An Iranian-French directorial debut exploring the fractured bonds of family separation through exile is scheduled to debut at the Cannes festival in the coming weeks. "Into the Jaws of the Ogre," directed by Mahsa Karampour, will be shown in the festival's ACID section, with Beijing-based distribution company Rediance managing worldwide distribution rights. The film follows Karampour's reconnection with her sibling Siâvash, a former vocalist in an Iranian underground punk band currently in exile in New York City. Through footage shot clandestinely in Iran, childhood memories, and intimate conversations across American highways, the film examines how forced displacement and political strains...