What happened to venerable Turkish director Fatih Akin’s (the beautiful “The Edge Of Heaven”) “Soul Kitchen” which was hotly tipped to appear at Cannes, but failed to make the cut for yesterday’s Cannes line up?
Apparently, it’s simply because the film wasn’t ready. The film, which stars Moritz Bleibtreu (“Run Lola Run”) and Birol Ünel (who starred in Akin’s excellent 2004 film, “Head On”) is evidently still currently being cut which meant it couldn’t make the deadline for Cannes. It is still, however, on track for its June release. [Hollywood Elsewhere]
Sophie Barthes’ Paul Giamatti-led “Cold Souls” and Harold Ramis’ “Year One” are set open and close the Nantucket Film Festival which runs from June 18th to 21st. The festival this year will also award the Adrienne Shelly Excellence in Filmmaking Award, which recognizes a promising female writer/director at the festival in conjunction with the Adrienne Shelly Foundation. Shelly’s last produced script, “Serious Moonlight,” will also screen. Other films set to screen include “Humpday,” “The Burning Plain,” “Beeswax,” and “The Hurt Locker.” [THR]
SnagFilms, a website dedicated to streaming documentaries, has struck up partnerships with three film festivals and two film organizations for development of specialized channels on the Snag site, partnerships with indieWIRE’s coverage and resources, and branded multiplex widgets as well as the potential to co-premiere films. The festivals and organizations in question include Hot Docs (the Canadian International Documentary Festival), Outfest (the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival), and North Carolina’s Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, CINE and the International Documentary Association. [THR]
ESPN have signed up baseball documentary “Lost Son Of Havana,” the first competing film at the Tribeca Film Festival to be picked up. The film, which is narrated by Chris Cooper, follows pitcher Luis Tiant as he returns to Cuba after 19 years seasons with the Boston Red Sox. ESPN will screen the film for television audiences in August. [Variety]
