FATHERLAND HAS A TRAILER
Many readers of MTFB have already picked up on the notion that Pawel Pawlikowski's Fatherland is right up there as far as films I'm hoping make an appearance at TFF #53. I was a pretty big fan of his 2018 film Cold War (Thrice Oscar nominated!). Unfortunately I've never been able to catch his 2013 Oscar winning film Ida (Best Foreign Language Film).
At any rate, I'm very much looking forward to Fatherland and have a good feel about its chances for Telluride.
MUBI, which has the distribution pf the film for the U.S. released a trailer for the film late last week. here it is from YouTube:
Looks impressive!
THE DREAMED ADVENTURE IS ACQUIRED
Janus films has acquired all North American rights to Valeska Grisebach‘s The Dreamed Adventure according to The Hollywood Reporter The film was a late-screened film at Cannes and won the Jury Prize. The IMDb description of the film goes like this:
"A woman...agrees to a deal to help an old acquaintance. She follows the hero on his adventure and enters dangerous territory where she is then confronted with her own desire."
The acquisition by Janus could facilitate a play at TFF #53. Janus isn't a house that is at every Telluride but they show up at a lot of them, especially lately:
2025: Carol & Joy
2024: All We Imagine as Light, Misericordia, Made in England: The Film of Powell and Pressburger
2023: Anselm, Totem, Orlando: My Political Biography
2022: Godland, Tori and Lokita
With a solid 6.93 compiled critical rating from Cannes-ratings.org, it seems well situated for a TFF slot. we'll see.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/cannes-film-prize-winner-the-dreamed-adventure-janus-deal-1236607903/
EVERYTIME IS ACQUIRED
The Hollywood Reporter also posted that Sandra Wollner's Everytime has been acquired for North America by fledgling outfit 1-2 Special. Everytime played in the Un Certain Regard section of Cannes and won the UCR Grand Prize. Its Cannes-ratings.org compiled critics' rating was a sturdy 7.33.
Additionally, although fairly new to the game, 1-2 Special landed Harris Dickenson's Urchin at last year's TFF.
Everytime's IMDb description:
"Follows a mother, her daughter, and a teenage boy blamed for a tragic death as they travel to Tenerife together, confronting grief, blame, and forgiveness on a family holiday that never happened."
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/cannes-un-certain-regard-winner-everytime-1-2-special-deal-1236609015/
1-2 Special also has Cannes success La Gradiva (which had this year's highest rated film per Cannes-ratins.org at 8.25). Which makes you think it could be a candidate for Telluride as well.
Ls Gravdiva's IMDb description:
"A group of high school students sets off on a school trip to discover the ruins of Pompeii. They are seized by a sense of vertigo. They allow themselves to be overwhelmed by desire and anger, until they surrender completely."
All worth keeping an eye on.
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