Golshifteh Farahani To Star In Julia Ducournau’s ‘Alpha’; Filmnation & Charades Set To Launch In Cannes

Iranian-French actress Golshifteh Farahaniis set to star Julia Ducournau’s new film Alpha, her third feature after Cannes Palme d’Or winner Titane and breakout debut Raw.

Filmnation and Charades, which announced the project on Friday, are co-selling and will launch sales in Cannes.

The project is produced by Eric Altmayer and Nicolas Altmayer at Mandarin & compagnie, Jean des Forêts and Amélie Jacquis at Petit Film (Jean des Forêtsin co-production with Jean-Yves Roubin and Cassandre Warnauts at Frakas Productions.

Like Titane, the logline and futher details are under wraps.

“Alpha is Julia’s most personal, profound work yet, and we are looking forward to a global audience discovering the story with as much excitement as we did. We can’t wait to bring the film to market in Cannes and to launch sales together for the first time and collaborate in this way,” said Filmnation and Charades in a joint statement.

The producers added: “Alpha is a new page in Julia Ducournau’s corpus that is both very consistent with the previous ones and entirely new in its tone. To match an exceptional project, it was necessary to transcend conventions, as evidenced by the exceptional combination of producers on one hand and international sales companies on the other.”