Quiver Distribution has US rights Universal Content Group has rights in Italy. Producers include Chaos, A Film Company’s Carolyn McMaster, Myriad Pictures’ Kirk D’Amico, Quiver’s Jeff Sackman and Berry Meyerowitz, Polaris Pictures’ Jeremy Wall, and Neil Dunn. He returns again to the western genre, with a cast led by Christoph Waltz, Willem Dafoe and Rachel Brosnahan, in this 1897-set drama about a bounty hunter searching for a businessman’s missing wife. Hill once said “every film I’ve done has been a western” - referring to a canon ranging in subject from wild west outlaws ( The Long Riders) to urban street gangs ( The Warriors). Participant produces.Ĭontact: Participant (international) Cinetic Media Participant (both US) The documentary traces the life of a former Manhattan Project physicist who passed on secrets to the Soviet Union and lived the rest of his life under FBI surveillance and suspicion. A Compassionate Spy is his first feature since the Oscar-nominated Abacus: Small Enough To Jail premiered at Toronto six years ago and his first time in Venice. He worked mostly abroad in recent years following accusations of sexual assault filed against him in South Korea - later dropped through lack of evidence - with credits including Dissolve in Kazakhstan.ĭocumentarian James first gained prominence in 1994 with high-school basketball documentary Hoop Dreams, which won the audience award at Sundance and was nominated for the editing Oscar. Kim has won awards for his often violent and dark works such as Pieta (Venice Golden Lion, 2012). While the plot is under wraps, the Russian-language film was shot in Kyrgyzstan with local actor Abylai Maratov and Kazakhstan’s Zhanel Sergazina. The posthumous work of Korea’s Kim, who died from complications caused by Covid-19 in December 2020, was completed with the help of Artur Veeber, Estonian co-producer of Oscar-nominated Tangerines.
John Battsek produces alongside co-director Sharp. Wine is scheduled to attend Venice, and expect a live performance. Co-director and journalist Bwayo reportedly shed blood during filming, struck by a rubber bullet, and last year was cleared of ‘unlawful assembly’ for shooting a scene in Kampala. This documentary depicts Wine’s rise from the slums, and his fight - alongside wife Barbie - against the system. Ugandan pop star turned politician Bobi Wine (real name Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu) has been repeatedly arrested due to his anti-corruption protests, including after his disputed loss in the country’s 2021 presidential elections. The Venice Film Festival runs August 31-September 10.īobi Wine Ghetto President (Uganda-UK-US) Venice’s 2022 Out Of Competition titles include films from Walter Hill, Olivia Wilde, Sergei Loznitsa, Oliver Stone and Golden Lion Award honouree Paul Schrader. : ‘Don’t Worry Darling’, ‘Pearl’, ‘Dead For A Dollar’, ‘Dreamin’ Wild’
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