Memento Films International enjoys successful Berlinale
The team at French sales company Memento Films International have returned to Paris with smiles on their faces after striking successful deals at the Berlinale’s European Film Market.
Presented in competition, Natalia Smirnoff’s French/Argentinean co-production Puzzle [+see also:
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The second title in competition at Berlin, Burhan Qurbani’s German production Faith [+see also:
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Among the titles in post-production, Julie Bertucelli’s The Tree (see news) was sold for Portugal (Atalanta Filmes), Greece (Nutopia), Israel, Taiwan, Hong Kong, the Middle East and Brazil; while Gilles Marchand’s French/Belgian co-production Black Heaven (see news) was bought for Germany (Koch Media), Greece (PCV), Benelux (O’Brother), Russia, Turkey, Israel, the Middle East, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Finally, there were excellent pre-sales for The Woman in the Fifth by Pawel Pawlikowski (My Summer of Love [+see also:
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film profile]), based on Douglas Kennedy’s eponymous novel. Produced by France’s Haut et Court in co-production with Film 4, the feature, which will start shooting in April and star Ethan Hawke and Kristin Scott Thomas, has been pre-bought for the United Kingdom (Artificial Eye), Scandinavia (Svensk AB), Greece (Nutopia), Turkey, the Middle East, Israel, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam and Taiwan.
(Translated from French)
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