Top Catalan Titles at Cannes

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John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent Five Catalan movies made Cannes Festival’s cut, six were selected for Marché du Film sections.

Details and other top Catalan movies on the Croisette: “20,000 Species of Bees,” (Estibaliz Urresola) One of the big winners at Berlin, taking Leading Performance, and two other key prizes, and now healthy racking up healthy sales, including a Film Movement U.S.

pickup, “Bees” builds from a naturalistic base – a family off for a village summer holiday – to become a moving an ode to women’s freedom.

Produced out of Barcelona by Valérie Delpierre’s Inicia Films. Sales: Luxbox “Blondi,” (Dolores Fonzi) From La Unión de los Ríos, behind “Argentina, 1985”), the awaited directorial debut of Fonzi, star of Santiago Mitre’s Cannes winner “Paulina,” a double mother-son coming of age dramedy. Sales: Film Factory “A Bright Sun,” (Monica Cambra, Ariadna Fortuny) Facing the end of the world, Mila, 11, tries to keep her family together by celebrating a party. “Born from a desire to imagine the unimaginable,” its directors say. Sales: Begin Again Films. “Ashes in the Sky,” (Miquel Romans) A WWII resistance drama, inspired by the true life of Spanish Republican Neus Català, head of an anti-Nazi unit at a Czech weapons factory and Ravensbrück survivor. Sales: Filmax “The Chapel,” (Carlota Pereda) Selected for Cannes Fantastic Seven, a Marché showcase, Pereda’s awaited follow-up to Sundance 2022 title “Piggy,” one of Spain’s most acclaimed feature debuts of last year. Sales: Filmax “The Coffee Table,” (Caye Casas) A pitch-black comedy about the nightmarish consequences of a couple’s purchase of the titular object, which has been gathering fans on the festival circuit. Sales: MPM Premium “Crack of