03/09/2015 - With titles selected at Venice, Toronto, San Sebastian and London, the Paris-based outfit’s line-up is brimming with ammunition

Standing as a testament to its spectacular rise among the most go-getting players in the industry, today at the Venice Film Market (3-8 September), French international sales agent Indie Sales is kicking off a late-summer/early-autumn season that looks more than promising, as the team headed by Nicolas Eschbach will be negotiating for titles selected at the Venice Film Festival, Toronto, San Sebastian and London.

Standing out particularly on the line-up is a contender for the Golden Lion at the 72nd Venice Film Festival (2-12 September): Rabin, The Last Day [+see also:
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film profile] by Amos Gitai (co-produced with Israel by LGM, les Films du Worso and Orange Studio), which will have its world premiere on the Lido on 7 September, before heading off to the Toronto Film Festival (10-20 September), where the feature will be screened in the Masters programme.

At Toronto, Indie Sales will also be selling two films accepted into the new competitive section, Platform. French Blood [+see also:
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film profile] by Diastème (read the article – a film about the path to redemption trodden by a member of the far right, which set tongues wagging when it was released in France in June) will be presented as an international premiere, and the 50/50 Belgian-French co-production The White Knights [+see also:
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Also of note in the Gala Presentations section of the Canadian gathering is the North American premiere of Disorder [+see also:
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film profile] by Alice Winocour, which was unveiled in Un Certain Regard at Cannes, has already been acquired for myriad territories (including the USA, by Sundance Selects/IFC Films, and the UK and Canada, by Soda Pictures) and will be released in France on 30 September.

At San Sebastian, Indie Sales will also be pinning its hopes on The New Kid [+see also:
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film profile] by Rudi Rosenberg (read the news), a feature debut that has been generating a positive buzz and will have its premiere in Spain in the New Directors section, ahead of its French release on 21 October.

Among the genre films, we should highlight the English-language thriller Don't Grow Up by Thierry Poiraud (read the article), which will have its world premiere at the London Film Festival (7-18 October) in the Cult Strand programme, where Danish title What We Become [+see also:
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A fresh acquisition also features on the slate: the thriller Wulu [+see also:
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film profile] by Daouda Coulibaly, which depicts the rise of a young Malian up through the world of drug trafficking (the film is currently in post-production and is staged by Paris-based outfit La Chauve-Souris, which is managed by Eric Névé, a co-founder and partner of Indie Sales).

Indie Sales’ rich line-up also includes the animated films Another Day of Life by Raul de la Fuente and Damian Nenow (co-produced by Poland, Spain, the Netherlands, Germany and Hungary), My Life as a Zucchini [+see also:
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interview: Claude Barras
film profile] by Claude Barras (read the news), and Dofus – Book 1: Julith [+see also:
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film profile] by Anthony Roux and Jean-Jacques Denis (read the news – slated to be released in France on 3 February 2016), all of which are currently in production. Some of the titles in post-production include Ceasefire [+see also:
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film profile] by Emmanuel Courcol (read the article – starring Romain Duris in the lead role), Suburra [+see also:
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interview: Stefano Sollima
film profile] by Italian director Stefano Sollima (read the news – by the director of the series Gomorra), Fast Convoy [+see also:
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film profile] by Frédéric Schoendoerffer (read the article) and the Danish horror film Shelley by Ali Abassi. Lastly of note is Fanny's Journey [+see also:
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film profile] by Lola Doillon, the shoot for which is about to get under way, starring Cécile de France, not to mention three movies that are about to hit French screens: I’m All Yours [+see also:
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film profile] by Baya Kasmi (read the article – released on 30 September) and the Cannes selections Les deux amis [+see also:
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film profile] by Louis Garrel and The Wakhan Front [+see also:
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film profile] by Clément Cogitore, which will be distributed on 23 and 30 September, respectively.

(Translated from French)