04/11/2013 - Guillaume de Seille sells I’m Not Him, coproduced with Turkey, Greece and Germany, which will premiere globally in Rome

After a very successful start in Berlin with Harmony Lessons [+see also:
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film profile] by Kazakh director Emir Baigazin (Silver Bear for Best Artistic Contribution) and In Bloom [+see also:
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interview: Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simo…
film profile] by duo Nana Ekvtimishvili - Simon Groß, 2013 ends on the same positive note for French company Arizona Productions, which will unveil in a world premiere at the Rome Film Festival (November 8-17) another of its coproductions: I'm Not him [+see also:
film review
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film profile] (photo). Written and directed by Tayfun Pirselimoglu (whose previous films were selected at the Forum of the Berlinale 2007 and 2010, and in competition in Locarno in 2010), the feature produced with Turkey (Zuzi Film), Greece (Bad Crowd) and Germany (Bredok) with the backing notably of Eurimages, the CNC and the Turkish Ministry of Culture, explores the topic of identity theft. International sales will be handled directly by Arizona Distribution.

Arizona Productions is also part of the coproduction of Paris of the North, the second feature by Icelandic director Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurdsson (revealed with Either Way [+see also:
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interview: Hafstein Gunnar Sigurdsson
interview: Hilmar Gudjônsson - Shootin…
film profile], winner in Turin in 2011 and selected in Karlovy Vary amongst the 10 European Directors To Watch – watch the video interview), Corn Island, the second film by Georgian director George Ovashvili (nominated for the European Discovery Award 2009 with L'autre rive) whose filming ended last week-end, and Lazar by Macedonian filmmaker Svetozar Ristovski which is also coproduced by Croatia and Bulgaria and will take part on Thursday in the "Work in Progress" Crossroads of the Thessaloniki Festival. It is finally worth noting that Arizona Distribution will release In Bloom on November 27 in French theatres.

(Translated from French)