The new feature film script from South African filmmaker John Barker (Bunny Chow) is one of 15 scripts chosen from 14 countries around the world to participate in Cinefondation’s L’Atelier at the Cannes Film Festival, which takes place from 13 to 24 May in France.
L’Atelier was created by the Festival in 2005 to assist directors in financing and completing their films.
Barker’s The Umbrella Men is about a troupe of hard up minstrels in the Cape Carnival who decide to rob a bank during the Carnival festivities. This is Barker’s second feature film project.
