As usual, the French international sales company Goodfellas will be present at the 78th Cannes Film Festival (13 to 24 May), showcasing films in the various selections and therefore promising a highly dynamic Marché du Film. No fewer than 11 titles from the line-up will be making their world premieres on the Croisette, including five in the Official Competition.

Among the contenders for the Palme d'Or, Vincent Maraval's team is selling Young Mothers [+leggi anche:
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Goodfellas has five other feature films in the Official Selection: Vie privée by Rebecca Zlotowski (read news - starring Jodie Foster, Daniel Auteuil, Virginie Efira, Mathieu Amalric, Vincent Lacoste and Luàna Bajrami) which will be unveiled out of competition, the documentary Orwell: 2+2=5 by Haitian director Raoul Peck programmed in Cannes Première, Exit 8 by Japanese director Genki Kawamura in the midnight screening and two French animated films in special screenings: Little Amélie or the Character of Rain [+leggi anche:
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The rest of the line-up is of the same high quality, with the start of pre-sales (shared with Pathé and CAA Media Finance) for Dumas: Black Devil by Ladj Ly (Les Misérables [+leggi anche:
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Finally, among the many titles in post-production are Fjord by Romanian director Christian Mungiu (read news - with Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve in the cast), The Beloved (El ser que querido) by Spaniard Rodrigo Sorogoyen (news - with Javier Bardem, Victoria Luengo, Raúl Arévalo and Marina Foïs), The Fence by French director Claire Denis (with Matt Dillon, Tom Blyth, Mia McKenna-Bruce and Isaach de Bankolé) and The Carpenter's Son by Egyptian-born American Lotfy Nathan (starring Nicolas Cage). And let's not forget Butterfly Jam by Russian director Kantemir Balagov (starring Barry Keoghan, Harry Melling and Riley Keough).