BBC Films
Office at Cannes: Apartment Panahpeur, 4th floor, Ibis, Residences du Grand Hotel, 45 La Croisette
Tel: 93 38 19 39
Executives attending
Mark Shivas, head of films
George Faber, head of single drama
Susan Bruce-Smith, distribution and marketing manager
Emma Chapman, publicity manager
Featured product
The Van (UK) Drama. Screening. Dir: Stephen Frears. Cast: Colm Meaney, Donal O'Kelly, Caroline Rothwell. Passions run high when two enterprising friends buy a fish and chip van only to discover that business and friendship don't mix. Running time: 100 mins
Jude (UK) Drama. Screening. Dir: Michael Winterbottom. Cast: Christopher Eccleston, Kate Winslet, Liam Cunningham. Adapted from the classic novel by Thomas Hardy. Running time: 100 mins
Different for Girls (UK) Drama. Screening. Dir: Richard Spence. Cast: Rupert Graves, Steven Mackintosh, Miriam Margolyes. Paul is shocked when his renewed friendship with old school friend Karl, who has now become a woman, takes a romantic turn. Running time: 95 mins
Go Now (UK) Drama. Completed. Dir: Michael Winterbottom. Cast: Robert Carlyle, Juliet Aubrey, James Nesbitt. A contemporary love story. Running time: 81 mins
Brothers in Trouble (UK) Drama. Screening. Dir: Udayan Prasad. Cast: Angeline Ball, Pavan Malhotra. Mary's arrival brings warmth and fun to a household of illegal Pakistani immigrants in Britain, until pent up emotions start to errupt. Running time: 102 mins
Gray's Anatomy (US) Comedy. Post-production. Dir: Steven Soderbergh. Cast: Spalding Gray. Hilarious story-telling from Spalding Gray as he tries to figure out What It All Really Means. Running time: 80 mins
Twelfth Night (UK) Drama. Post-production. Dir: Trevor Nunn. Cast: Helena Bonham-Carter, Richard E. Grant, Nigel Hawthorne. Based on one of Shakespeare's most famous plays.
The Tribe (UK) Drama. In production. Dir: Stephen Poliakoff. Cast: Joely Richardson, Anna Friel. Set in a world of inner-city cults, where young people find new ways of dealing with sex and violence in 1990s Britain.
Love & Death on Long Island (UK) Comedy. In production. Dir: Richard Kwietniowski. Death in Venice meets Beverly Hills 90210.
Peggy Su (UK) Drama. Pre-production. Dir: Frances-Anne Solomon. An arranged marriage is being forced on Peggy Su.
BBC Films head office: Centre House, 56 Wood Lane,
GB-London W12 7SB, UK
Tel: +44-181 743 8000
Fax: +44-181 749 9331
