05/05/2014 - Having been selected in Un Certain Regard, the films by Ruben Ostlund and Jessica Hausner stand out in the line-up of the Paris-based sales agent

True to its strategy of targeting first-rate European arthouse cinema, the French international sales agent Coproduction Office will have two very attractive cards up its sleeve at the Marché du Film of the 67th Cannes Festival (14-25 May 2014), with Force Majeure (Turist) [+see also:
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interview: Ruben Östlund
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These two productions reflect the Paris-based organisation’s commitment to working for the long haul, as well as its loyalty to filmmakers. Headed by Philippe Bober, the firm has already sold Ostlund’s two previous films (Happy Sweden [+see also:
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interview: Erik Hemmendorff
interview: Ruben Östlund
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interview: Ruben Ostlund
film profile], which were unveiled on the Croisette, the former in Un Certain Regard in 2008 and the latter at the Directors’ Fortnight in 2011) and the three previous features by Hausner (Lovely Rita [+see also:
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interview: Jessica Hausner
film profile], which saw Sylvie Testud win Best Actress at Venice in 2009).

At the Cannes Marché du Film, the Coproduction Office sales team guided by Olimpia Pont Schafer will also be pursuing pre-sales for two upcoming titles currently in post-production, which are sure to be discovered at some of the imminent major international festivals: A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence [+see also:
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Lastly, also of note in the line-up is La paura by Roberto Rossellini (with a restored copy courtesy of the Cineteca di Bologna with L’Immagine Ritrovata, in cooperation with the Istituto Luce Cinecittà, CSC-Cineteca Nazionale and Coproduction Office), which will be presented within the Cannes Classics programme. 

(Translated from French)