Blue-Tongue Films is thrilled to announce that writer director Nash Edgerton’s new short film, BEAR, has been selected for competition at the 64th Cannes International Film Festival.
One of just nine selected Short Films worldwide, BEAR, is Edgerton’s highly anticipated follow-up to his multi-award winning short film SPIDER (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jmbv8kevQ-E) -†Jack has a new girlfriend but hasn’t quite learnt his lesson…
BEAR was coâ€written by fellow Blueâ€Tongue Films member, writer-director David Michôd (ANIMAL KINGDOM), with cinematography by Adam Arkapaw (ANIMAL KINGDOM).
Produced by Lauren Edwards & John Polson, BEAR was financed with the kind assistance of Billabong, fxphd and Movie Network Channels and stars Nash Edgerton, Teresa Palmer (I AM NUMBER FOUR) and multi-award winning writer-director Warwick Thornton (SAMSON & DELILAH).
Nash Edgerton commented, “To be honest when I got the call I thought someone was pranking me. It’s a huge honor that BEAR has been selected and I haven’t stopped smiling. I’ve always wanted to have a film play there and I’m just so thankful to everyone who pitched in to help get BEAR made. It’s very exciting and totally surreal that this time next month we’ll be premiering BEAR in competition at Cannes.”
In other Blueâ€Tongue Films feature film news, David Michod’s multi-award winning debut ANIMAL KINGDOM will open in France at the end of April, whilst in May, Spencer Susser’s debut feature HESHER, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Academy Award winner Natalie Portman & Rainn Wilson will release in the US, and Nash & Joel Edgerton’s THE SQUARE in the UK. Kieran Darcy–Smith’s debut feature SAY NOTHING starring Joel Edgerton, Felicity Price & Teresa Palmer has just gone into Post-Production as has short film CRYO by Academy Award nominated Luke Doolan, also the newly appointed Head of Editing at the prestigious Australian Film, Television and Radio School (AFTRS) in Sydney. Joel Edgerton will be seen in several upcoming films including WARRIOR, alongside Nick Nolte and THE THING and his short film MONKEYS swings off onto the international film festival circuit after screening as a Finalist at Tropfest 2011.
BEAR was produced by Blueâ€Tongue Films, in association with Peachy Pictures, Tropfest and fxphd.