The Canadian-made feature film Blindness will have its world premiere on May 14 as the opening-night gala film of the 61st Cannes Film Festival.
The news, which will be announced today, marks the first time in 28 years that a Canadian movie has been chosen for this prestigious slot that kicks off the glamorous 12-day festival in the south of France.
Niv Fichman, co-founder of Toronto’s Rhombus Media, led the charge to get the Canada-Japan-Brazil co-production off the ground.
The $25-million-plus Blindness, directed by Oscar-nominated director Fernando Meirelles (City of God), tells the fierce and fantastical story of a pandemic of blindness that eviscerates society.
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