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Unifrance Rendez-Vous Showcase to Host Record Number of Market Premieres in Paris, Including Opening Night Film ‘Auction’
A record 54 market premieres will be hosted at the Rendez-Vous showcase held by the French film promotion org Unifrance in Paris starting on Jan. 16.
The timing of the Rendez-Vous has always been favorable to sales agents because it’s held in the run-up to the European Film Market and allows them to shine a spotlight on select titles and spark discussions with buyers. Among the anticipated highlights of this 26th edition are Anne Fontaine’s “Bolero,” a film set in the roaring 1920’s, about the birth of the renowned orchestral work from Maurice Ravel; Arnaud des Pallières’ 19th-century set “Party of Fools,” Noé Debré’s “A Good Jewish Boy,” Edouard Bergeon’s eco-themed “The Green Deal,” Caroline Vignal’s “It’s Raining Men,” the helmer’s follow up to “My Donkey, My Lover and I;” Isabelle Brocard’s period film “Madame de Sevigné;” and Franck Charlot and Alexandre Magnier’s “Le Larbin” starring “Welcome to Ch’tis” actor Kad Merad; and Fred Cavayé’s “Les chèvres” starring Dany Boon. Besides the screenings, the Rendez-Vous will also organize the second edition of the Export Day, a conference dedicated to international sales business for French movies, as well as junkets with directors, actors and showrunners on Jan 20-23 at the Hôtel du Collectionneur.
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