Best Friend Forever FALL 2021 Martin Gondre Charles Bin Marc Nauleau bestfriendforever.be [email protected] [email protected] Festivals Manager @bestfriendforeversales +33 6 72 23 27 18 +33 6 61 05 74 84 [email protected] bffsaleseu CAST Bolivia, today. Julio César Ticona Max Bautista Uchasara After walking for a week, Elder and his miner companions Francisca Arce de Aro arrive in La Paz to demand for the reinstatement of their Israel Hurtado job. Suddenly, Elder starts to feel sick... Gustavo Milán Ticona With the help of the elderly Mamá Pancha, Elder and his PRODUCERS friends find work in the market. But Elder’s condition Socavón (Dark Skull) worsens, he’s choking and struggling for breath… Altamar films (The Unknown Saint) Mamá Pancha sends him to Max - a witch doctor, hermit ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS and clown - who may be able to bring the young man back Bord Cadre films (Petrov’s Flu, Memoria, to life. Birds of Passage) Sovereign Films (Monos, Deerskin, Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn) Jamal Zeinal-Zade (Annette, Monos) Miguel Angel Peñaloza WORLD PREMIERE. LANGUAGE Spanish BOLIVIA, FRANCE, QATAR, SWITZERLAND. 85 MIN. “It’s a small miracle that such a “Kiro Russo imposes his brilliant “One of the major Latin American stylistic pick and mix should cohere cinematographic personality... A Film of the year... A fascinating, into something satisfying, but it does.” striking level of chemistry elusive, majestic and intimate betweenprofound documentary film.” realism and mesmerising fiction.” Diego Lerer Directed by Kiro Russo EL GRAN (Dark Skull – Locarno & San Sebastian 2016, more than 23 MOVIMIENTO international awards Bolivian submission for the Academy Awards) CAST Calais, French border with the UK. Film Francophone Marina Foïs (Sink or Swim, D’ANGOULEME Daddy or Mommy) Newly widowed, Béatrice lives with her son and her mother. Seear Kohi (Homeland TV Series) Her beliefs and her very life are shaken upon meeting Laetitia Dosch (Montparnasse Bienvenüe, Mokhtar, an Iranian teacher who recently illegally fled Our Struggles) to Europe. Her love for him pushes her to question the prejudices she is accustomed to and to challenge the laws DOP of her country. Jeanne Lapoirie (Benedetta, BPM (Beats Per Minute)) ORIGINAL MUSIC SCORE Yuksek PRODUCERS Super 8 Production (Kompromat, Small Country) WORLD PREMIERE. FRENCH DISTRIBUTOR FRANCE. Memento Films Distribution (January 2022) 112 MIN. LANGUAGE French Based on a true story, “ Elkaïm films these bodies as if magnetized and this desire adapted from stronger than anything else “Calais Mon Amour” with a sensuality that takes this by Beatrice Huret. feature film far from banality. A success. “ Written & directed by Jérémie Elkaïm A CHANGE (Lead cast in Marguerite & OF HEART Julien, Declaration of War) (ILS SONT VIVANTS) France, today. CAST Denis Podalydès Simultaneously, a retired couple overwhelmed by debt (La Belle Epoque, Sorry Angel) tries to win a dance contest, as the minister of economy is Blanche Gardin suspected of tax evasion, and a teenage girl encounters a (Delete History, France) sexual maniac, while a young lawyer attempts to climb the Christophe Paou social ladder. (Synonyms) Alexandre Steiger When the shoe drops, the winner won’t necessarily be the (Alice and the Mayor) one we expected. Vincent Dedienne (The Rose Maker) Olivier Saladin (Apnee) Lorella Cravotta (Romantics Anonymous) EDITOR Flora Volpelière (Les Misérables) NORTH AMERICAN PRODUCERS PREMIERE. Rectangle Productions (Aline, It Must Be Heaven, Climax) Mamma Roman FRANCE. FRENCH DISTRIBUTOR 102 MIN. The Jokers LANGUAGE French “The most eye-wateringly WTF “The perfect movie for a Midnight screnes to be seen on “A bracing provocation Screening, which is brimming with the Croisette this year” of a film.” comedy and shocking content.” Directed by Jean-Christophe BLOODY Meurisse ORANGES Apnee - Cannes Critics’ Week 2016 (ORANGES SANGUINES) CAST Today, Brazil. Mari Oliveira Lara Tremouroux Mariana, 21 years old, belongs to a world where she must do Joana Medeiros her utmost to keep up the appearance of a perfect woman. Felipe Frazão In order to resist temptation, she and her girlfriends try Bruna Linzmeyer their best to control everything and everyone around them. Thiago Fragoso And that includes the town sinners. DOP At night, their girl squad put on masks, hunt & beat up all João Atala (Oscar nominated women who have deviated from the right path. However, the The Edge of Democracy) day will come when the urge to scream will be stronger than it ever has been… PRODUCTION DESIGN Dina Salem Levy (Loveling) PRODUCERS Bananeira Filmes (Zama, Jauja, Kill Me Please) NORTH AMERICAN LANGUAGE Brazilian-Portuguese PREMIERE. BRAZIL. 127 MIN. “An original, provocative voice (...), satirical, “Rocha de Silveira confirms her status as amusing, stylish and strange, a nod to Kubrick, a rising talent and a bold and imaginative Argento and John Carpenter, all at once.” filmmakerwho manages to elegantly assimilate whimsical with political while re-engineering genre norms.” Directed by Anita Rocha Da Silveira MEDUSA Kill me Please – Venice Orizzonti 2015 & SXSW 2016 CAST Corsica, in a small village. Jean-Christophe Folly (Montparnasse Bienvenue, Kids brighten the streets, teens mess around, grown-ups Blind Spot) discuss the future while elders reflect on time passing by. Pascal Tagnati Those who never left welcome back those who went abroad. (Fidelio - Alice’s Journey, Struggle Family and long time friends share together this precious for Life) moment in the mountains. Cédric Appietto (A Violent Life, Monsieur Chocolat, Under the burning sun and to the sound of rippling An Easy Girl) laughter, summer suspends time but doesn’t heal all wounds. PRODUCERS 5à7 Films – Martin Bertier (Isadora’s Children, Takara) & Helen Olive (Los Conductos) Coproduced by Lotta Films - Delphine Leoni (A Violent Life) FRENCH DISTRIBUTOR New Story COMPLETED. LANGUAGE French FRANCE. 127 MIN. “A Corsican Summer is an ambitious first feature, it accomplishes everything it set out to do effectively and boldly.” “An ambitious debut.” Written & directed by Pascal Tagnati I COMETE - Acting coach on A CORSICAN Thierry de Peretti’s film, SUMMER The Fan short film CAST Today. Northern Quebec at the beginning of winter. Devery Jacobs (The Order Netflix TV Series, Mani, a law master’s student, returns to her remote Indigenous American Gods TV Series) reserve and realizes that many outdated paternalistic laws are Pascale Bussières still in force. Resolved to reintegrate into the community, she OPENING TITLE (The Demons, Ville-Marie) gets involved in the debate around a referendum on allowing the free sale of alcohol on the reserve. DOP Nicolas Canniccioni This is catastrophic for Laura, a 45-year-old bootlegger, who (Gerontophilia, Genesis) has been smuggling illegal alcohol onto the reserve for years. When painful past resurfaces, opposing forces quickly divide PRODUCERS the community into two clans who must come face to face to Produced by Catherine Chagnon determine the best path to independence. for Microclimat Films (The Seven Last Words) Executive produced by Pierre Even (War Witch, C.R.A.Z.Y) CANADIAN DISTRIBUTOR MK2 Mile End WORLD PREMIERE. LANGUAGES 80MIN. French with some Anishinaabemowin Best Screenplay at Cannes Cinéfondation 2017 A CHANGE OF HEART Written & directed by Caroline Monnet BOOTLEGGER Mobilize Short film - Sundance 2015, 6 Short Films in TIFF CAST Zagazig, a small city on the Nile Delta in Egypt. Today. Bassant Ahmed Basmala El Ghaiesh Souad, 19-year-old young woman, leads a double life. While Hussein Ghanem remaining conservative and veiled among her family and society, Souad is obsessed with her image on social media, - BEST ACTRESS AWARD - PRODUCERS and goes in several secret virtual relationships with men. Sameh Awad for Vivid Reels She constantly lies about her personal life, projecting wishfully images of a different desired life. Her ambitions CO-PRODUCERS are slowly crushed by the invasion of her true reality. Wim Wenders for Road Movies (Everything Will be Fine, Pina) A series of small incidents lead to a tragic event, that Dora Bouchoucha for Nomadis makes Rabab, her 13-year-old little sister, embarks on a Images (Hedi, Dear Son) real-life journey looking for answers. Mohamed Hefzy for Film Clinic (Yomeddine, Luxor) Mark Lotfy for Fig Leaf Studios ON RELEASE. LANGUAGE Arabic EGYPT, TUNISIA, US REPRESENTATION GERMANY. Creative Artists Agency (CAA) 96 MIN. MIDDLE EAST DISTRIBUTOR Film Clinic Indie Distribution “Intensely involving... authentic and “Brilliantly alive… razor-sharp, “As well as being subtle, tender haunting... completely captivating nonjudgmental insight, which and sad, this feature is one of performances... like a window into a captures lives as well as environ- those rare films which really world we might never otherwise ment with a cleareyed neorealist engages with online existence and see...” sensibility… both loving and social media, shows it can open a critical.” portal to a different world.” Directed by Ayten Amin SOUAD Director Villa 69 - Special Jury Award Abu Dhabi 2013, Co-director Tahrir 2011 Documentary - Venice & TIFF 2011 CAST Tel Aviv, today. Elisheva Weil Leib Lev Levin Danny is looking for Max through a party to share that she’s Yoav Hait pregnant with his child. Hadar Katz But Max just started a new relationship with Avishag and PRODUCERS attempts to realize her rough sexual fantasy. Hadas Ben Aroya Maayan Eden Truth is, Avishag actually has someone else in mind. NORTH AMERICAN DISTRIBUTOR Film Movement