08/05/2018 - Included in the line-up, Yann Gonzalez’ film, now on course for the Palme d’Or, and The Man Who Killed Don Quichotte by Terry Gilliam, set to close the Festival

French international sales agency Kinology is well-armed for this year’s Film Market at the 71st Cannes Film Festival (running 8 to 19 May), with two of their films in particular having their world premiere in the competition, as part of the Official Selection. 

Of special note is the work by young French filmmaker Yann Gonzalez, Knife + Heart [+see also:
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Kinology will also be peddling English-language film The Man Who Killed Don Quichotte [+see also:
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Another bright star of the line-up is Bergman Island by French director Mia Hansen-Løve, with a cast featuring Greta Gerwig, John Turturro, Mia Wasikowska and Anders Danielsen Lie. Due to be completed in May 2019, the film will be set on the island of Fårö, formerly home to the famous Swedish director Ingmar Bergman, and will follow a couple of American filmmakers who set up camp on the island for the summer, in a bid for inspiration. As time goes by, they become increasingly isolated from one another. The atmosphere on the island stirs up certain memories for them and the line between fiction and reality quickly begins to blur, driving the couple even further apart. This film will be produced by French company CG Cinéma, alongside the Swedish contingent at Plattform Produktion, the Germans of Bue Biosko Film and the Belgians at Scope Pictures, with the support of Eurimages.

Kinology will also be using its time in Cannes to pre-sell The Innocent [+see also:
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(Translated from French)