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Bankside Films Hears a ‘Knocking’ and It’s a Call for Help [Cannes]
Bankside Films has boarded international sales to Swedish director Frida Kempff’s feature debut Knocking, reports ScreenDaily ahead of the Cannes virtual market.
They also share the first photo of Cecilia Milocco (Involuntary) in the film “as a woman who moves into a new apartment after a tragic accident and begins to hear a disturbing knocking, which sounds like a call for help or a message in Morse code.
“She confronts her neighbors as the knocking gets more intense but it becomes clear that no one else can hear it.”
Stephen Kelliher of Bankside Films said Kempff “explores highly modern themes of grief and gaslighting through the lens of an intense psychological thriller which she executes with striking cinematic style”.
“Molly’s story is emotionally charged but Kempff’s unsettling approach will leave audiences thrilled in equal measure,” he added.
Knocking is in post-production after shooting on location in Norrköping, Sweden and was written by Emma Broström, based on the novel by Johan Theorin.
Two-time BAFTA winning filmmaker Joe Wright (Hanna, “Black Mirror“) is set to direct the feature adaptation of post-apocalyptic thriller novel, Juice, Deadline reports today.
Emmy winner Abi Morgan (Shame, “Eric”) will adapt Tim Winton‘s novel for Working Title Films.
In Juice, “A young husband and father is recruited into a top-secret resistance organization, to join the ranks of militia men tasked with targeting the isolated and wealthy culprits responsible for this global catastrophe. When a mission goes wrong, he finds himself on the run, having to fight to the end to survive in this hostile world.”
It’s set in a world ravaged by climate-change disaster.
“I couldn’t be more thrilled that Tim Winton has entrusted us with his extraordinary epic,” Wright told Deadline. “The story is both a thrilling modern family saga and an urgent call to action. I cannot wait for audiences to experience it on the big screen.”
Winton added, “I’m pleased to know a filmmaker of Joe Wright’s calibre has chosen to adapt Juice for the screen. His capacity to portray the turmoil and the turning points of nations and peoples as well as private individuals distinguishes his work as a director and I’m confident that Juice is in good hands.”
Juice was initially published in October 2024 and longlisted for The Climate Fiction Prize 2026.
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