13/02/2006

The projectors were cranked up today in Berlin for four French films, which screened as part of the CRC (Capital Regions for Cinema), the European network created last year by the Ile-de-France Film Commission, the Lazio Film Commission, the Madrid Film Commission and the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg. Organised in association with the Berlin Co-Production Market, this meeting, with a selection of 16 projects from four associated countries, provides an opportunity to hear pitches for the next features from Marc Caro, Marina de Van, Philippe Muyl and Hou Hsiao-Hsien, four French productions in search of European partners.

Co-director of Delicatessen and City Of Lost Children with Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Marc Caro is preparing Dante XXI, a fantasy feature based on a screenplay he co-wrote with novelist Pierre Bordage (Red Siren, Babylone babies [+see also:
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(Translated from French)