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BERLINALE 2018 Mercato / Francia

Tanti annunci per i venditori francesi a Berlino

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- In inglese: L'EFM comincia alla grande per Gaumont, Wild Bunch, SBS, StudioCanal, Memento, MK2, Indie Sales, Versatile, Bac, Wide, Loco Films e Celluloid Dreams

Tanti annunci per i venditori francesi a Berlino
L'attrice Isabelle Huppert e la regista Anne Fontaine, che lavoreranno insieme in Blanche comme neige

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The European Film Market kicked off yesterday at the 68th Berlin Film Festival, accompanied by a slew of announcements by the ever-dynamic French international sales agents. Here is an overview of the main additions to the various line-ups. 

Gaumont began pre-sales for White as Snow [+leggi anche:
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(working title: Pure as Snow) by Anne Fontaine, which revisits Snow White by the Brothers Grimm in the form of a contemporary erotic comedy, starring Isabelle HuppertLou de LaâgeBenoît PoelvoordeVincent MacaigneCharles BerlingJonathan CohenDamien Bonnard and Pablo Pauly (set to be shot in the spring – produced by Mandarin and Ciné@). Another addition to the line-up is Edmond [+leggi anche:
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 by Alexis Michalik (the film adaptation of his stage play of the same name), with Thomas Solivérès (in the role of Edmond Rostand, who wrote Cyrano de Bergerac in 1897), Belgium’s Olivier Gourmet and Mathilde Seigner among the cast (currently being filmed – production duties handled by Légende Films). 

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Wild Bunch has made a flurry of announcements, including for A Faithful Man [+leggi anche:
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 by and starring Louis Garrel, who will perform alongside Laetitia Casta and Lily-Rose Depp in a story of complex, intertwined emotions, for which the actor-director co-penned the screenplay with Jean-Claude Carrière (principal photography about to get under way – staged by Why Not). Pre-sales are also kicking off for Losing It [+leggi anche:
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, the feature debut by Audrey Diwan (toplined by Pio Marmaï and Céline Sallette – produced by Rectangle), the new offbeat comedy by Bruno Podalydès (Bécassine! [+leggi anche:
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), now in post-production, and several films aiming to hit the upcoming festival deadlines: Shoplifters by Japan’s Hirokazu Kore-edaThe Factory by Russia’s Yury BykovI Feel Good [+leggi anche:
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 by Benoît Delépine and Gustave Kervern and Goliath [+leggi anche:
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 by Sweden’s Peter Grönlund (Special Mention in the New Directors competition at San Sebastián in 2015 with Drifters [+leggi anche:
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). And that’s not to mention the previously announced movies that have already been sold based on their promo reels, such as High Life [+leggi anche:
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 by Claire Denis, the animated feature Dilili in Paris [+leggi anche:
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 by Michel OcelotLong Day’s Journey by China’s Bi Gan and La quietud by Argentina’s Pablo Trapero.

SBS has launched pre-sales for its production Frankie [+leggi anche:
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(working title: A Family Vacation), which will be shot in Portugal next autumn by Ira Sachs, with a cast including Isabelle Huppert, Belgium’s Jérémie Renier and André Wilms, and US actors Marisa Tomei and Greg Kinnear.

StudioCanal, which boasts two titles being showcased in different sections of the Berlinale (The Silent Revolution [+leggi anche:
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 by Germany’s Lars Kraume in the Berlinale Special Gala programme and Yardie [+leggi anche:
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 by British director Idris Elba in Panorama Special) on its slate, is officially starting pre-sales for four titles in post-production: the eagerly awaited One Nation, One King [+leggi anche:
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 by Pierre SchoellerMia and the White Lion [+leggi anche:
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 by Gilles de Maistre (starring Mélanie LaurentDaniah De Villiers and Langley Kirkwood – staged by Galatée Films), Holy Lands [+leggi anche:
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 by Amanda Sthers (starring James CaanTom HollanderRosanna ArquetteJonathan Rhys Meyers and Efrat Dor) and Bad Seeds [+leggi anche:
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 by Kheiron (toplined by Catherine DeneuveAndré Dussollier and the director himself).

Memento Films International (see the news on its line-up) has got started with pre-sales for two erotica-heavy movies: the French title Curiosa [+leggi anche:
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 by Lou Jeunet and the feature Divine Love [+leggi anche:
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 by Gabriel Mascaro (currently in production, after the director scooped a Special Jury Prize in Venice’s Orizzonti in 2015 with Neon Bull [+leggi anche:
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), which is being produced by Brazil’s Desvia, and co-produced by France’s House on Fire, Denmark’s Snowglobe, Norway’s Mer Film, Uruguay’s Malbicho Cine and Mexico’s Buenaventura.

MK2 (see the article) has added two feature debuts to its slate: Jessica Forever [+leggi anche:
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 by French directors Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel, a duo who won the Short Film Golden Bear at the Berlinale in 2014, and Sir [+leggi anche:
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 by India’s Rohena Gera. Also standing out is Asako I & II [+leggi anche:
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 by Japan’s Ryusuke Hamaguchi, presently in post-production.

Indie Sales has announced that a title in post-production, Real Love [+leggi anche:
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 by Claire Burger (starring Belgium’s Bouli Lanners), has been added to its line-up.

Versatile has got pre-sales under way for Pleasure [+leggi anche:
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 by Sweden’s Ninja Thyberg (produced by Plattform Filmproduktion together with Film i Väst and the Netherlands’ Lemming Film), which will depict the misadventures of an uninhibited young Swedish woman striving to become a porn star and jetting off to Los Angeles.

Bac Films is knee-deep in pre-sales for several titles in post-production: Close Enemies [+leggi anche:
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 by David Oelhoffen (toplined by Matthias Schoenaerts and Reda Kateb), Magical Nights [+leggi anche:
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 by Italy’s Paolo Virzi and Passed by Censor [+leggi anche:
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 by Turkey’s Serhat Karaaslan

Wide Management has added the Indian film Garbage by Q (which will have its world premiere in the Panorama) to its already strong slate, which includes two features selected in the Generation 14plus programme: Denmark [+leggi anche:
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 by Kasper Rune Larsen and The Pigeon [+leggi anche:
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 by Turkey’s Banu Sıvacı

Loco Films (see the news) has been using a promo reel to launch pre-sales for the war film Living Afghanistan by Russia’s Pavel Lounguine, now in post-production. 

Celluloid Dreams has announced a new arrival on its line-up in the guise of the Canadian-Irish project Death of a Ladies’ Man by Matt Bissonnette, with Gabriel Byrne in the lead role. 

Lastly, we should mention the merger of the international sales teams of MPM Film and Premium Films, which have now become MPM Premium.

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