03-11-2017

PRODUCTION: International Coproduction Girls of the Sun Shoots in Georgia

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    View of Caucasus mountains, Georgia View of Caucasus mountains, Georgia

    TBILISI : The French/Belgian/Georgian/Swiss coproduction Girls of the Sun directed by Eva Husson, is currently shooting in Georgia. Golshifteh Farahani and Emmanuelle Bercot play the main characters. Elle Driver is handling the sales.

    The story written by Husson is set in Kurdistan. Bahar played by Golshifteh Farahani is the commander in chief of the Girls of the Sun, a Kurdish female battalion. She is about to take back the town where she was previously captured by the extremists. French journalist Mathilde played by Emmanuelle Bercot covers the first three days of the offensive. Through their encounter, Bahar relives the experience of how the men dressed in black changed the course of her existence.

    The film is produced by Didar Domehri through France’s Maneki Films in coproduction with France’s Wild Bunch and Etienne Comar through Arches Films, Joseph Roushop and Pascal Diot through Belgium’s Gapbusters, Vladimer Katcharava through Georgia’s 20 Steps Productions and Jamal Zeinal Zade and Dan Weshler through Switzerland’s Bord Cadre films, in association with Elle Driver, BackUp Media, B Media 2014, Indéfilms 6 and Cinécap, and with the participation of Canal +, OCS, RTBF, Proximus, Tax Shelter Casa Kafka Pictures and the Wallonie-Bruxelles Federation.

    The French CNC (support for new technologies in production and development support), Creative Europe Programme – MEDIA of the European Union, ANGOA, Aquitaine région and Film In Georgia cash rebate system are supporting the project.

    The project was selected at Rotterdam and Berlin’s coproduction markets for the Rotterdam- Berlinale Express.

    Shooting started on 26 September 2017 in Georgia and in France, and is scheduled for 39 days.

    The premiere is set for 2018. The film will be distributed in France by Wild Bunch Distribution and in Benelux by Cinéart.

    Production Information:

    20 Steps Productions
    www.20steps.ge
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    Credits :

    Director : Eva Husson
    Scriptwriter : Eva Husson
    DOP : Mattias Troelstrup
    Production designer : David Bersanetti
    Sound : Olivier Le Vacon
    Editor : Emilie Orsini
    Music : Morgan Kibby
    Cast : Golshifteh Farahani, Emmanuelle Bercot