CANNES GOLDEN BOY GOES FOR ROUND TWO!
Chilean filmmaker Diego Céspedes is cooking up his wildest project yet after his debut stunner took home top honors at the world's most prestigious film festival.
Move over, one-hit wonders — Chilean director Diego Céspedes is already prepping his sophomore feature, "The Case of the Boy Who Lost His Heart," and it sounds like a total trip. According to Variety, the 31-year-old wunderkind is riding high after his debut "The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo" snagged the top prize in Cannes' Un Certain Regard category last year — and he's not wasting any time striking while the iron's hot.
Details on the new project are still emerging, but Céspedes is reportedly gearing up for something boldly different with this next one. After making a splash on the festival circuit's biggest stage, the young filmmaker is poised to cement himself as one of cinema's hottest emerging voices.
Meanwhile, across the pond, another slate of ambitious indie projects is shaping up fast. Director Celyn Jones — known for co-helming "The Almond and the Seahorse" with Rebel Wilson and co-writing thrillers like "The Vanishing" — is assembling a powerhouse cast for his new film "Mountain." Peter Mullan, Rebecca Lucy Taylor, and "Game of Thrones" star Iwan Rheon are set to lead, per Variety. With talent like that locked in, Jones' next chapter is already looking unmissable!
Sources · Variety