Brussels outfit Be For Films have earned a spot for Anna Cazenave Cambet’s second feature film, Love Me Tender, in the Un Certain Regard section of the 78th Cannes Film Festival (running 13 to 24 May), which is a wonderful accolade for the French director who first turned heads in 2020 with Gold for Dogs [+leggi anche:
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scheda film], which scooped a Critics’ Week label. Her new movie sees her adapting Constance Debré’s hard-hitting novel which won the 2020 Inrockuptibles Prize and which reflects upon love, the love of others and maternal love, without forgetting its fragility. The brilliant Vicky Krieps is playing Clémence who separates from her husband after confessing she’s had relationships with different women. When her husband tries to take their son away from her, she embarks upon a years-long battle to gain recognition of her right to love whomever and however she wishes alongside being a mother. The Luxembourg actress is joined by Antoine Reinartz, Monia Chokri, Aurélie Petit, Salif Cissé, and Wild Diamond [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] acting revelation Malou Khebizi. The film was produced by Novoprod Cinéma and will be distributed in France by Tandem Films.

Pamela Leu and her team will be screening another three movies in the Marché du Film, starting with the animation Mary Anning (Switzerland/France/Belgium), which is the first feature film directed by Marcel Barelli - known for his books and short films - and which tells the story of a 12-year-old girl at the beginning of the 19th century who’s crazy about palaeontology and who has to come to terms with her father’s death, as well as unearthing a strange mystery. Produced by Nadasdy Film (Switzerland), La Boîte... Productions (France) and Versus Production (Belgium), the film will world premiere in the Annecy Film Festival’s Annecy Presents section.

Two French feature films are also set for market screenings: Différente by Lola Doillon (read our news), which will be released in France on 11 June via Memento and which is a romantic comedy exploring autism spectrum disorder and starring Jehnny Beth and Thibaut Evrard; and The Incredible Snow Woman [+leggi anche:
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The Be For Films line-up will also comprise a handful of projects due to enjoy their premieres before the end of 2025, starting with Filles du ciel (read our news), which is the first feature film by Belgian actress and director Bérangère McNeese, who won multiple awards for her short film Matriochkas and who was commended for her performances in the dark comedy Good People on Arte, as well as in the hit movie HPI: Haut Potentiel Intellectuel. The film follows a tribe of young women who join forces to contend with an anything-but-rosy everyday reality.

Likewise gracing the agenda is Yellow Letters, the hotly anticipated new movie by Ilker Çatak (read our news) who directed the global hit The Teachers’ Lounge [+leggi anche:
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