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Amira Casar (Call Me By Your Name) and Pip Torrens (The Crown) have boarded erotic drama short Rokeby Venus. Directed by Masha Egieva (Saint Vassily), the film revolves around a crisis of desire for a middle-aged bourgeois couple and is shooting in Paris this week. According to Egieva, the film is “toying with the canons of Greek tragedy and French erotic drama” and questions if women need to be seen to feel desired. “

At the Marché du Film’s Fantastic Pavilion, in collaboration with Yes She Cannes, a deeply personal conversation unfolded under the title “Female Visibility, Voice and Creative Power in Genre Film”. Moderated by Yes She Cannes founder Faith Elizabeth, the panel showcased the voices of women shaping the future of genre storytelling across all levels of the industry, from festival leadership and prosthetics to special effects, post-production and advocacy.

London-based producer and post house Disauthority has completed filming on a supernatural horror, Homonym. The story, which filmed between January 17-19 in East London, UK, is directed by Lily Howkins (EastEnders) and stars Nykiya Adams (Bird), Anna Burnett (Darkest Hour, Falling), Tristan Sturrock (Doc Martin, Poldark) and Louis Martin (Secret Level, The Sandman).

"Two historical landmarks are set to feature as a backdrop for a new TV series." "The project aims to explore the lives of those accused of such an “undefendable” crime and the consequences of their own existence and those of generations to come.”