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“Kaboom” Wins Queer Palm & Finds Distribution

Lindsey — Sun, 23 May 2010 17:01:10 +0000

Two bits of good news regarding “Kaboom” as Cannes reaches its close: it’s found international distribution with IFC, and it won the Cannes Film Festival’s very first Queer Palm, a new LBGT-themed award. Congratulations to Gregg Araki and the rest of the cast and crew (including Roxane, of course!)

UPDATE: “Kaboom” Claims First Queer Palm

Gregg Araki’s “Kaboom” was announced today as the winner of the inaugural Queer Palm, awarded to an LGBT film at the Cannes Film Festival, at a ceremony held at Zanzibar, the oldest gay bar in Europe and popular with gay fest goers. Sponsored by Gallic filmmakers Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau (“Cote d’Azur,” “The Adventures of Felix”), the Queer Palm joins Berlin’s Teddy and Venice’s Queer Lion, similar LGBT-themed awards at other major world festivals.

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“Rubber” Also At Cannes

Lindsey — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:31:51 +0000

Wow! It looks like Roxane chose her latest projects well. Another of her upcoming films, Quentin Dupieux’s “Rubber”, will be screened during the 49th Critic’s Week, a parallel competitive section of the Cannes Film Festival.

“Kaboom” at Cannes!

Lindsey — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:25:15 +0000

Fabulous news! Gregg Araki’s “Kaboom,” in which Roxane co-stars, is going to screen at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. It has a midnight screening, so it’s not part of the competition, but nevertheless I hope it generates good buzz for the film and that Roxane will be at the festival to walk down the red carpet.

New Completed Project

Lindsey — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:30:55 +0000

New to Roxane’s IMDB résumé is a film called “The Hole in the Wall”, which is apparently already in post-production! IMDB says it’s in English, and it was produced in the United States, but there are other French names scattered around the cast and crew, so I’m not sure if the movie will be entirely in English. The available synopsis is simple: “A woman living in a mouse infested apartment copes with the loss of her Father.” The director, production company, and a lot of the cast also seem to be first-timers, so information in the coming months might be a little hard to come by.

Sennentuntschi: Saved?

Lindsey — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:20:21 +0000

According to the site LeMatin.ch, the Swiss branch of Constantin Film is putting 3.4 million francs into Roxane’s 2008 film “Sennentuntschi” to take care of some of the film’s outstanding debts. I’m unsure exactly how good this news is for eventual release, but we’ll see!

Cinéma suisse: le film “Sennentuntschi” est sauvé

Le film suisse “Sennentuntschi” de Michael Steiner (”Mein Name ist Eugen”) est sauvé. La filiale suisse de la société allemande Constantin Film va injecter 3,4 millions de francs dans le projet fortement endetté.

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“Kaboom” Not At Sundance

Lindsey — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:24:11 +0000

Even though director Gregg Araki is a regular of the Sundance Film Festival, and even though it made a couple Sundance prediction lists, “Kaboom” is sadly not part of the 2010 festival line-up. Both lists of films in competition and films screening out-of-competition have been released.

New Film: “Rubber”

Lindsey — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:30:11 +0000

Roxane has already started and wrapped filming for a new project! The film is called “Rubber”, directed by Quentin Dupieux, AKA French electro house act Mr. Oizo. No word on a full synopsis, but what I’ve gathered from a bit of digging is that Roxane is the co-lead alongside Stephen Spinella, and the plot is a comedy-horror centered around a vengeful living tire (yes, the type that goes on cars!). It shot in California and has now entered post-production, during which the enormously popular band Justice will be helping compose the soundtrack. More news as it comes! If you want it faster, keep an eye on Oizo’s Twitter page. Release is scheduled for some time in 2010.

New Project!

Lindsey — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 09:49:20 +0000

How’s that for timing? All of an hour after site launch, it’s hit Reuters that Roxane has been cast in a new project, Gregg Araki’s “Kaboom.” This will be Roxane’s first American film, and she’s been busy perfecting her English the past few years in hopes of one day doing an English language film — this is excellent news for her, I’m sure!

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – indie director Gregg Araki is detonating his next picture, “Kaboom,” which follows the sexual awakening of a group of college students.

French actress Roxane Mesquida (”Fat Girl”), Thomas Dekker (”Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles”), Kelly Lynch (”The L Word”) and Rooney Mara (”Youth in Revolt”) star in the film, which is currently shooting.

Araki’s credits include “The Doom Generation,” “Smiley Face,” “Mysterious Skin” and “The Living End.”

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Also, a belated happy birthday to Roxane! She turned 28 on the 1st.