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"Rendez-vous à l'Opéra!" with Spanish films

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- Today, 43 French distributors will discover the titles on the programme of "Dífferent 8! L'autre cinéma espagnol"

"Rendez-vous à l'Opéra!" with Spanish films
Flowers by Jon Garaño and Jose Mari Goenaga

At midday today, in Paris’ Grand Hôtel InterContinental, 43 French distribution companies will have a chance to negotiate deals with the sales agents of the 12 films that will be screened at the Louxor cinema from 17-23 June as part of "Dífferent 8! L'autre cinéma espagnol".

Organised by Ciné +Espagnolas en París and ICEX - España Exportación y Inversiones, the fifth edition of "Rendez-vous à l'Opéra!" will showcase the potential assets of each film (including the awards it has won) in France, as well as any relevant financial assistance it has received. Standing out among the feature films being shown off is the comedy Spanish Affair [+see also:
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by Emilio Martínez Lázaro, the most-seen Spanish movie in the history of the domestic box office, which came out yesterday in German theatres. Also featuring on the line-up is the moving Flowers [+see also:
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by Jon Garaño and Jose Mari Goenaga (read the review), which won over audiences in competition at San Sebastian.

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The selection also includes Felices 140 [+see also:
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interview: Gracia Querejeta
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by Gracia Querejeta (read the review and the interview), No todo es vigilia [+see also:
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by Hermes Paralluello (read the review), Traces of Sandalwood [+see also:
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by Maria Ripoll (read the review – nominated for the Goya Award for Best Adaptation in 2015) and the animated title Pos eso [+see also:
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by Sam (read the review).

Also of note are Negociador [+see also:
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by Borja Cobeaga (read the review), Carmina y amén [+see also:
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by Paco León (read the review), Falling Star [+see also:
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interview: Luis Miñarro ­
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by Luis Miñarro (read the review), Ärctic [+see also:
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by Gabriel Velázquez (read the review), La muerte en la Alcarria by Fernando Pomares, and Sand Dollars by Israel Cárdenas and Laura Amelia Guzmán.

Featuring among the French distributors that are set to do business with the Spanish film sales agents today (Film Factory, Latido Films and so on) are Diaphana (Cécile Salin), Le Pacte (Thomas Pibarot), La Belle Company (Jean-François Deveau), Les Films du Losange (Régine Vial), Jour2Fête (Etienne Ollagnier), ARP Sélection (Eric Vicente), Sophie Dulac Distribution (Michel Zana), Urban Distribution (Frédéric Corvez), Arizona Films (Bénédicte Thomas), Eurozoom (Amel Lacombe), Epicentre (Daniel Chabanne), Haut et Court (Laure Caillol), Swift (Didier Costet), KMBO (Vladimir Kokh), Premium Films (Jean-Charles Mille), Wide Management (Loïc Magneron), Wild Bunch Distribution, Bodega Films, UFO Distribution, Pretty Pictures, Films Distribution, Chrysalis, ASC and Bac Films.

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(Translated from French)

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