"Silk" to shine at Toronto fest

Written by Tamsen Tillson and Patrick Frater

Wednesday, 18 July 2007

Story Categories: Festivals, Gaga, Japan, Tom Yoda,

The costumer "Silk," directed by Francois Girard ("The Red Violin") and starring Michael Pitt, Sei Ashina and Keira Knightley, will have its world preem as a 'Special Presentation' at the upcoming Toronto festival.

Pic is an adaptation of Alessandro Baricco's novel about a 19th-century silkworm merchant from France, who travels to Japan and starts a forbidden romance with a mysterious woman.

"Silk" was set up as a $22 million Italian-Japanese-Canadian co-production headed by Domenico Procacci's Fandango and Niv Fichman's Rhombus Media. It was also produced by Sonoko Sakai, formerly a full-time acquisitions consultant in the U.S. for Gaga and Nippon Herald.

Sakai was responsible for bringing on board Japanese distributor Asmik Ace as financier and additional coin from a rare Japanese public-private cultural fund, Cine Invest. Other Japanese coin followed from Gaga boss Tom Yoda's private company TY Limited.
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