12/05/2023 - The French outfit will operate under its new name for the first time, banking on Maïwenn in the opening slot, on Loach and Kore-Eda in competition, and on Donzelli, Marlin and Castang elsewhere

It all began in 2000, continuing under the name of Wild Bunch International and with the sales agent always boasting a strong presence in the different selections on the Croisette. But now a new international sales chapter is beginning for Vincent Maraval’s team, which has separated from the mothership and will be operating, for the very first time, under its new title Goodfellas at the Marché du Film (running 16 – 24 May), unspooling within the 76th Cannes Film Festival.

The density of the sales agent’s line-up hasn’t much changed, however, given that it comprises six titles in the Cannes showcase, five of which are screening in the Official Selection: Jeanne Du Barry [+see also:
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film profile] by Ken Loach, and Monster by Hirokazu Kore-Eda (sharing sales with Gaga), which will all be battling it out for the Palme d’Or (for the 3rd time for the English filmmaker and the second for the Japanese director); Just the Two of Us [+see also:
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film profile] by France’s Valérie Donzelli within the Cannes Première section; and Salem [+see also:
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film profile] set to be showcased in a Critics’ Week special screening, not to mention Caligula – The Ultimate Cut, which is a restored version of the cult 1976 film, selected for the Cannes Classics section.

Eva Diederix’s team are set to wield plenty more aces at the Marché du Film, with a flurry of new movies in post-production bolstering the Goodfellas line-up. Prominent among these is Those Who Find Me by Georgia’s Dea Kulumbegashvili (triumphant in San Sebastián 2020 via Beginning [+see also:
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Films in production gracing the line-up are Nico Marzano’s Italian documentary Napoli 1990, Napoli 2023 and The Party’s Over by Spain’s Elena Manrique (following the misadventures of an illegal Senegalese immigrant hiding in an Andalusian manor house – produced by La Claqueta and Perdicion Films), while, in pre-production, there’s Inside by Australia’s Charles Williams (toplined by Guy Pearce).

And that’s without forgetting a raft of other films in post-production, namely Les indésirables [+see also:
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Other stand-out films in pre-production include Emmanuelle by Audrey Diwan, with a market premiere also on the cards for Bruno Podalydès’ Wow! [+see also:
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(Translated from French)