‘Congo Boy’ shot by Adrien Lallau and ‘Amarga Navidad’ shot by Pau Esteve Birba are both part of the Official Selection for this year’s Cannes Film Festival!

‘Congo Boy’, directed by Rafiki Fariala is nominated in the Un Certain Regard category and ‘Amarga Navidad’, directed by Pedro Almodóvar is In Competition.

Congratulations to Adrien and Pau and the rest of the teams behind both films!

Elsewhere at Cannes, ‘Clarissa’ co-produced by Thomas Bassett was selected for Cannes Directors’ Fortnight! And ‘Avedon’ which Jake Polonsky, BSC shot additional photography for has a Special Screening.

Congratulations Tom and Jake and the ‘Clarissa’ and ‘Avedon’ teams!

The BFI’s Great 8 series also includes ‘Ancestors’ edited by Stephanie McCutcheon, BFE and ‘In Starland’ shot by Jaime Ackroyd.

Congratulations to Stephanie and Jaime and the rest of the Great 8!

You can read the full list of selected films here and more about the Directors’ Fortnight here. The full list of the BFI’s Great can be seen here.