UK-based sales outfit The Film Company has sold UK psychological thriller The Bunker to Mi-Pic for Japan.

Touted at this month's Cannes market, The Bunker tells the story of a group of German soldiers who get trapped into a disused bunker system on the French-Belgian border during World War 2. Starring rising British talent Jason Flemyng and Jack Davenport, the film is directed by Rob Green and produced by Millennium Pictures.

During the festival Mi-Pic also picked up Dutch-produced action thriller Soul Assassin from UK seller Winchester Films.