Jacobi, Daniel Craig. Traces the tumultuous relationship between painter Francis Bacon and George Dyer in late 1960s. 90 mins. Under the Skin (UK) Screening. First sold at Cannes 97. Drama. Dir: Carine Adler. Cast: Samantha Morton, Claire Rushbrook, Rita Tushingham. Following the death of her mother, a young woman embarks on a self-destructive sexual odyssey. 85 mins. Stella Does Tricks (UK) Drama. Screening. First sold at Berlin 97. Dir: Coky Giedroyc. Cast: Kelly Macdonald, Hans Matheson, James Bolam. A teenage girl attempts to escape a life on the streets and to come to terrms with her childhood. 97 mins. Joyride (UK) Thriller. Screening. First sold at Berlin 97. Dir: Jim Gillespie. Cast: Christopher Fulford, David Mackay, Frank Gallagher. Fugitives steal the car of a power worker and lock him in the boot. 11 mins. Seeing Things (UK) Drama. Dir: Rupert Jones. Cast: Ciaran Fitzgerald, Freddie Jones. Explores the emotional journey of an adolescent boy who is in hospital for plastic surgery. 20 mins. Yellow (UK) Drama. Screening. First sold at Berlin 97. Dir: Simon Beaufoy, Bille Eltingham. Cast: Ray Winstone, Nicola Bland, Tracey Wilkinson. Explores the disturbing combination of naivety and power in pre-pubescent children. 13 mins. More Is Less (UK) Drama. Screening. First sold at Berlin 98. Dir: Andy Lambert. Cast: Indre Ove, Darren Tighe. London buzzes with excess, but it seems that there is never anything to do on a Saturday night. 15 mins. Fork in the Road (UK) Drama. Screening. First sold at Berlin 97. Dir: Barrie White. Cast: Stuart Organ, Robert Whitelock, Vincent Regan. Three men play a game of Russian roulette with a hostage on a deserted road. 24 mins. Speak Like a Child (UK) Post-production. Pre-sales at Berlin 98. Dir: John Akomfrah. Cast: Cal Macanich, Rachel Fielding, Richard Mylan. A haunting psychological love story. 90 mins. Wasted (UK) In development. Dir: Steve Mclean. I Could Read the Sky (UK) In development. Dir: Janine Marmot. British Film Institute head office: 21 Stephen Street, London W1P 2LN, UK Tel: +44-171 255 1444 Fax: +44-171 580 5830 (sales) E-mail: sales.films.@bfi.org.uk |
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