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    Cannes

    Best Friend Forever Launches Kung Fu Action Romance ‘Zenithal’ From ‘Titane’ Producer Kazak & ‘Parasite’ Distributor The Jokers Films – Cannes Market
    By Melanie Goodfellow
    Senior International Film Correspondent
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    May 16, 2023 5:08am

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    EXCLUSIVE: Brussels-based company Best Friend Forever has acquired international rights for the zany kung-fu-themed action romantic comedy Zenithal.

    Vanessa Guide stars as a woman battling to establish peace between the sexes after her longtime boyfriend falls under the thrall of a Machiavellian schemer, who has murdered and harnessed the virulent powers of a famous kung-fu master, as part of a plan to restore absolute male domination.

    It is the first feature of Jean-Baptiste Saurel, who has recently been signed as one of the directors on France TV’s upcoming Zorro reboot starring Jean Dujardin, with previous credits including the Disney+ sci-fi French original Parallels.

    The feature expands on his provocative 2012 Cannes Critics’ Week short The Dickslap (La Bifle). BFF has released a first-look photo hinting at one of the zany plot twists.


    First look at ‘Zenithal’
    “Zenithal questions the injunctions of virility through comedy, with a visual style inherited from U.S. comedy and manga culture,” said Saurel.

    “At the time of gender relations redefinition, I offer my own answer, by making fun of the level of seriousness with which these subjects are addressed today. The intimate enemy is men’s ignorance of their own bodies and of women’s bodies and the difficulty of questioning themselves.”

    Vanessa Guide (30 Days Left, The Brand New Adventures of Aladdin) is joined in the cast by Franc Bruneau, Cyril Guei (Full Time, How I Became a Superhero), Xavier Lacaille (Parliament), Bruno Gouery (Emily in Paris, The White Lotus).

    Key crew include cinematographer Yann Maritaud (The Big Hit, Slalom) and stunt coordinator Samuel Kefi Abrikh (Valerian, Dunkirk, Mission: Impossible – Fallout).

    “Zenithal is a unique, cathartic and necessary film, which teenagers, as well as their parents, will be able to identify with through a relaxed, benevolent and fair laugh,” BFF heads and co-founders Martin Gondre and Charles Bin.

    Producers Kazak Productions are best known internationally for the 2021 Cannes Palme d’Or winner Titane, with other credits including Corsage and Arab Blues.

    The Jokers Films will release the film in France.
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    Three upcoming Donnie Yen projects

    ‘Ip Man 5’ among three Donnie Yen films revealed at Cannes (exclusive)
    BY SILVIA WONG 17 MAY 2023

    SOURCE: MANDARIN MOTION PICTURES
    ‘IP MAN 4: THE FINALE’
    A trio of action films led by martial arts superstar Donnie Yen have been revealed by Hong Kong-based Mandarin Motion Pictures at the Cannes market.

    The company will introduce Ip Man 5, Flash Point Resurgence and Misjudgement to buyers at the Marché this week.

    Yen, who was most recently seen in John Wick: Chapter 4, is well known for his role as the eponymous Ip Man, the real-life Wing Chun grandmaster who was a teacher of Bruce Lee. The previous instalment, Ip Man 4: The Finale, generated more than $176.3m at the worldwide box office following its release in 2019.

    Flash Point Resurgence is developed from 2007’s Flash Point, which also starred Yen and Louis Koo. No directors have yet been revealed for the projects but all four Ip Man films and Flash Point were directed by Wilson Yip.

    The third title, Misjudgement, has China’s Huace Pictures as a co-investor.

    Plot details have yet to be revealed.
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    Cannes

    May 15, 2023 10:00pm PT
    ‘Freaks vs. the Reich’ Director Gabriele Mainetti Shooting Rome-Set Kung Fu Movie (EXCLUSIVE)

    By Nick Vivarelli

    Courtesy Vision Distribution

    Italian director Gabriele Mainetti, known internationally for genre-bending titles “They Call Me Jeeg” and “Freaks vs. the Reich,” is shooting a kung fu movie set in Rome’s multi-ethnic Piazza Vittorio quarter.

    Cameras have just started rolling in Rome on Mainetti’s yet-to-be titled third feature that will see him riff on martial arts movie tropes, following his fresh takes on a 1970 Japanese cartoon series in “Jeeg,” and then on the Nazi hunter film genre in “Freaks.”

    Vision Distribution will be launching sales on the film at the Cannes Marché du Film.

    Set in the cosmopolitan melting pot of Rome’s Piazza Vittorio hood, Mainetti’s latest work will see two very different souls intersect. One is the son of an indebted local restaurant owner who disappeared with his lover. The other is a young mysterious woman who has just arrived in the Italian capital in search of her missing sister. “United by fate, the two will find themselves catapulted into the slums of Rome’s criminal underbelly,” reads the synopsis. “To survive they will have to fight side by side in an overwhelming no-holds-barred adventure, challenging armies of ruthless criminals, but above all, ancient prejudices, and cultural diversity.”

    The Rome-set kung fu movie stars Chinese martial artist Liu Yaxi, who was Liu Yifei’s stunt double in Disney’s “Mulan,” alongside Italy’s Enrico Borello (“Lovely Boy”), Sabrina Ferilli (“The Great Beauty”), Marco Giallini (“Perfect Strangers”) and Luca Zingaretti (“Montalbano”).

    The film is penned by Mainetti with screenwriters Stefano Bises (“Gomorrah”) and Davide Serino (“The Bad Guy”). It’s being produced by Mario Gianani and Lorenzo Gangarossa for Wildside, the Fremantle company behind “The Eight Mountains,” the Alps-set drama that won the jury prize last year in Cannes and went on to be a specialty title hit. Also on board are Vision Distribution, a Sky Company, and Mainetti’s Goon Films shingle in collaboration with Germany’s DCM, which will distribute the film in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, and France’s Quad Films, which will release it in France. Vision will also handle distribution in Italy.
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    New HK talent

    New talent from Hong Kong celebrated at Cannes
    SPONSORED BY CREATE HONG KONG (CREATEHK), BY HONG KONG FILM DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL 21 MAY 2023

    SOURCE: SCREEN FILE
    ACTOR TURNED DIRECTOR AND PRODUCER STEPHEN FUNG (TAI CHI ZERO) AND ACTRESS ANGELA YUEN (CHILLI LAUGH STORY, THE NARROW ROAD) IN CONVERSATION WITH SCREEN INTERNATIONAL’S JEAN NOH
    Cinema from Hong Kong was celebrated under the banner ‘New Cinema, New Talents’ at a special Cannes event hosted by the Hong Kong Film Development Council and Create Hong Kong.

    Two panels at Cannes’ Hong Kong Pavilion on Thursday and Friday (May 18-19) showcased Hong Kong’s up-and-coming talent along with veteran actor-turned-director-and-producer Stephen Fung of Tai Chi Zero and Netflix’s Wu Assassins.


    SOURCE: SCREEN FILE
    (PANEL FROM LEFT) FILMMAKERS STEPHEN FUNG, SOPHIE YANG (GAMER GIRLS), ALBERT LEUNG (STUNTMAN), NICK CHEUK (TIME STILL TURNS THE PAGES), SASHA CHUK TSZ-YIN (FLY ME TO THE MOON)
    He was joined on the first day by actress Angela Yuen (Chilli Laugh Story, The Narrow Road) to talk about acting and his evolution in the film industry.

    On the second day, Fung shared insights and experiences with filmmakers Sophie Yang (Gamer Girls), Albert Leung (Stuntman), Nick Cheuk (Time Still Turns The Pages), Sasha Chuk Tsz-yin (Fly Me To The Moon) - all four of whom are winners of Hong Kong’s First Feature Film Initiative

    It was hosted by Screen International’s Asia editor Jean Noh.
    Is Stephen Fung really 'new' talent?
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