Carmen Jaquier & Mohamed Kordofani, Filmmakers Behind 2024 International Oscar Entries ‘Thunder’ And ‘Goodbye Julia,’ Sign With Silent R Management
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Carmen Jaquier and Mohamed Kordofani, a pair of fast-rising international filmmakers whose respective films Thunder and Goodbye Julia have both recently been submitted for International Feature Oscar consideration, have signed with Jewerl Ross at Silent R Management.
Representing Switzerland is Jaquier, whose first solo feature world premiered at TIFF last year. Pic is set in 1900 and stars Lilith Grasmug as Elisabeth, a 17-year-old girl on the cusp of taking vows to become a nun, whose life is set on another course following the sudden death of her older sister.
She returns to her family after five years in the convent to help on their farm in a mountain village. The mysteries surrounding her sister’s death prompt her to fight for her right to self-determination and to rebel against the strict expectations of the village community.
Thunder scored a sustained standing ovation at its European premiere in San Sebastian and has received more than a dozen awards at various international festivals, including Women In Motion’s Emerging Talent Award, which was presented to Jaquier at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival.
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