Taskovski Films Acquires Cannes ACID Title ‘Aya’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Will Thorne Staff WriterTaskovski Films is making moves ahead of the Cannes Film Festival next week.The sales and production outfit has acquired “Aya,” the debut feature from Belgium-based director Simon Coulibaly Gillard, Variety has learned exclusively.“Aya,” a co-production between Belgium’s Michigan Films and France’s Kidam, is set to bow in the ACID section of Cannes on July 10, with four subsequent screenings spread across the next few days.The film centers around Aya, a young woman growing up with her mother on the island of Lahou. Joyful and carefree, Aya enjoys picking coconuts and sleeping on the sand.