‘Gunda’ Director Victor Kossakovsky Follows Up With Ocean Focused Documentary, Sales Handled by AC Independent, Cinephil (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comLeo Barraclough International Features Editor Russian documentary filmmaker Victor Kossakovsky and the production team behind his Oscar-shortlisted feature “Gunda” will follow up with the second instalment in his “Empathy Trilogy.” AC Independent will handle the North America sale and Cinephil will be selling international rights.
They will be kicking off sales this week at the European Film Market in Berlin. The new film focuses on the health of the oceans and the effects of industrial fisheries.
The “Empathy Trilogy,” of which “Gunda” formed the first part, looks at the sentience of non-human animals. After a pre-production shoot in June 2022, principal photography is planned for June 2023, with a projected release date in 2025.
While “Gunda” captured the lives of farm animals, notably the engaging mother sow who was its eponymous protagonist, for this new project, Kossakovsky is collaborating with the German artist known as K49814 to record her quest to raise awareness of our depredation of the oceans and the destruction humankind inflicts on the world’s fish species.
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