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BERLIN 2010 27/01/10 12:50 Page 3 French Sales Companies at The European Film Market Berlin, February 11-20, 2010 4 Alfama Films 5 Bac Films International 6 Celluloid Dreams 6 Coach 14 7 Coproduction Office 8 Doc & Film International 9 Elle Driver 10 EuropaCorp 12 Films Distribution 13 Les Films du Losange 14 France Télévisions Distribution 14 Funny Balloons 15 Gaumont 16 Kinology 17 Le Pacte 18 Memento Films International 19 MK2 20 Other Angle Pictures 21 Pathé International 22 Pyramide International 23 Rendez-vous Pictures 24 Rezo 24 Roissy Films 25 SND Groupe M6 26 StudioCanal 27 TF1 International 29 Umedia 30 Wide Management 32 Wild Bunch 34 Contacts 38 Partners BERLIN 2010 27/01/10 12:50 Page 4 Alfama Films Line-up In pre-production In post-production ALMAYER’S FOLLY LE MARIAGE À TROIS Director: Chantal Akerman Director: Jacques Doillon Cast: Stanislas Merhar Cast: Pascal Greggory, Julie Depardieu, Louis Garrel Producer: Alfama Films Producer: Alfama Films COSMOPOLIS Completed Director: David Cronenberg Producer: Alfama Films ASHES AND BLOOD Director: Fanny Ardant In production Cast: Ronit Elkabetz, Abraham Belaga, Marc Ruchmann EYES FIND EYES Producer: Alfama Films Directors: Jean-Manuel Fernandez, Sean Williams Cast: Alexandre Marouani, Alma Jodorowsky Producer: Alfama Films See contact page 34 4/ Unifrance / Berlin 2010 BERLIN 2010 27/01/10 12:50 Page 5 Bac Films International Line-up In production BORDERLINE (WORKING TITLE) HIDDEN DIARY Director: Alexandre Coffre Director: Julie Lopes-Curval Cast: François Damiens, Pascale Arbillot, Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Marina Hands, Gilles Cohen Marie-Josée Croze Producer: Quad Productions Producer: Sombrero Productions In post-production HE’S MY GIRL Director: Jean-Jacques Zilbermann LIVING ON LOVE ALONE Cast: Antoine de Caunes, Elsa Zylberstein, Director: Isabelle Czajka Mehdi Dehbi Cast: Pio Marmaï, Anaïs Demoustier, Producer: Agat Films & Cie Producer: Agat Films & Cie BLACKOUT THE SANDMAN, Director: Jean-Christophe Klotz AND THE LOST SAND OF DREAMS Cast: Jalil Lespert, Cyril Gueï, Peter Hudson Directors: Jesper Moller, Sinem Sakagolu Producer: Les Films du Poisson Producer: Scopas Medien Ag Animation JASPER Director: Eckart Fingberg Completed Producer: Amuse Films Animation ROUND DA WAY Directors: Albert P. Lazaro, Emmanuel Klotz DEVIL’S RAIN Voices: Vincent Cassel, Diane Kruger, Gilles Director: Philippe Cosson Lellouche Producer: Zagarianka Productions Producer: Millimages Documentary Animation See contact page 34 Berlin 2010 / Unifrance /5 BERLIN 2010 27/01/10 12:50 Page 6 Celluloid Dreams Line-up In pre-production Completed WAITING FOR AZRAEL A PROPHET Directors: Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud Director: Jacques Audiard Producer: Celluloid Dreams Cast: Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup Producers: Why Not Productions, Chic Films, YOU WILL NEVER KNOW WHY Celluloid Dreams Director: Jean-Pierre Limosin Producer: Celluloid Dreams THE SECRET OF KELLS Director: Tomm Moore In production Producer: Les Armateurs Animation CRAZY HORSE Director: Frederick Wiseman Producer: Idéale Audience Coach 14 Screening Completed AMER Directors: Bruno Forzani & Hélène Cattet WILD GRASS Cast: Bianca Maria d’Amato, Marie Bos, Director: Alain Resnais Charlotte Eugène Guibeaud Cast: Sabine Azéma, André Dussollier, Producers: Anonymes Films, Tobina Films Anne Consigny Producers: F Comme Film, Studio Canal, France 2 Three key moments, all of them sensual, define Cinéma, BIM Distribuzione Ana’s life. Her carnal search sways between reality and colored fantasies…becoming more I’M GLAD MY MOTHER IS ALIVE and more oppressive. A black laced hand Directors: Claude & Nathan Miller prevents her from screaming. The wind lifts her Cast: Sophie Cattani, Vincent Rottiers, Christine Citti dress and caresses her thighs. A razor blade Producers: F Comme Film, Orly Films, Page 114 brushes her skin: where will this chaotic and carnivorous journey leave her? UN HOMME ET SON CHIEN Director: Francis Huster Line-up Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Hafsia Herzi, Julika Jenkins In post-production Producers: F Comme Film, France 2 Cinéma CARRÉ BLANC Director: Jean-Baptiste Leonetti See contact Cast: Sami Bouajila, Julie Gayet, page 34 Jean-Pierre Andréani Producers: Tarantula, Solair Films, CJSC CTC 6/ Unifrance / Berlin 2010 BERLIN 2010 27/01/10 12:50 Page 7 Coproduction Office Screening Line-up WOMEN WITHOUT MEN Completed Director: Shirin Neshat Cast: Pegah Ferydoni, Shabnam Tolouei, Orsi Tóth, LOURDES Arita Shahrzad Director: Jessica Hausner Producers: Susanne Marian, Martin Gschlacht, Cast: Sylvie Testud, Léa Seydoux, Bruno Todeschini Philippe Bober Producers: Martin Gschlacht, Philippe Bober, Susanne Marian Against the tumultuous backdrop of Iran’s 1953 CIA-backed coup d’état, the destinies of A TOWN CALLED PANIC four women converge in a beautiful orchard, Directors: Vincent Patar, Stéphane Aubier where they find independence, solace and Cast: Stéphane Aubier, Jeanne Balibar, companionship. Benoît Poelvoorde Acclaimed photographer Shirin Neshat makes Producers: Philippe Kauffmann, Vincent Tavier her directorial debut with this incisive and sumptuously filmed reflection on the pivotal moment in history that directly led to the Islamic revolution and the Iran we know today. See contact page 34 Berlin 2010 / Unifrance /7 BERLIN 2010 27/01/10 12:50 Page 8 Doc & Film International Line-up Completed ANIMAL HEART ASHES AND BLOOD Director: Séverine Cornamusaz Director: Fanny Ardant Cast: Olivier Rabourdin, Camille Japy, Antonio Bull, Cast: Ronit Elkabetz, Mark Ruchmann, Alexandra Kamisaris Abraham Belaga Producer: ADR Production, PS. Productions Producer: Alfama Films LA DANSE, THE PARIS OPERA BALLET AFTER THE DOWNFALL Director: Frederick Wiseman Director: Hiner Saleem Producers: Idéale Audience, Zipporah Films Cast: Nazmi Kirik, Yildiz Gültekin, Documentary Fehmi Mohammad Salmin Producer: Agat Films & Cie, Mitos Films HARRAGAS Director: Merzak Allouache CAN’T SAY NO Cast: Nabil Asli, Samor El Hakim, Lamia Boussekine Director: Iliana Lolic Producer: Libris Films, Baya Films Cast: Sylvie Testud, Stefano Accorsi, Laurent Stocker In pre-production Producer: ADR Productions ALMAYER’S FOLLY LAND OF MADNESS Director: Chantal Akerman Director: Luc Moullet Producer: Alfama Films Producer: Les Films d’Ici Documentary In post-production THE ARRIVALS LE MARIAGE À TROIS Directors: Claudine Bories & Patrice Chagnard Director: Jacques Doillon Producer: Les Films d’Ici Cast: Pascal Greggory, Julie Depardieu, Louis Garrel Documentary Producer: Alfama Films L’O EIL DE L’ASTRONOME Director: Stan Neumann Cast: Denis Lavant, Elise Caron, Max Baissette de Malglaive Producer: Les Films d’Ici See contact page 34 8/ Unifrance / Berlin 2010 BERLIN 2010 27/01/10 12:50 Page 9 Elle Driver Line-up In production Completed WOMEN ARE HEROES “28 MILLIMETERS” (WORKING TITLE) LONDON RIVER Director: Jr Director: Rachid Bouchareb Producer: 27.11 Production Cast: Sotigui Kouyaté, Brenda Blethyn Producer: 3b Production In post-production CHANGING SIDES IN YOUR HANDS Director: Pascale Pouzadoux Director: Lola Doillon Cast: Sophie Marceau, Dany Boon Cast: Kristin Scott Thomas, Pio Marmaï Producer: Fidélité Films Producer: Origami Films ANYTHING FOR HER RUBBER Director: Fred Cavayé Director: Quentin Dupieux Cast: Diane Kruger, Vincent Lindon Cast: Stephen Spinella, Roxane Mesquida, Producer: Fidélité Films Wings Hauser, Jack Plotnick Producer: Realitism Films 35 SHOTS OF RUM Director: Claire Denis Cast: Alex Descas, Mati Diop, Grégoire Colin Producer: Soudaine Companie See contact page 34 Berlin 2010 / Unifrance /9 BERLIN 2010 27/01/10 12:50 Page 10 EuropaCorp Screenings Cannes, French Riviera, Armand Teillard is happy with life- a busy store downtown, a IN THE BEGINNING delightful girlfriend and lunch every day at Director: Xavier Giannoli Sofia and Martial’s family restaurant with a Cast: François Cluzet, Emmanuelle Devos perfect sea view. So when Sofia tells Armand Producers: EuropaCorp, Rectangle Productions, that Zapetti, a property developer with mafia Studio 37, France 3 Cinéma connections, is putting the squeeze on her to sell up, he is horrified. Armand is an easy- France, present day. A smalltime conman going guy who never gets mad. He leaves that passes himself as the boss as a construction to his twin brother, Maurice The Whistler. site building a highway extension. In the When Maurice rides into town, Zapetti, his beginning, he just hopes to make a little cash, mob and the corrupt local politicians are in but his scam escapes his control. He cons the trouble. But what if, behind the dyed hair and whole region, hires dozens of workers and tinted contact lenses, Maurice and Armand cynically enjoys the profits of his scam until he are one and the same guy? meets the female mayor of a small village that his road will go through. She intrigues and ARTHUR AND THE REVENGE OF unsettles him, before revealing to him a world MALTAZARD he never knew: feelings. How far will he go to Director: Luc Besson save his victims and himself from his own lies? Cast: Freddie Highmore, Mia Farrow Voice: Selena Gomez FASHION VICTIM Producers: EuropaCorp, TF1 Films Production, Director: Gérard Jugnot Apipoulaï Prod, Avalanche Production Cast: Gérard Jugnot, Bernard Le Coq Producers: Les Films Manuel Munz, Novo Arturo Arhur is reunited with his beloved Princess Films, PC Flamenco Films, France 2 Cinéma, France Selenia in the latest adventure adapted from 3 Cinéma, Europacorp Luc Besson’s bestselling children’s books, but danger lurks on the horizon… Paris 1577. A Royal wedding, the Inquisition,