Rotterdam Winner Cyrielle Raingou Finds French Backing for Fiction Debut ‘I’m Coming for You’ (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comChristopher Vourlias Rotterdam Film Festival winner Cyrielle Raingou (“Le Spectre de Boko Haram”) has secured French backing for “Pour toi je reviendrai” (I’m Coming for You), which tells the story of a single mother in northern Cameroon who joins forces with a radical group of women after being cast out of her community.
Raingou is pitching the project this week at the Durban FilmMart. The film will be produced by Raingou and Alice Abah for the director’s Cameroon-based shingle Je Capture Ma Réalité, along with French producer Jean-Marie Gigon’s SaNoSi Productions.
Gigon’s credits include Gessica Généus’ Haitian drama “Freda,” which was the island nation’s submission for the 2022 Academy Awards, and Maciek Hamela’s Ukrainian war documentary “In the Rearview,” which was Oscar short-listed this year.
Pic will also be co-produced by Canal+, which has acquired the film for Africa, Haiti and French overseas departments and territories.
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