Venice / Toronto 2021 Official Selection

VENICE / TORONTO 2021 OFFICIAL SELECTION

AMIRA

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

Amira, a 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 infertility, Amira’s world turns upside down. ARABIC/HEBREW – DRAMA - 98MN Production : FILM CLINIC (EGYPT), AGORA AUDIOVISUALS (EGYPT), ACAMEDIA PICTURES (EGYPT), AL TAHER MEDIA PRODUCTION (UAE), THE IMAGINARIUM FILMS (JORDAN) Territories sold : France, Israel, MENA OFFICIAL SELECTION

A TALE 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 deep in love with Farah, and although literally overwhelmed with desire, he will try to resist it. FRENCH/ARABIC - DRAMA - 102 MN Production : BLUE MONDAY PRODUCTIONS (FRANCE), ARTE FRANCE CINÉMA (FRANCE) Territories sold : France, Australia, Belgium, Luxembourg, MENA, New Zealand, Norway, Quebec, Tunisia, NEW ANNOUNCEMENT

MORE THAN I DESERVE By Pini Tavger Cast: Micha Prudovsky, Anna Dubrovitzky, Jacob Zada Daniel

Pinhas asks his single mother, Tamara, to join his classmates in preparing for their Bar Mitzvahs. Tamara, an immigrant from Ukraine, who resists religion, refuses. When the religious neighbor volunteers to help, the two form a strong bond. Gradually Tamara falls for him too. Will the idyll hold up? HEBREW/RUSSIAN – DRAMA - 82 MINUTES Production: 2-TEAM PRODUCTIONS (ISRAEL), RIVA FILMPRODUKTION (GERMANY) Territories sold : France, Israel LINE-UP Locarno Film Festival Official Selection

SECRET NAME la place d’une autre

By Aurélia Georges Cast: Lyna Khoudri ("PAPICHA" by MOUNIA MEDDOUR, "GAGARINE" by FANNY LIATARD & JÉRÉMY TROUILH), Sabine Azéma ("TANGUY" by ÉTIENNE CHATILIEZ; "NOT ON THE LIPS" by ALAIN RESNAIS), Maud Wyler ("THE BARE NECESSITY" by ERWAN LE DUC, "ALICE AND THE MAYOR" by NICOLAS PARISER)

Nelie escaped a miserable existence by becoming a frontline nurse in 1914. One day, she takes the identity of Rose, a young woman from a good family, who dies in front of her. She presents herself in her place at Madame de Lengwil's house, to become the reader of this wealthy woman. The lie works beyond her expectations. FRENCH - DRAMA - 116MN Production: 31 JUIN FILMS (FRANCE) Territories sold : France LINE-UP

MIDNIGHT SCREENING

TRALALA By Arnaud Larrieu, Jean-Marie Larrieu ("LOVE IS THE PERFECT CRIME", "TO PAINT OR MAKE LOVE") Cast : Mathieu Amalric ("SINK OR SWIM" by GILLES LELLOUCHE), Josiane Balasko ("BY THE GRACE OF GOD" by FRANÇOIS OZON), Mélanie Thierry ("SEE YOU UP THERE" by ALBERT DUPONTEL), Maïwenn ("DNA", "POLISS" by MAÏWENN), Bertrand Belin, Denis Lavant ("HOLY MOTORS" by LEOS CARAX), Galatéa Bellugi ("THE APPARITION" by XAVIER GIANNOLI), Jalil Lespert ("THE LITTLE LIEUTENANT" by XAVIER BEAUVOIS)

Tralala, in his forties, a singer in the streets of Paris, meets one night a very beautiful young woman who sends him a single message before disappearing: «Above all, don’t be yourself». Did Tralala dream? He leaves the capital and ends up finding in Lourdes the woman he’s already in love with. She doesn’t remember him. 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 - 120 MN Production: SBS PRODUCTIONS (FRANCE), ARTE FRANCE CINÉMA (FRANCE) Territories sold: France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Portugal LINE-UP

THE HEROICS Les héroïques

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

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 - 99 MN Production : TS PRODUCTIONS (FRANCE), MARIANNE PRODUCTIONS (FRANCE) Territories sold : France, Quebec IN POST-PRODUCTION

COP GOES MISSING selon la police

By Frédéric Videau ("COMING HOME", BERLINALE 2012) Cast: Laetitia Casta ("A FAITHFUL MAN" by LOUIS GARREL, "THE IDEAL PALACE" by NILS TAVERNIER), Simon Abkarian ("SOMEONE, SOMEWHERE" by CÉDRIC KLAPISCH; "EDMOND" by ALEXIS MICHALIK), Patrick d'Assumçao ("NAKED NORMANDY" by PHILIPPE LE GUAY, "STRANGER BY THE LAKE" by ALAIN GUIRAUDIE)

On a whim, Pingpong, Chief Warrant Officer of a brigade which he inherited his nickname from, burns his police ID and disappears. During one night and one day, his colleagues, men and women, all police officers on the field, look for him, meet him and lose him in Toulouse and its suburbs. But every hour that passes brings Pingpong a little bit closer to his own destiny. FRENCH - DRAMA Production: BUS FILMS (FRANCE) Territories sold : France IN POST-PRODUCTION

THE WORLD OF YESTERDAY 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), Alban Lenoir ("THE SHINY SHRIMPS" by CÉDRIC LE GALLO AND MAXIME GOVARE), 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 ROMAN POLANSKI, "BY THE GRACE OF GOD" by FRANÇOIS OZON).

A moral tale and a political thriller : a few days before the term of her mandate, the President must make a major decision concerning the destiny of France.

FRENCH - ANTICIPATION Production : FIN AOÛT PRODUCTIONS (FRANCE) Territories sold : France SHOOTING NOW SHOOTING NOW

temps mort the happiest man in the world By Eve Duchemin By Teona Strugar Mitevska Cast : Karim Leklou ("BAC NORD" by CÉDRIC JIMENEZ), ("GOD EXISTS, HER NAME IS PETRUNYA") Issaka Sawadogo ("SAMBA" by ERIC TOLEDANO AND OLIVIER NAKACHE), Jarod Cousyns BOSNIAN Production : SISTERS AND BROTHER MITEVSKI FRENCH Production : KWASSA FILMS, LES FILMS DE L’AUTRE COUGAR

maintenant dodo By Philippe Petit By Panos H. Koutras Cast : Swann Arlaud ("BLOODY MILK" by HUBERT CHARUEL, "BY THE GRACE OF GOD" by FRANÇOIS OZON), ("XENIA") SARAH ADLER ("THE CAKEMAKER" by OFIR RAUL GRAZIER), Djibril Cissé GREEK Production : 100% SYNTHETIC FILMS, MPM FILM, TARANTULA FRENCH Production : ENVIE DE TEMPÊTE PRODUCTIONS CONTACTS

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