The fourth 2022 selection committee held by Arte France Cinéma (steered by Olivier Père) has decided to commit to co-producing and pre-purchasing six projects. Standing tall among them is Miséricorde, which will be Alain Guiraudie’s 7th feature film after No Rest for the Brave [+leggi anche:
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Arte France Cinéma is also throwing its weight behind Une honnête femme (working title), which will be the 12th feature film by Emmanuel Mouret who’s no stranger to the larger festivals (more recently, Toronto’s Platform line-up in 2018 by way of Mademoiselle de Joncquières [+leggi anche:
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Arte France Cinéma will likewise be backing two second feature films: Reine mère by Manele Labidi (revealed in 2019’s Giornate degli Autori line-up via Arab Blues [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] which earned itself an Official Selection label from Cannes 2020 before triumphing in San Sebastián), which will be produced by French firm First Picture and Italy’s Frenesy Films, with Wild Bunch managing world sales. Shooting will kick off in March, with the story revolving around a single gynaecologist obstetrician working in the only hospital in a provincial town, who is unconditionally committed to her Hippocratic Oath, even if it means carrying out illegal abortions…

Last but not least, Arte France Cinéma has made the exceptional decision to throw its weight behind two animated feature films this year (instead of the usual one): They Shot The Piano Player [+leggi anche:
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For the record, Arte France Cinéma is also supporting upcoming films by Alice Rohrwacher, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Bertrand Bonello, Miguel Gomes, Philippe Garrel, Abderrahmane Sissako, Lisandro Alonso, Walter Salles, Jonas Trueba, Thierry de Peretti, Patricia Mazuy, André Téchiné, Emmanuel Finkiel, Sophie Letourneur, Justyna Tafel, Johanna Pyykkö, Payal Kapadia, Vladimir Perisic, Diego Céspedes, Karim Moussaoui, Stephan Castang, Sofia Alaoui, Mareike Engelhardt, Momoko Seto, Ramata-Toulaye Sy, Jérémy Comte and the duo Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel.