Films Distribution showcases Welcome and A Woman’s Way
Final preparations are underway at French international sales company Films Distribution before the start of the European Film Market at the Berlinale (February 5-15). The team – headed by Nicolas Brigaud-Robert – has four titles selected in the different sections.
In the Panorama section, the company will present French director Philippe Lioret’s Welcome [+see also:
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film profile] (see news), starring Vincent Lindon; and Panos H. Koutras’ Greek feature A Woman’s Way [+see also:
trailer
film profile]. Having first come to attention in 1999 with his feature debut The Attack of the Giant Moussaka, Koutras this time retraces the tragic story of love at first sight between a man who has just served a 14-year prison sentence for murder and a transsexual prostitute in Athens.
In the Forum sidebar, Films Distribution will be hoping for success with Raphael Nadjari’s documentary A History of Israeli Cinema and in the Generation section with Canadian filmmaker Philippe Falardeau’s It’s Not Me, I Swear!.
Market screenings include Sylvie Verheyde’s Stella [+see also:
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trailer
film profile]. The selection of promotional reels features Cédric Kahn’s Regrets (see news); Micha Wald’s Belgian comedy Simon Konianski (see news); Michele Placido’s Italian/French co-production Il grande sogno (“The Big Dream”, see news); and horror film The Horde (see news) by Yannick Dahan and Benjamin Rocher.
In terms of pre-sales, Films Distribution has some strong titles in store, including French director Anne Fontaine’s Coco avant Chanel (“Coco Before Chanel”), starring Audrey Tautou (release date: April 22); fellow French filmmaker Denis Dercourt’s Demain, dès l'aube (“Tomorrow, From Sunrise”, formerly known as Loin des balles); Rapt! (“Abduction”) by Belgium’s Lucas Belvaux; The Robber by Germany’s Benjamin Heisenberg; Spanish director Daniel Monzon’s Cell 211; Jonathan Nossiter’s majority French production Rio Sex Comedy; and Stephen Burke’s Irish feature Happy Ever Afters.
(Translated from French)
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