19/09/2013 - Quai d’Orsay and My Soul Healed by You will vie for the Concha de Oro at the Basque Festival which begins tomorrow

Great French presence at the 61^st San Sebastian Film Festival which begins tomorrow with notably in competition two titles by experienced directors: Quai d'Orsay [+see also:
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film profile] by Bertrand Tavernier (article - with Thierry Lhermitte, Raphaël Personnaz, Niels Arestrup and Anaïs Demoustier - production Little Bear - sales Pathé International – to be released in France on November 6) and My Soul Healed by You [+see also:
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In the race for the Concha de Oro, Cannibal [+see also:
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film profile] by Manuel Martin Cuenca also stands out, coproduced at a minority by France with Spain, Romania and Russia, and which went through the Atelier de la Cinéfondation at the Cannes Film Festival. Three other titles in competition are sold by French companies: Club Sandwich by Mexican director Fernando Eimbcke (Funny Balloons), the Spanish-Canadian coproduction Enemy [+see also:
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film profile] by Denis Villeneuve (with Mélanie Laurent in the cast - Pathé International), and For Those Who Can Tell No Tales [+see also:
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The official selection, which will close out of competition with The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet [+see also:
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film profile] by Jean-Pierre Jeunet (production Epithète Films - read the article - and Tapioca Films, sales Gaumont - read the news) also includes Witching & Bitching [+see also:
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interview: Alex de la Iglesia
film profile] by Spanish director Álex de la Iglesia (read the article – coproduced by French company La Ferme Productions). 

In the New Directors section, the Franco-Israeli production Dune [+see also:
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interview: Yossi Aviram
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film profile] by Delphine Lehericey (Liaison Cinématographique with Belgium, Switzerland and Luxembourg) and Les heures creuses by Aaron Fernández (Tita Productions with Mexico).

The Pearls programme features L'amour est un crime parfait by Arnaud and Jean-Marie Larrieu (news - sales Gaumont), 9 Months Stretch [+see also:
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film profile] by Albert Dupontel (read the article - production ADCB Films - sales Elle Driver) and two films selected in Cannes: the competitor Young and Beautiful [+see also:
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interview: François Ozon
film profile] by François Ozon (sales Wild Bunch) and the Certain Regard winner, the documentary The Missing Picture [+see also:
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film profile] by Rithy Panh (sales Films Distribution).

Finally the Zabaltegui section will unveil the animated film Minuscule [+see also:
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film profile] by duo Hélène Giraud - Thomas Szabo (production Futurikon) and the Palme d’Or from Cannes Blue is the Warmest Colour [+see also:
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interview: Abdellatif Kechiche
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(Translated from French)