The Party Film Sales se lleva un póker de ases a Cannes Online
por Fabien Lemercier
- En el catùalogo destacan Slalom de Charlène Favier, Josep de Aurel, Last Words de Jonathan Nossiter y Des hommes de Lucas Belvaux, todas incluidas en la Selección Oficial
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Founded in February following the merger of the international sales teams at Jour2Fête and Doc & Film (see the news), The Party Film Sales will be moving things up a gear at the Marché du Film Online (22-26 June) of the Cannes Film Festival, as the company managed by Sarah Chazelle and Etienne Ollagnier, and headed up by sales directors Clémence Lavigne and Samuel Blanc, will be negotiating deals for four films bearing the Cannes 73 Official Selection label.
Two of them will be screened at the market. Slalom [+lee también:
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entrevista: Charlène Favier
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Another market screening is on the cards for a different feature debut bearing the Cannes label: the animated film Josep [+lee también:
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Meanwhile, Home Front [+lee también:
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Lastly, the fourth title stamped with the Cannes 73 Official Selection label, the Italian-French production Last Words [+lee también:
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Also of note on The Party Film Sales’ slate are the market premieres of three documentaries: the Spanish production The Mystery of the Pink Flamingo [+lee también:
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