A year on from its last memorable trip to Cannes, which saw Justine Triet’s Anatomy of a Fall [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] scooping the Palme d’Or, mk2 Films’ international sales team steered by Fionnuala Jamison is once again intent on leaving its mark on the Marché du Film, unspooling within the 77th Cannes Film Festival (between 14 and 25 May). And they won’t be short on ammunition either, since 10 films in the sales agent’s line-up are set to be showcased in the festival’s various selections, two of which battling it out for the Palme d’Or: Marcello Mio [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by French director Christophe Honoré (due for release in French cinemas on 21 May via Ad Vitam) and Caught by the Tides by China’s Jia Zhangke (who’s competing for the 6th time in Cannes after bagging a screenplay prize in 2013).

Five other films chosen for the Official Selection hail from mk2’s line-up: Everybody Loves Touda [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by French-Moroccan director Nabil Ayouch, in the Cannes Première section, Dog on Trial [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Laetitia Dosch
scheda film] by Swiss-French filmmaker Laetitia Dosch and English-German production Santosh [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Sandhya Suri
scheda film] by British-Indian director Sandhya Suri, in the Un Certain Regard section, The Balconettes [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Noémie Merlant
scheda film] by French filmmaker Noémie Merlant, in a midnight screening, and the documentary Ernest Cole, Lost and Found [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Haiti’s Raoul Peck, in a special screening.

Sales are extremely likely for Eat the Night [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Caroline Poggi e Jonathan …
scheda film] by French duo Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel, which will enjoy its world premiere in the Directors’ Fortnight, and for two other titles screening in Critics’ Week: Locust [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Keff (a production involving Taiwan, the USA and MK2 Productions), which was selected in competition, and Ghost Trail [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Jonathan Millet
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scheda film] by French director Jonathan Millet, which is set to open this parallel section.

As if that weren’t enough, five films sold by mk2 are set to grace the Cannes Classics programme: Les parapluies de Cherbourg by Jacques Demy, Four Nights of a Dreamer by Robert Bresson, and the documentaries François Truffaut, le scénario de ma vie by David Teboul (co-written with Serge Toubiana), Jacques Rozier : d’une vague à l’autre by Emmanuel Barnault and Jacques Demy, le rose et le noir by Florence Platarets.

The French sales agent is also kicking off presales on The Secret Agent [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Brazil’s Kleber Mendonça Filho (who competed in Cannes in 2016 and 2019 with Aquarius [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] and Bacurau [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Kleber Mendonça Filho, Jul…
scheda film]) and on Sukkwan Island [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by French-American director Vladimir de Fontenay, which is due to wrap filming on 1 June. And that’s without forgetting movies in post-production Peacock [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Bernhard Wenger
scheda film] by Germany’s Bernhard Wenger, Samia [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Yasemin Şamdereli, Deka Mo…
scheda film] by his compatriot of Kurdish origin Yasemin Şamdereli, The Vanishing [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Algeria’s Karim Moussaoui and Pink Lady [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Israel’s Nir Bergman. For the record, the French firm are also sharing sales with Cinetic on Todd Haynes’ upcoming movie (as yet unnamed) which is toplined by Joaquin Phoenix, and, last but not least, they’ll be kicking off pre-sales on Alpha Gang by David and Nathan Zellner, which stars Cate Blanchett in the lead role.