A deluge of announcements from the Unifrance Film Meetings in Paris

by Fabien Lemercier

13/01/2023 - New titles have been added to the line-ups of Wild Bunch International, Indie Sales, SND, StudioCanal, Pyramide International, MPM Premium and The Party Film Sales

A deluge of announcements from the Unifrance Film Meetings in Paris

Vincent Must Die by Stéphan Castang

Some very impressive attendance levels for distributors (400 purchasers from around 50 countries), jam-packed screenings, and sales negotiations left, right and centre: the 41 French international sales agents have certainly been busy bees at the film market of the Unifrance Film Meetings in Paris (11-13 January – see the news). And the announcements of new titles (more often than not in post-production) being added to their line-ups just keep on coming. We present a non-exhaustive overview of them below.

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Wild Bunch International sprang into action first by launching pre-sales for Vincent Must Die [+see also:
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interview: Stéphan Castang
film profile] by Stéphan Castang and the comedy Wou! [+see also:
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film profile] by and starring Bruno Podalydes, who is flanked by Karin Viard, Sabine Azema, Eddy Mitchell and Victor Lefebvre, among others, as he tells of the misadventures of two estate agents doing a series of viewings at two properties and being confronted with the potential buyers’ various problems. The flick being produced by Why Not is also in post-production. Added to this is Of Mud and Blood by Jean-Gabriel Leynaud, currently in production in DRC, a documentary being staged by Valdès, Borsalino Productions and Pallas Film.

Indie Sales has kicked off pre-sales for three titles in post-production: the Belgian-French co-production The Lost Boys [+see also:
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interview: Zeno Graton
film profile] by Zeno Graton, Green Tide by Pierre Jolivet and Take a Chance on Me by Jean-Pierre Améris (an Escazal Films production toplined by Louane Amara and Michel Blanc).

SND is pinning its hopes on Breaking Point by Yvan Attal, who is also among the cast, alongside Guillaume Canet, Marie-Josée Croze, Maïwenn, Alma Jodorowsky and Victor Belmondo.

StudioCanal has commenced sales for three films in post-production. All Your Faces [+see also:
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film profile] by Jeanne Herry (In Safe Hands [+see also:
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film profile]), produced by Chi-Fou-Mi and Trésor Films, stars Adèle Exarchopoulos, Dali Benssalah, Leïla Bekhti, Élodie Bouchez, Suliane Brahim, Gilles Lellouche, Miou-Miou and Jean-Pierre Darroussin. The plot revolves around France’s system of restorative justice that, since 2014, has offered victims and perpetrators of crimes the chance to talk within a secure environment, supervised by professionals and volunteers. Toni [+see also:
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film profile] by Nathan Ambrosioni, another film staged by Chi-Fou-Mi, sees Camille Cottin in the role of a single mother bringing up five children while working a day job and dreaming of another life. Also hitting the firm’s line-up is Strangers by Night [+see also:
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film profile], by and starring Alex Lutz, who is joined by fellow lead Karin Viard.