07/05/2013 - A promising line-up comprised of The Past by Asghar Farhadi, a French production in competition, and three films in the Directors’ Fortnight

A very regular participant in major festivals, the French sales company Memento Films International will again be a star contender at the 66th Cannes Film Festival (from May 15th to 26th, 2013). Its line-up in fact features a contender for the Palme d’Or and three feature films in the Directors' Fortnight.

Topping the list, The Past [+see also:
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Memento also expects to make good deals with three titles selected for the Directors’ Fortnight: Blue Ruin by American director Jeremy Saunier, We Are What We Are by his compatriot Jim Mickle (co-financed by Memento and a remake of the Mexican horror film Somos Lo Que Hay), and the Singapore production Ilo Ilo by Anthony Chen.

The team directed by Emilie Georges and managed by Tanja Meissner will also be betting on market premieres, especially of Chasing The Wind by Norwegian director Rune Denstad Langlo, the timeless French detective movie Back in Crime by Germinal Alvarez (article) and the American film Short Term 12 by Destin Cretton.

Amongst others, the Parisian company will also pursue its sales of titles from Berlin In the Name Of [+see also:
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interview: Malgorzata Szumowska
interview: Mateusz Kosciukiewicz
film profile] by Polish director Malgorzata Szumowska and Circles [+see also:
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interview: Nikola Rakocevic
interview: Srdan Golubovic
film profile] by Serbian director Srdan Golubovic.

(Translated from French)