DIRE members head to Les Arcs
The 1st Les Arcs European Film Festival (December 5-12 - see news) kicks off tomorrow. The ten French companies that make up DIRE (United European Independent Distributors) will head to the Alpine resort for four days to present their line-ups to exhibitors.
On Wednesday, December 9, Italian cinema will be in the spotlight for Rezo will unveil Michele Placido’s The Big Dream [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] (shown in competition at the latest Venice Film Festival - see review), while Ad Vitam will screen Luca Guadagnino’s I Am Love [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Luca Guadagnino - director
film profile] (selected in the Horizons section on the Lido - see review).
Meanwhile, Pyramide will show German director Fatih Akin’s Soul Kitchen [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] (winner of the Special Jury Prize at Venice: see review and video interview - to be released in France on March 17, 2010). The film will also open the Les Arcs festival tomorrow.
Memento Films Distribution will present Cold Souls [+see also:
trailer
film profile] by France’s Sophie Barthes and Bac Films will show UK/German/Austrian production Desert Flower [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] by Sherry Hormann.
On Thursday, December 10, Les Films du Losange will screen Polish director Andrej Wajda’s Sweet Rush [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] (in competition at the latest Berlinale - see review - to be released on February 10, 2010), while Haut et Court will organise an avant-premiere for UK duo Michael Winterbottom and Mat Whitecross’s documentary The Shock Doctrine [+see also:
trailer
film profile] (release date: March 10), based on Naomi Klein’s eponymous book.
Finally, Wild Bunch Distribution will present Claire Denis’ White Material [+see also:
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trailer
film profile] (in competition at Venice - see review - release date: March 24), while Le Pacte will unveil two titles: François Ozon’s The Refuge [+see also:
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film profile] (Special Jury Prize at San Sebastian - see video interview - to be released on January 27); and collective Romanian film Tales From the Golden Age [+see also:
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trailer
film profile] (first part to be released on December 30).
On Thursday, there will also be a round-table on the role of independent distributors and their relationship with exhibitors. The ten films on the DIRE Days line-up will be shown again from December 11-12.
(Translated from French)
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