ANNE FRANK ANIMATION in production
In Production December 2014
- LE FRONT DE WAKHAN by Clément Cogitore, co-producer: EAVE 1999 graduate Donato Rotunno is in production. Written by Clément Cogitore in collaboration with Thomas Bidegain the story is set in Afghanistan in 2014. As the troops are preparing to pull out, Captain Antarès Bonassieu and his section are assigned to a monitoring and supervision mission in a remote valley in Wakhan, on the border with Pakistan. Despite the tenacity shown by Antarès and his men, they will gradually begin to lose control of this supposedly peaceful area. One night in September, some of the soldiers start to disappear mysteriously in the valley. The feature is benefitting from the CNC’s advance on receipts, and backing from the Cinémage and La Banque Postale Image Soficas, as well as from the Wallonia-Brussels fund. The project was selected by Torino FilmLab, Les Arcs Co-production Village, Cinémart and Le Groupe Ouest.
- ANNE FRANK ANIMATION by Ari Folman, producer: EAVE 1994 graduate and group leader Diana Elbaum is in production. The Israeli director is set to script and direct a family driven animation film based on Anne Frank’s life and diary. The film will be produced by Purple Whale Films, a new Belgian outfit, co-owned by Folman’s Israeli production company, Bridgit Folman Film Gang, and Diana Elbaum’s Belgian production company Entre Chien et Loup. It marks the first time a director-producer team has been granted complete access to archives of the Anne Frank Fonds Basel founded by Otto Frank.
Page published 22 December 2014.
