Cannes 2008: Eric Khoo Goes To France ... MY MAGIC To Screen At Fest

Singapore's Eric Khoo will have his new film, My Magic, premiere at Cannes 2008, but as for which category and whether it will be in competition, remains to be seen until Thierry Fremaux announces the line-up in five days. Khoo is no stranger to Cannes, as his Be With Me premiered in Cannes 2005 in the Director's Fortnight section.

My Magic is somewhat of a curious item. It will be 80% in the Tamil language, with a bit of Hokkien and English. The story is inspired by real-life fire-eater Francis Bosco, who will play a downtrodden alcoholic magician who tries to reconnect with his 14-year-old son. Khoo, who speaks not a word of Tamil himself, shot the film in 8 days in December last year, on a shoe-string budget.

Variety reports that there will be less Asian films at this year's fest. Also set for screenings at Cannes this year are Tran Anh Hung's I Come WIth The Rain, Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Tokyo Sonata, and the three-story anthology Tokyo!, featuring Bong Joon-ho, Michel Gondry and Leos Carax.