29/05/2006

In official competition, European titles or co-productions that sold the most were Andrea Arnold’s debut feature and Jury Prize winner, Red Road [+see also:
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film profile], sold by Trust Film Sales to half a dozen territories such as Spain (Golem), Benelux (A Films), France (Equation), Portugal (Prisvideo), Greece (Strada) and the former Yugoslavia (First Production); Bruno Dumont’s Grand Jury Prize winner Flanders [+see also:
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film profile], sold to Belgium, Switzerland, Russia, Brazil and Thailand by Films Distribution; and Richard Linklater’s Fast Food Nation, sold by Hanway Films to the UK/Eire (Tartan), Germany (Senator), France (La Fabrique de Films), Benelux (A Films) and Scandinavia (Scanbox).

In Un Certain Regard, hot titles included Hungarian film Taxidermia [+see also:
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film profile] by György Pálfimade, sold to Portugal (Lusomundo), the former Yugoslavia (Discovery), Israel (United King), Mexico (Tarantula) and Thailand (Sahamongkolfilm); French film The Page Turner, sold by Films Distribution to the UK (Artificial Eye), Italy (Mikado), the US (Tartan Films), and Japan (Cathay Group); and the collective opening film Paris, Je t’aime, sold to 16 territories by Celsius Entertainment, including Benelux (A Films), Portugal (Lusomundo), Scandinavia (Sandrew), Greece (Odeon), Iceland (Sena), Switzerland (Ascot Elite) or CIS (Central Partnership).

From the Directors’ Fortnight, the opening film, Princess [+see also:
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interview: Kim Rossi Stuart
film profile] by Italy’s Kim Rossi Stuart was sold by Adriana Chiesa Enterprises to a sling of territories, including MK2 in France.

Finally, successful Critics’ Week titles included Norwegian film The Bothersome Man [+see also:
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interview: Jens Lien
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film profile] by Jens Lien, sold by Bavaria to a handful of territories, including Belgium (Imagine), Switzerland (Look Now), Hungary (Budapest Film) and Rumania (Transylvania); and Ping Pong [+see also:
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interview: Matthias Luthardt
interview: Sebastian Urzendowsky
film profile] by German newcomer Matthias Luthardt, sold by Media Luna to 16 territories, including Spain, France, Belgium, Switzerland, and Greece.