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GALLANT INDIES Indes galantes

By Philippe Béziat ("BECOMING TRAVIATA")

Based on Jean-Philippe Rameau’s opera-ballet that was directed by Clément Cogitore for the Opéra National de Paris.

This is a premiere for 30 dancers of hip-hop, krump, break, voguing… A first for the Director Clément Cogitore and for the choreographer Bintou Dembélé. And a first for the Paris’ Opera Bastille. By bringing together urban dance and opera singing, they reinvent Jean-Philippe Rameau's baroque masterpiece, Les Indes Galantes. From rehearsals to public performances, it is a human adventure and a meeting of political realities that we follow: can a new generation of artists storm the Bastille today?

FRENCH - DOCUMENTARY - 108 MN Production : LES FILMS PELLEAS (FRANCE), ARTE FRANCE CINEMA (FRANCE) Territories sold : France

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Monday 1st 5.40 PM (local time) Virtual Cinema 14 Wednesday 3rd 9.05 AM (local time) Virtual Cinema 7 MARKET SCREENINGS

I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU c’est toi que j’attendais

By Stéphanie Pillonca ("FLEUR DE TONNERRE")

"They are couples like no others: couples who cannot bear children in a biological way and decide to go through adoption. From this decision and the actual meeting with the child, we’ll experience with them the sufferings, doubts, hopes and finally the joys of this life- changing journey. With throughout the film, this underlying question: What makes a family? How does this unfailing bond between a child and his/her parent form?" Stéphanie Pillonca FRENCH - DOCUMENTARY - 87 MN Production: WONDER FILMS (FRANCE) Territories sold : France

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Tuesday 2nd 12.30 PM (local time) Virtual Cinema 15 Thursday 4th 10.45 AM (local time) Virtual Cinema 2 MARKET SCREENINGS

A GOOD MAN By Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar («HEAVEN WILL WAIT», «ONCE IN A LIFETIME») Cast : Noémie Merlant («PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE» by CÉLINE SCIAMMA), Soko («THE DANCER» by STÉPHANIE DI GIUSTO), Vincent Dedienne (« DELETE HISTORY» by BENOÎT DELÉPINE & GUSTAVE KERVERN), Alysson Paradis

Aude and Benjamin have been in love for six years. Because Aude suffers deeply from not being able to have a child, Benjamin decides he will carry the pregnancy. FRENCH - DRAMA - 108 MN Production : WILLOW FILMS (FRANCE), SCOPE PICTURES (BELGIUM) Territories sold : France, Benelux, Eastern Europe (HBO), South Korea, Switzerland

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Monday 1st 12.50 PM (local time) Virtual Cinema 9 Wednesday 3rd 3.30 PM (local time) Virtual Cinema 14 MARKET SCREENING

LION OF THE FUTURE Contemporary World Cinema “LUIGI DE LAURENTIIS” VENICE AWARD FOR A DEBUT FILM YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY

By Amjad Abu Alala Cast : Mustafa Shehata, Islam Mubarak, Mahmoud Elsaraj, Bunna Khalid

Sudan, province of Aljazira, nowadays - When Muzamil was born, a prophecy by the holy man of the village predicts that he will die when he is 20 years old. Muzamil’s father cannot stand the doom and travels away from home. Sakina, as a single mother, raises her son with over protection. One day, Muzamil turns 19… ARABIC - DRAMA - 105 MN Production : ANDOLFI (FRANCE), TRANSIT FILMS (EGYPT), DUO FILM AS (NORWAY), DIE GESELLSCHAFT DGS (GERMANY) Territories sold : France, Australia (TV), Canada, China, Eastern Europe (HBO), MENA, Poland, Serbia, South Africa, Switzerland, UK, USA

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Thursday 4th 7.00 PM (local time) Virtual Cinema 40 IN POST-PRODUCTION TRALALA

By Arnaud Larrieu, Jean-Marie Larrieu ("LOVE IS THE PERFECT CRIME", "PAINT OR MAKE LOVE") Cast : ("SINK OR SWIM" by GILLES LELLOUCHE, "ISMAEL’S GHOSTS" by ARNAUD DESPLECHIN), Mélanie Thierry ("MEMOIR OF WAR" by EMMANUEL FINKIEL, "SEE YOU UP THERE" by ), Josiane Balasko ("BY THE GRACE OF GOD" by FRANÇOIS OZON, "BRIGHT SUNSHINE IN" by CLAIRE DENIS), Maïwenn ("DNA","POLISS" by MAÏWENN), Jalil Lespert ("THE LITTLE LIEUTENANT" by XAVIER BEAUVOIS, "HUMAN RESOURCES" by LAURENT CANTET).

Tralala, in his forties, a singer-songwriter, is in the process of becoming a homeless person in Paris. One night, he meets a very beautiful young woman who sends him a single message before disappearing: «Above all, don’t be yourself». Did Tralala dream? Tralala leaves the capital and ends up finding in Lourdes the woman he’s already in love with. She doesn’t recognize him anymore. But a moving sexagenarian believes that Tralala is actually her own son, Pat, who disappeared twenty years ago in the United States. Tralala decides to take on the «role». He will find for himself a new family and discover the genius he never had. FRENCH - COMEDY/MUSICAL

Production: SBS PRODUCTIONS (FRANCE), ARTE FRANCE CINÉMA (FRANCE) Territories sold: France IN POST-PRODUCTION

A STORY OF LOVE AND DESIRE une histoire d'amour et de désir

By Leyla Bouzid ("AS I OPEN MY EYES") Cast : Sami Outalbali ("SEX EDUCATION"), Zbeida Belhajamor

Ahmed, 18, French of Algerian origin, grew up in the suburbs of Paris. At the university, he meets Farah, a young Tunisian girl, full of energy, who has just arrived in Paris. While discovering a corpus of sensual and erotic Arabic literature he never imagined existed, Ahmed falls hard in love with Farah, and although literally overwhelmed with desire, he will try to resist it. TUNISIAN / FRENCH - DRAMA Production : BLUE MONDAY PRODUCTIONS (FRANCE), ARTE FRANCE CINÉMA (FRANCE) Territories sold : France IN POST-PRODUCTION

AMIRA

By Mohamed Diab ("CLASH" OFFICIAL SELECTION CANNES FESTIVAL - UN CERTAIN REGARD 2016, "CAIRO 678") Cast : Tara Abboud, Saba Mubarak, Ali Suliman, Ziad Bakri

Amira, a bubbly 17-year-old Palestinian, was conceived with the smuggled sperm of her imprisoned father, Nawar. Although their relationship since birth has been restricted to prison visits, he remains her hero. His absence in her life is overcompensated with love and affection from those surrounding her. But when a failed attempt to conceive another child reveals Nawar’s inborn infertility, Amira’s existence is questioned, rattling the community and turning her family against itself. Amira embarks on a quest for her biological father, fighting to salvage what's left of her identity as her world falls apart. ARABIC - DRAMA Production : THE STUDIO (UAE), FILM CLINIC (EGYPT), EMC MEDIA (UAE), AL TAHER (UAE), THE IMAGINARIUM FILMS (JORDAN) Territories sold : France, Israel, MENA IN POST-PRODUCTION

THE HEROICS By Maxime Roy ("BEAUTIFUL LOSER", NOMINATED FOR BEST SHORT FILM AT CÉSAR 2020) Cast : François Créton, Richard Bohringer ("IN THE MOVE FOR LOVE" by ROMANE BOHRINGER & PHILIPPE REBBOT), Ariane Ascaride ("GLORIA MUNDI" by ROBERT GUÉDIGUIAN), Clotilde Courau ("AN EASY GIRL" by REBECCA ZLOTOWSKI, "HEAVEN WILL WAIT" by MARIE-CASTILLE MENTION-SCHAAR), Patrick D’Assumçao ("STRANGER BY THE LAKE" by ALAIN GUIRAUDIE)

Michel, a former junkie, is an eternal kid who only dreams of motorcycles and hangs out with his eldest son, Leo, and his buddies. At 50, he has to deal with the baby he just had with his ex, and struggles not to repeat the same mistakes, while trying to be a good guy. FRENCH - DRAMA Production : TS PRODUCTIONS (FRANCE) Territories sold : France IN POST-PRODUCTION IN POST-PRODUCTION SELON LA POLICE LA PLACE D’UNE AUTRE

By Frédéric Videau ("COMING HOME", BERLINALE 2012) By Aurélia Georges Cast: Laetitia Casta ("A FAITHFUL MAN" by LOUIS GARREL, "THE IDEAL PALACE" by NILS TAVERNIER), Cast: Lyna Khoudri ("PAPICHA" by MOUNIA MEDDOUR, "GAGARINE" by FANNY LIATARD & JÉRÉMY TROUILH), Simon Abkarian ("SOMEONE, SOMEWHERE" by CÉDRIC KLAPISCH; "EDMOND" by ALEXIS MICHALIK), Sabine Azéma ("TANGUY" by ÉTIENNE CHATILIEZ; "NOT ON THE LIPS" by ), Patrick d'Assumçao ("NAKED NORMANDY" by PHILIPPE LE GUAY, "STRANGER BY THE LAKE" by ALAIN GUIRAUDIE) Maud Wyler ("THE BARE NECESSITY" by ERWAN LE DUC, "ALICE AND THE MAYOR" by NICOLAS PARISER)

On a whim, Pingpong, Chief Warrant Officer of a brigade which he inherited his nickname from, burns his police ID Nelie escaped a miserable existence by becoming a frontline nurse in 1914. One day, she takes the identity of Rose, and disappears. During one night and one day, his colleagues, men and women, all police officers on the field, a young woman from a good family, who dies in front of her. She presents herself in her place at Mme de Lengwill's house, look for him, meet him and lose him in Toulouse and its suburbs. But every hour that passes brings Pingpong a wealthy woman for whom she becomes the reader. The lie works beyond her expectations. a little bit closer to his own destiny. FRENCH - DRAMA FRENCH - DRAMA Production: 31 JUIN FILMS (FRANCE) Production: BUS FILMS (FRANCE) Territories sold : France Territories sold : France SHOOTING NOW LE MONDE D'HIER

By Diastème ("THE SUMMER OF ALL MY PARENTS", "FRENCH BLOOD") Cast : Léa Drucker ("TWO OF US" by FILIPPO MENEGHETTI, "CUSTODY" by XAVIER LEGRAND), Denis Podalydès ("DELETE HISTORY" by BENOÎT DELÉPINE and GUSTAVE KERVERN, "SORRY ANGEL" by CHRISTOPHE HONORÉ), Benjamin Biolay ("ON A MAGICAL NIGHT" by CHRISTOPHE HONORÉ, "MEMOIR OF WAR" by EMMANUEL FINKIEL), Jeanne Rosa ("AN OFFICER AND A SPY" by , "BY THE GRACE OF GOD" by FRANÇOIS OZON).

A few weeks before the end of her mandate, the French President must make a major decision concerning the fate of her country. FRENCH - THRILLER Production : FIN AOÛT PRODUCTIONS (FRANCE) Territories sold : France STILL AVAILABLE

PASSION SIMPLE Based on the best-selling novel by ANNIE ERNAUX, which sold 370,000 copies in France and has been translated into 20 other languages.

By Danielle Arbid ("PARISIENNE", "A LOST MAN") Cast : Laetitia Dosch ("MONTPARNASSE BIENVENÜE" by LÉONOR SERRAILLE, "OUR STRUGGLES" by GUILLAUME SENEZ), Sergei Polunin ("RED SPARROW" by FRANCIS LAWRENCE; "MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS" by KENNETH BRANAGH)

"Since last September I have done nothing but wait for a man : for him to call me and come to my place... Everything about him was so precious to me, his eyes, his mouth, his penis, his childhood memories, his voice…" FRENCH/ENGLISH - DRAMA - 99 MN Production : LES FILMS PELLÉAS (FRANCE), VERSUS PRODUCTION (BELGIUM) Territories sold : France, Austria, Australia, Baltic Countries, Benelux, Denmark, Finland, French-speaking Canada, Germany, Ireland, Israel (TV & VOD), Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, South Korea, Sweden, Russia and CIS, Taiwan, UK, USA STILL AVAILABLE

SAVAGE STATE L'état sauvage

By David Perrault ("NOS HÉROS SONT MORTS CE SOIR", CANNES CRITICS’ WEEK 2013) Cast : Alice Isaaz ("ELLE" by , "MADEMOISELLE DE JONCQUIERES" by EMMANUEL MOURET), Déborah François ("POPULAIRE" by RÉGIS ROINSARD), Kate Moran ("KNIFE+HEART" by YANN GONZALEZ), Kevin Janssens ("REVENGE" by CORALIE FARGEAT), Bruno Todeschini ("ISMAEL’S GHOSTS" by ARNAUD DESPLECHIN)

The American Civil War breaks out... A family of French colonists, settled in Missouri, decides to go back to France. Edmond, Madeleine, and their three daughters have to cross the whole country to reach New-York. They are led by the mysterious and dangerous mercenary, Victor. FRENCH/ENGLISH – DRAMA/WESTERN – 118 MN Production : MILLE ET UNE PRODUCTIONS (FRANCE), METAFILMS INC (CANADA), Territories sold : France, Australia & New Zealand, Belgium (TV&VOD), Canada, Italy, Latin America, Spain (VOD), South Korea, UK, US CONTACTS

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