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\n\tItalian filmmaker Dario Argento presented his new thriller trilogy at the March\u00e9 du Film\u2018s Fantastic Pavilion in Cannes, where he was also honored with the genre hub\u2019s Keys to the Pavilion award.<\/p>\n

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\n\tThe famed maestro of giallo cinema, who is attending the festival for the Cannes Classics screening of Giuseppe Patroni Griffi\u2019s 1968 drama \u201cLove Circle,\u201d which he co-penned, presented the three new projects with director Gabriele Altobelli and producer Giovanni Di Gianfrancesco of Rome-based Mattia\u2019s Film.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe event screened the first footage of\u00a0\u201cFlesh of My Flesh\u201d\u00a0(\u201cCarne della mia Carne\u201d), which Altobelli is currently shooting near Rome. It tells the story of three mothers investigating the disappearance of a teenage girl, described as \u201ca realistic and unsparing portrait of evil in its most unsettling form: everyday, unsuspected, the evil next door\u201d and a \u201cdeliberate departure from Argento\u2019s signature atmospheric horror\u201d that \u201cmarks a new register for the maestro\u2019s storytelling.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe second screenplay,\u00a0\u201cThe Girl with Crystal Eyes\u201d\u00a0(\u201cLa bambina dagli occhi di cristallo\u201d), follows the encounter between a charming businessman and a mysterious woman whose passion drags him into a spiral of tragic murders. Production is set to begin in autumn 2026, with Argento overseeing artistic supervision of the project.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe third film,\u00a0\u201cThe Black Velvet Mask\u201d\u00a0(\u201cLa maschera di velluto nero\u201d), scheduled for production in 2027, explores the minds of three young women from different social backgrounds and origins, united by the same nightmare: a man in a black velvet mask assaults them and throws them from a balcony. The victims manage to unmask him \u2014 but when they wake, they cannot remember his face.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe trilogy will will be produced across several European countries in Italian, English and Spanish.<\/p>\n

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\n\tBorn from the collaboration between Argento and producer Di Gianfrancesco, the three-film slate is produced by Argento and Mattia\u2019s Film with Neo Art handling international sales.<\/p>\n

\n\tAccepting the Keys to the Pavilion award, which recognizes people whose body of work has shaped the global trajectory of genre cinema, Argento addressed the international genre community: \u201cI greet the wonderful fantastic audience that often follows me wherever I go. Thank you to the organization of the Fantastic Pavilion for this beautiful award, this key. I am very proud to receive it.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tConsidered the architect of giallo cinema and one of the most influential filmmakers in the history of horror, the Italian maestro has directed such films as \u201cSuspiria,\u201d\u00a0\u201cDeep Red,\u201d\u00a0\u201cTenebrae\u201d and\u00a0\u201cOpera.\u201d He also co-wrote Sergio Leone\u2019s\u00a0\u201cOnce Upon a Time in the West.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cHosting Dario Argento at the Fantastic Pavilion and handing him the Keys is an honor that few moments in our short history can match,\u201d said Pablo Guisa Koestinger, executive director of the Fantastic Pavilion. \u201cBeyond the recognition itself, what matters to us is that the maestro is still active, still producing, still translating his ideas onto the big screen. Being the platform that announces this to the world and to the fantastic community is exactly what the Pavilion was built to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tDuring its 2026 edition the hub has also presented Keys to the Pavilion to French filmmaker Xavier Gens and to Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn, who is in Cannes with \u201cHer Private Hell\u201d\u00a0in the festival\u2019s official selection. Past recipients of the award include composer Simon Boswell and directors David Cronenberg, Eli Roth, \u00c1lex de la Iglesia and J.A. Bayona.<\/p>\n

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