FRANCE by Bruno Dumont INDIE SALES INDIE SALES @CANNES 32, RUE WASHINGTON 2 RUE BIVOUAC NAPOLÉON 75008 PARIS 5TH FLOOR + 33 1 44 83 02 27 [email protected]
NICOLAS ESCHBACH Austria, Benelux, Germany, Italy, Japan, Switzerland, UK Co-rep : USA & France [email protected] +33 6 62 93 51 62
FLORENCIA GIL Airlines, Asia excl. Japan, Eastern Europe, Latin America, Portugal, Scandinavia, Spain, Russia & CIS, Turkey. Co-rep : France [email protected] +33 7 62 99 49 19
SIMON GABRIELE Africa, Australia, Canada, Greece, Israel, Middle East. Co-rep : USA & France [email protected] +33 6 33 89 32 11
CLÉMENT CHAUTANT Head of Festivals [email protected] +33 6 76 01 41 69
SARAH DELAFOULHOUZE Sales Assistant [email protected] +33 6 37 30 46 27
LOÏC LE CORRE Festivals Assistant [email protected] +33 6 86 22 51 96 NON CONTRACTUAL CREDITS NON CONTRACTUAL
TO REQUEST A VIRTUAL MEETING PLEASE CONTACT SARAH AT [email protected] FRANCE World premiere World
A FILM BY BRUNO DUMONT
France de Meurs : A brilliant woman of our times who seeks out anonymity and simplicity. Bruno Dumont
PARIS, TODAY. France de Meurs is a star journalist running between a television set, a distant war and the hustle and bustle of her busy family life. Her frantic high-profile world is suddenly turned upside down after a traffic accident in which she injures a pedestrian. This unexpected irruption of reality calls everything into question. As France attempts to slow down and retreat into a simple anonymous life, her fame continues to pursue her until
Synopsis a mystified love affair seems to put an end to her quest.
CAST LANGUAGE COUNTRIES Léa Seydoux French France, Germany, (Golden Palm Winner Belgium, Italy – Blue is the Warmest DELIVERY Color, Bond 25) Q3 2021 Blanche Gardin PRODUCERS FRENCH (Delete History) 3B Productions DISTRIBUTOR Benjamin Biolay (The Insult, Slack Bay) ARP Sélection (On a Magical Night, In coproduction with Red Memoir of War)
Cast & Crew Ballon, Scope.
1 Cast & Crew Synopsis World premiere loyalty, Norawillultimately trytofindherplace,tornbetween Children’s andadults’ worlds. kids, sherushestoprotecthimbywarningtheirfather. ButAbelforces hertoremainsilent. Caughtinaconflictof 7-year-old Nora and her big brother Abel are back to school. When Nora witnesses Abel being bullied by other BELGIUM. NOWADAYS. PLAYGROUND Un monde Lunanime PRODUCERS (Belgium) Dragons Films
DISTRIBUTOR BELGIAN Lumière A FILMBY LAURA WANDEL
Tandem DISTRIBUTOR FRENCH
LANGUAGE French
CAST Karim Leklou Günter Duret Maya Vanderbeque
2 Cast & Crew Synopsis Upcoming up andconfrontthechallenges andpotentialchangesthataresurely BIGGERTHANUS Welcome toanamazing positivereality, wherekidschangelives,questioningandcrackingourresistance,callingustowake leaders, Melatiwillcrosspathwithfellow youngactivist based everywhereintheworld. could notwaitanylonger. Sheneedstomeethertribe,peers,andjoinforces. Inhersearchtoteamupwithotheryoung She isnowaleading figureofanewpower, ofyouthempowerment. Anditisrising.Butchangesremainslow andMelati She startedlobbying herlocal governmenttobanthesale anddistributionofplasticbagsinherisland,Bali. 18 years-old IndonesianMelatiWijsen leads thisquesttojoinforces withactivistsofthisnewgeneration. agriculture, education,guncontrolandevencorruption. In everycorneroftheplanet,youngpeople areraisingtheirvoicesandtakingactiononclimatechange,inequality, migration, AN ACTIVIST DOCUMENTARY EXECUTIVE PRODUCED BY MARIONCOTILLARD. BIGGER THANUS A FILMBY FLOREVASSEUR English France COUNTRY LANGUAGE
Big MotherProductions All You Needis Prod Elzevir Films Jour2fête DISTRIBUTOR FRENCH PRODUCERS (Q3 2021) (Marie’s Story, Home) Story, (Marie’s
Winnie Tushabe, 25–Uganda,Food security Rene Silva,25– Brazil,Freedom ofspeech Xiuhtezcatl Martinez ,19–USA,Climateemergency Mary Finn, 22–Greece, Refugeerescue Memory Banda,22–Malawi,Women’s rights refugees Mohamad AlJounde,18–Lebanon, Educationfor Melati Wijsen, 18–Indonesia, Plasticpollution ACTIVISTS
!
3 MAGNETIC BEATS Les Magnetiques World premiere World
.. A FILM BY VINCENT MAEL CARDONA
BRITTANY, 1980s. A bunch of friends yearning for excitement broadcast a free radio station from their hometown in the countryside. Jerome leads it with unique charisma while Philippe, the technical genius, lives in the shadow of Jerome, his big brother. When called for the military service, Philippe has no choice but to leave for West Berlin. He’s determined to keep on broadcasting, but realizes that he just lived the last glorious moments of a world on the verge of extinction. Synopsis
CAST FRENCH PRODUCERS Thimotée Robart DISTRIBUTOR Easy Tiger (Divines) (Burning Ghost) Paname Distribution Srab Films (Les Misérables) Joseph Olivennes Elemag Pictures Marie Colomb in Co-Production with Port au Prince Film & Kultur Produktion GmbH DELIVERY SPRING 2021 LENGTH France, Germany LANGUAGES 102 MIN. French, English, German Cast & Crew ROBUST Robuste World premiere World
A FILM BY CONSTANCE MEYER
PARIS, TODAY. George is an aging film star in decay, Aïssa is a semi-pro wrestler who earns a living as a security officer, and has a hard time handling her love life. When George’s right-arm man and only friend takes a leave of absence for several weeks, Aïssa is appointed as his replacement. Between this pragmatic young lady bodyguard and our disenchanted renowned actor, a singular bond begins to take root. Despite their individual differences, life has shaped them in
Synopsis ways more similar than they thought.
PRODUCERS DOP CAST Dharamsala Simon Beaufils Gérard Depardieu (Proxima, C'est ça l'amour) (My Donkey, My Lover Déborah Lukumuena and I, Knife + Heart) (Divines, Invisibles)
SCREENPLAY FRENCH DELIVERY Constance Meyer DISTRIBUTOR Q3 2021 Diaphana Cast & Crew
5 BRUNO REIDAL CONFESSION OF A MURDERER World premiere World
A FILM BY VINCENT LE PORT
CANTAL, FRANCE, 1905. In the forest surrounding his native village, the young seminarian Bruno Reidal murders a boy before surrendering immediately to authorities. In prison, under interrogation for weeks, he faces a panel of three doctors attempting to understand his lethal impulse. They order Bruno to retrace his past by writing his life story, as they try to identify
Synopsis the events or the anomaly that could have led to such an atrocity.
LENGTH COUNTRY CAST 101 MIN France Dimitri Doré Jean-Luc Vincent (Camille Claudel 1915, Slack Bay) PRODUCERS FRENCH Stank (France) DISTRIBUTOR Capricci (France) Capricci Cast & Crew
6 Market Screening
Cast & Crew Synopsis MARKET SCREENINGS World premiere La Traversee THE CROSSING WED. 23,3:00PM @ PRE-CANNES 28 @ PRE-CANNES 17 TU. 22,10:30AM courageous siblingssurviveincredible challenges, before reachinganewworld, free atlast. the hopeoffindingrefugeandtheirfamily. Crossingacontinenttornapartbywarandmigrant persecution,these They embark on a heroic journey which takes them from childhood to adolescence in search of shelter, peace and The twooldest children, Kyona andAdrielarequickly separatedfromtheirparentsfacingtheroadofexile alone. A SMALLVILLAGE LOOTED IN DARKNESS, AFAMILY FORCED TO FLEE. Maur Film XBO Films Balance Film Les Films del’Arlequin PRODUCERS Czech Republic France, Germany, COUNTRIES
A FILMBY FLORENCE MIAILHE French LANGUAGES Florence Miailhe (one ofFrance’s topchildren writer) Marie Desplechin WRITERS
Gebeka Films Gebeka DISTRIBUTOR FRENCH Q3 2021 DELIVERY 7 Synopsis Market Screening Cast & Crew MARKET SCREENINGS MON.21,3:00PM WED. 23,11:30AM @ PRE-CANNES 29 @ PRE-CANNES 29 Oscar Entry-Lebanon BROKEN KEYS by family asuicidemissionbutKarimhastotake thischance. friends.It’s failed attempts,Ziad tellsKarimaboutagrandpianolocated inadangerousdistantcitynamed Ramzathatwasowned named Ziadtowhomhepromisesmoney, tohelpfind the partsheneedsinordertorebuild hispiano.Afterseveral wraps theinstrument,aterroristleader burstsintotheapartmentanddestroysit.Karimenlistshelpofayoungboy Karim, amusician,needstosellhismostpreciouspossessionleave Syriaandonly hasthirteendaystodoit.Ashe 2013, INAWAR-TORN VILLAGE INSYRIA. Arabic LANGUAGES Ezekiel Film Production PRODUCERS Lebanon COUNTRY
A FILMBY JIMMY KEYROUZ Tarek Yaacoub Caramel) Insult, (The CAST Adel Karam Sara AbiKanaan
– Oscar for Best Original Score, Score, Original Best for Oscar – (The English Patient Patient English (The Gabriel Yared COMPOSERS Cold Mountain) Cold The Talented Mr. Ripley, Ripley, Mr. Talented The
8 Cast & Crew Synopsis On release English-speaking territories DEAD &BEAUTIFUL this isevenreal. no longer trust each other. Nobody can be sure of what this vampire business is all about - or, for that matter, if any of In thisnewkindofnightlife, withthelimitsoflife, love anddeath greatly blurred, itdawnsonthegroup thattheycan sense oftheirnewsituation,theylose themselves inatwistedgameoftakingtheirnewvampire skillstothestreets. Bewildered atfirst,thegrouprealizesthey feel stronger andmoreattractivethaneverbefore. Astheystraintomake of themhasgrownapairfangs–vampireteeth. After a wild night, a group of young wealthy friends wake up from their drunken stupor with a freakish discovery AN ASIANMEGALOPOLIS, TODAY. Philip Juan Anna Mwarchenko Yen Tsao Aviis Zhong Gijs Blom CAST Netherlands, Taiwan COUNTRIES
A FILMBY DAVID VERBEEK (Lemming Film) Erik Glijnis&Leontine Petit PRODUCERS English, Chinese LANGUAGES Jasper Wolf DOP
(Monos)
Siniša Juri Lulu Lai, International), Fire on (House Nobu Tsai Hsin-Hung Vincent Wang, CO-PRODUCERS Periscoop DISTRIBUTOR č i ć Q3 2021 DELIVERY : each : each 9 Cast & Crew Synopsis On release BOSNIA, JULY 11 death has accesstocrucialinformation thatsheneedstointerpret.Whatisatthehorizonfor herfamily andpeople –rescueor her family isamong the thousandsofcitizenslooking for shelter intheUNcamp.AsaninsidertonegotiationsAida Aida isatranslatorfor theUnitedNationsinsmalltownofSrebrenica.WhenSerbianarmytakes overthetown, QUO VADIS, AIDA ? Jasmila Žbanic WRITER France, Norway Germany, Poland, Netherlands, Turkey, Austria, Romania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, COUNTRIES ? Whichmoveshould shetake TH 1995. Dutch Bosnian, English, LANGUAGES LENG 102 MIN TH . ? A FILMBY JASMILA ZBANIC
Jasmila Žbanic Damir Ibrahimovic PRODUCERS Boris Ler Izudin Bajrovic Jasna Đuricic CAST
Press " " " " Impossible to forget to Impossible art of work vital A thriller breathless A harrowing compelling, Deeply and heartbreaking and " " " " 10 CALAMITY On release
A FILM BY REMI CHAYE
1863, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 12-year-old Martha Jane and her family are headed West in large covered wagon train in search of a better life. After Martha Jane’s father is hurt in a serious accident, she takes charge of her siblings and learns to drive the family wagon. She has never felt so free. Utterly practical and bold, Martha Jane dresses as a boy and becomes increasingly troublesome for the community due to her outspoken braveness. When the leader of the wagon wrongly accuses her of theft, she runs away to find proof of her innocence… In the Wild, she discovers herself and a world which shapes her and confirms her unique personality… revealing the
Synopsis mythical Calamity Jane.
COUNTRIES PRODUCERS LENGTH France, Denmark Maybe Movies 85 MIN. “Resplendent hand-drawn (Zombillenium, imagery, action-packed story LANGUAGE Long Way North, CAST and can-do attitude… French Ernest & Celestine) Nørlum Gijs Blom a vibrant and dynamic delight Aviis Zhong ” (Song of the Sea, Yen Tsao Long Way North) Anna Marchenko Philip Juan Cast & Crew Press
11 SHOULD THE WIND DROP Si le vent tombe On release
A FILM BY NORA MARTIROSYAN
CAUCASUS, NOWADAYS. International auditor Alain has arrived to appraise the airport of a small self-proclaimed republic in the Caucasus in order to to greenlight its eventual reopening. Through Edgar, a local boy running a make-shift business in the airport, Alain will put everything at risk to help this isolated territory to open up. Synopsis
FRENCH CAST PRODUCERS DISTRIBUTOR Grégoire Colin SISTER Productions (France) Arizona Distribution (Beau Travail, Nénette Aneva Production (Armenia) “A fascinating story, 26/05/2021 et Boni, The Price of Kwassa Films (Belgium) and a contentious one Success) ” “Should the Wind Drop is fuelled by optimism” LANGUAGE COUNTRIES LENGTH French, Armenian, France, Armenia, 100 MIN. English, Russian Belgium Cast & Crew Press
12 ADVENTURES OF A MATHEMATICIAN Still available
A FILM BYTHOR KLEIN
Based on the autobiography “Adventures of a Mathematician” by Stanislaw Ulam. CAMBRIDGE, USA, 1942. Stan Ulam is a 30-year-old talented Polish Jewish mathematician, a good-looking bon vivant who is quick with a joke. Stan’s life becomes complicated when he loses his fellowship at Harvard but his best friend, the Hungarian genius Johnny von Neumann quickly offers him a mysterious job which takes him to New Mexico. Stan moves to Los Alamos with Françoise, a French woman he meets and marries after a whirlwind romance. Surrounded by young, eccentric, charismatic immigrant scientists Stan begins top secret work on a nuclear bomb
Synopsis that could potentially blow up the entire world.
COUNTRIES CAST PRODUCERS CINEMATOGRAPHER Germany, Poland, UK Philippe Tlokinski Maybe Movies Tudor Vladimir Panduru (Kurier) SISTER Productions (France) (Graduation) Joel Basman Aneva Production (Armenia) LANGUAGE (Kursk, Land of Mine) Kwassa Films (Belgium) English with some Sam Keeley Polish (This Must Be the Place) Esther Garrel EDITORS GERMAN (Call me by Your Name) Agnieszka Liggett DISTRIBUTOR LENGTH Matthieu Taponier NFP Marketing
Cast & Crew 102 MIN. (Son of Saul) & Distribution 13 Cast & Crew Synopsis Still available ENORMOUS Enorme (September 2nd2020) Distribution Memento Films DISTRIBUTOR FRENCH French LANGUAGE child. Hebecomes blind tothenow-enormousClaire,heonly haseyesfor her belly. changes Frederic’s mind. While Claire denies her pregnancy, Frederic fully embraces it as if he was carrying the coach/PA. For thesake ofClaire’s career, bothhavedecidednottochildren Claire isafamouspianistwhoselife isseamlessly managedbyherhusband Frederic, whoalsoacts asheragent/ PARIS, TODAY. France COUNTRIES (Budapest, Welcome Welcome (Budapest, Jonathan Cohen Polisse) Swim, or (Sink Marina Foïs CAST to the Jungle) the to A FILMBY LETOURNEUR SOPHIE
101 MIN LENG Vito Films (Copacabana, (Copacabana, Avenue BProduction PRODUCERS Head Above Water Above Head TH .
)
Press “ is fuelled by optimism by fuelled is one contentious a and “ ; butafatefulplanetrip Should the Wind Drop Drop Wind the Should story, fascinating A ”
”
14 WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE Still available
A FILM BY HUGO BENAMOZIG & DAVID CAVIGLIOLI
COUNTRY LANGUAGE LENGTH DELIVERY France French 90 MIN. 4th Quarter 2020
FRENCH GUYANA, NOT SO LONG AGO. Eliott, a young and naïve anthropology researcher, goes on an expedition to study the Otopis, a mysterious tribe from the Amazon rainforest. It is also an opportunity for him to get away from the grip of his possessive mother, Chantal de Bellabre ; an ethnologist hated by the profession for her biased and cold-hearted practices. Arriving in the forest Elliot realizes the Otopis are not the good savages he had imagined. Alcoholic, violent, crooked : they will turn his expedition into a real hell in the jungle. Fortunately, Chantal, consumed by remorse and worried about her son, decides to abandon her own expedition and goes looking for him in the jungle, with the help of the
Synopsis not so helpful Lieutenant-Commander Raspailles and his men.
COUNTRY CAST FRENCH Catherine Deneuve France Vincent Dedienne (The Rose Maker) DISTRIBUTOR Jonathan Cohen (Enormous, Family Business) Apollo Films LANGUAGE Alice Belaïdi (Odd Job) July 29th 2020 French PRODUCERS DELIVRY 22H22 (Crime Time – TV Series) LENGTH WY PRODUCTIONS 90 MIN. Cast & Crew 29/07/2020 (Yves-Saint-Laurent) UN VRAI MAN UP ! BONHOMME Still available
A FILM BY BENJAMIN PARENT
Tom, 16, is a sensitive teenager who is about to enter a new high school after being expelled. He intends to find his place, make friends and seduce the girl he loves. Tom needs the support of his older brother, Leo, a true mentor, who is working to make him a “cool kid”. However, Leo’s fraternal benevolence hides a destructive temperament…
Synopsis Will Tom be able to grow up finding his own path ?
LANGUAGE CAST PRODUCERS “A beautiful surprise, French Thomas Guy Delante smart and moving (School’s Out) (The Names of Love) ” Benjamin Voisin COUNTRIES (Summer of 85, A film that’s both easy-going France Simon’s got a gift) “ Isabelle Carré and profound (Marie’s Story) FRENCH ” LENGTH Laurent Lucas DISTRIBUTOR 89 MIN. (Raw) Ad Vitam “A feel good movie,
Cast & Crew French style Press ” 16 ALL THE DEAD ONES Todos los mortos Still available
A FILM BY CAETANO GOTARDO & MARCO DUTRA
THE FAST GROWING CITY OF SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL, 1899. A few years after slavery has been abolished. The three women of the Soares family, former owners of land and slaves, have returned to the city. Lost after the death of their last housemaid, they struggle to adapt to the changes in Brazil. At the same time, the Nascimento family, who used to work as slaves in the Soares estate, are now facing a society in which there is no space for the recently freed black people.
Synopsis Between Brazil’s past and present, out of place, they all fight to survive in the modern world.
CAST LANGUAGE Mawusi Tulani Brazilian-Portuguese Clarissa Kiste (3% Netflix) Carolina Bianchi BRAZILIAN Serious ambition Thaia Perez (Aquarius) DISTRIBUTORS “ Rogério Brito (3% Netflix) Vitrine Filmes (Q4 2020) and imagination… Thomás Aquino (Bacurau) considerable visual Leonor Silveira LENGTH elegance… strong (The Strange Case of Angelica) 120 MIN. acting” PRODUCERS DOP Dezenove Som e Imagens Hélène Louvart
Cast & Crew (Happy as Lazzaro) Good Fortune Films (Good Manner) Press 17 Cast & Crew Synopsis Still available FISH LOVE POISSONSEXE Nietzsche –andcircumstancesfinallyNietzsche become favorable for himtofindwhathehasbeen truly lacking When DanielfixesadatewithLuciethroughdatingapp, hecomesacrossastrangefishcaughtinnet–named language ofpiranhas. Lucie, ayoungwomanwithsharpsenseofhumour, relievesherconstantmelancholy withapassionfor thesubtle only 1chancein6,233.33ofmeetingawomanlikely tosharehisdream. Daniel Luxey, abiologist chargedwith unravellingthismystery, isobsessedwithbecomingafather. Statistically hehas The seahasbecome infested withjellyfish sincefishcanno longerreproduce. FRENCH ATLANTIC COAST. NEARFUTURE.SPRING. 89 MIN LENG French LANGUAGE France, Belgium COUNTRIES TH . A FILMBY OLIVIERBABINET (Naomi Kawase’s films, Asako I & II) & I Asako films, Tarantul Kawase’s (Naomi Comme desCinéma PRODUCERS (September 2nd2020) Rezo Films DISTRIBUTOR FRENCH a (Pasolini, Nico, 1988) Nico, (Pasolini, a Vertical, Camille Rewinds) Camille Vertical, Ellen DorritPetersen India Hair Gustave Kervern CAST (Bloody Milk, Staying Staying Milk, (Bloody (See you up there) up you (See : love. (Thelma) 18