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Le Pacte at Venice and Toronto with Land of Oblivion and Last Winter

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With John Shank’s Belgian/French co-production Last Winter [+see also:
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(see news) and Michale Boganim’s French/German/Polish feature Land of Oblivion [+see also:
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(see news) selected at both Venice (August 31-September 10) and Toronto (September 8-18), French international seller Le Pacte intends to strike some successful deals to close the summer season.

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While both films will be presented in Toronto’s Contemporary World Cinema section, Last Winter will be unveiled first of all in Venice Days and Land of Oblivion in Venice Critics’ Week.

Also standing out in Le Pacte’s line-up are Czech director Jan Hrebejk’s Innocence [+see also:
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, and Cannes titles Ave [+see also:
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by Bulgaria’s Konstantin Bojanov (see news – recent winner of the Cineuropa Award at Sarajevo); The Island [+see also:
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by fellow Bulgarian helmer Kamen Kalev (see news); and Bachelor Days Are Over [+see also:
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by France’s Katia Lewkowicz (see news and video interview).

Finally, the team headed by Camille Neel will continue sales for Patricia Mazuy’s Of Women and Horses [+see also:
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(see news), which closed the recent Locarno Film Festival; Thierry Ragobert’s 3D French/Brazilian co-production Amazonia (in pre-production); and Jean-Christophe Dessaint’s French animated film The Day of the Crows (in production).

As for French distribution, Le Pacte yesterday launched Christophe Honoré’s The Beloved [+see also:
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in theatres. The company will release Italian director Nanni Moretti’s We Have A Pope [+see also:
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on September 7; Danish helmer Nicolas Winding Refn’s Cannes prize-winner Drive on October 5; directorial duo Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud’s Venice competition contender Chicken With Plums [+see also:
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on October 26; and Sleep Tight [+see also:
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by Spain’s Jaume Balaguero on December 26.

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(Translated from French)

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