Despite the fact that French international sales agent Playtime (formerly Films Distribution) seems quite content to leave the limelight at the 68th Berlin Film Festival (15-25 February) to its German subsidiary Films Boutique (which will be negotiating deals for two contenders for the 2018 Golden Bear, with Season of the Devil by Filipino director Lav Diaz and Pig by Mani Haghighi, as well as for the documentary Eldorado [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Switzerland’s Markus Imhoof out of competition and L'Animale [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Katharina Mückstein
scheda film] by Austria’s Katharina Mückstein in Panorama), Nicolas Brigaud-Robert, François Yon and Sébastian Beffa’s team will certainly not be lacking in some serious ammo at the European Film Market.

Standing out among the eight films in post-production on Playtime’s slate are two likely candidates for the next Cannes competition: Sunset [+leggi anche:
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intervista: László Nemes
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Q&A: László Nemes
intervista: László Rajk
scheda film] (Oscar for Best Foreign-language Film in 2016 and Grand Prix at Cannes in 2015), and Non Fiction [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Olivier Assayas
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Two other filmmakers who have also previously taken part once in the hunt for the Palme d’Or are also in post-production with their latest efforts: The Summer House [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
scheda film] by Valeria Bruni Tedeschi (see the article) and Angelo [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Markus Schleinzer
scheda film] by Austria’s Markus Schleinzer (who rose to prominence in competition at Cannes in 2011 with his controversial feature debut, Michael [+leggi anche:
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At the EFM, Playtime will also be banking on promo reels to pre-sell Treat Me Like Fire [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Marie Monge
scheda film] by Marie Monge (see the article – starring Tahar Rahim and Stacy Martin), Who Killed Lady Winsley? [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Hiner Saleem, and 15 Minutes of War [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Fred Grivois (with a cast including Olga Kurylenko and Alban Lenoir). The firm will also make use of a teaser to tout Gun City [+leggi anche:
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Lastly, the company will be organising market screenings of Black Tide by Erick Zonca (see the article) and Children Royals [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Anamaria Vartolomei
scheda film] by Marc Dugain.