Ruben Östlund, Chie Hayakawa & Lorcan Finnegan Projects Selected for 2nd Cannes Investors Circle

Melanie Goodfellow
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Palme d’Or winning director Ruben Östlund is among 10 directors selected to present their upcoming feature film projects at the second edition of the Cannes Marché du Film’s Investors Circle initiative.

The one-day event, taking place on May 19, is aimed at connecting elevated, international feature film projects with film financiers and high-net worth individuals with a desire to invest in cinema.

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Östlund, who won the Palme d’Or for The Square and Triangle of Sadness, which was also nominated for three Oscars, will attend the event in person.

The Marché du Film did not give details of the projects being showcased, but it is likely the director will be talking about upcoming airplane disaster movie The Entertainment System is Down, which he told Deadline last year he hopes to shoot in early 2025.

Other filmmakers due in Cannes for the event include Japan’s Chie Hayakawa, whose feature film debut Plan 75 world premiered in Un Certain Regard, as well as Irish director Lorcan Finnegan, who is in Official Selection with fourth film The Surfer, having debuted second film Vivarium in Cannes Critics’ Week.

The event will also showcase projects by Rakhshan Banietemad (Iran), Uta Beria (Georgia), Nadav Lapid (Israel), Teodora Ana Mihai (Romania), Laura Samani (Italy), Agnieszka Smoczyńska (Poland) and Jorge Thielen Armand (Venezuela).

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