09/05/2014 - The Paris-based firm is selling the films by Tony Gatlif and Wang Chao that are set to have their world premieres in the Official Selection

French international sales agent Les Films du Losange is heading for the Marché du Film of the 67th Cannes Festival (14-25 May 2014). Headed by Margaret Menegoz, the company will be selling, among others, two titles accepted in the Official Selection on the Croisette.

The first is Geronimo [+see also:
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The team led by Agathe Valentin will also be kicking off sales for Fantasia [+see also:
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Also featuring in Les Films du Losange’s Cannes line-up are three feature films in post-production: 1001 grams by Bent Hamer (read the news – a co-production between Norway, France and Germany, starring Ane Dahl Torp and Laurent Stocker), Victoria by Jean-Paul Civeyrac (adapted from Doris Lessing – read the article) and The Days Come by Romain Goupil (read the article).

Lastly, the firm will be continuing the pre-sales for two titles currently in production that it kicked off at the Berlinale (see news): the Swiss-French co-production Amnesia by Barbet Schroeder (starring Marthe Keller and Max Riemelt) and Childhood [+see also:
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(Translated from French)