Italian international sales agent True Colours will be attending the European Film Market (running 13 – 19 February) with a title selected for the 75th Berlinale’s Official Competition, Reflection in a Dead Diamond [+lire aussi :
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fiche film], which is the new, highly anticipated film by the French couple working in Belgium, Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani. The directorial duo who successfully deconstructed the film noir genre (their debut work Amer [+lire aussi :
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Another movie gracing the line-up of this firm, which belongs to independent producers Lucky Red and Indigo Films, is an Italian comedy for families called 10 giorni con i suoi by Alessandro Genovesi, which was released in Italy on 23 January via Medusa Film and is currently ranking third at the Italian box office, boasting earnings of 3,192,000 euros. Following the phenomenal success of When Mom Is Away… With the Family [+lire aussi :
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A title striking an entirely different note is docu-movie Liliana, directed by Ruggero Gabbai, which looks back over the testimony of the senator for life and activist Liliana Segre, focusing on her deportation to Auschwitz and the heartbreak of saying goodbye to her father. The work was presented in a premiere in Rome Film Fest and released in Italian cinemas in January via Lucky Red, to coincide with Holocaust Remembrance Day. Monica Stambrini, meanwhile, is the director behind another documentary in the line-up, Hold On Miss! Isabella Ducrot Unlimited [+lire aussi :
interview : Monica Stambrini
fiche film], which was presented in Venice’s Giornate degli Autori line-up and which revolves about a now-ninety-year-old visual artist who was once fought over by the biggest galleries in the world.

True Colours will likewise be showcasing Ukrainian director Pavlo Ostrikov’s first feature film, U Are the Universe [+lire aussi :
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fiche film], which is a post-apocalyptic sci-fi drama first presented in Toronto’s Discovery section; Francesco Costabile’s disturbing melodrama about the violence which explodes between the four walls of a family home, Familia [+lire aussi :
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fiche film], which scooped the Audience Award in Venice’s Giornate degli Autori event, and Christoph Hochhäusler’s Locarno-screened thriller Death Will Come [+lire aussi :
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