04/07/2014 - Among other titles, Patchwork Family by Pascal Rabaté and four minority co-productions are duking it out for the Crystal Globe

The get-up-and-go spirit and global influence of French film production are in the spotlight once again, with an impressive selection of 30 feature films produced or co-produced by French companies being showcased at the 49th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (4-12 July 2014).

The Official Competition will feature, among others, the world premiere of Patchwork Family [+see also:
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interview: Denis Delcampe
interview: Pascal Rabaté
film profile]. Starring Sami Bouajila and Isabelle Carré, the filmmaker’s new opus was produced by Loin derrière L'Oural together with German outfit Belle Epoque. Sold internationally by Films Boutique, the title will be released in French theatres by Ad Vitam on 9 July.

Four minority French co-productions are also in the running for the Crystal Globe, including three that were funded by the Paris-based firm Arizona Productions (read the article) and are sold internationally by Pascale Ramonda: Adventure by Kazakh director Nariman Turebayev, Corn Island [+see also:
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interview: George Ovashvili
film profile] by George Ovashvili and Paris of the North [+see also:
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film profile] by Icelandic filmmaker Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurdsson. Also battling it out is Free Fall [+see also:
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In the Horizons section, there will be screenings of the Cannes titles P'tit Quinquin [+see also:
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interview: Pascale Ferran
film profile] by Pascale Ferran and Timbuktu [+see also:
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film profile] by Abderrahmane Sissako (read the review), the Berlinale award-winning Life of Riley [+see also:
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film profile] by Alain Resnais, and among the minority co-productions, The Misunderstood [+see also:
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film profile] by Italian director Asia Argento, Human Capital [+see also:
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interview: Paolo Virzì
film profile] by her fellow countryman Paolo Virzi, The Two Faces of January [+see also:
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making of
interview: Viggo Mortensen
film profile] by Brit Hossein Amini, Still the Water [+see also:
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film profile] by Japan’s Naomi Kawase, History of Fear [+see also:
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film profile] by Argentinian filmmaker Benjamin Naishtat, Tom at the Farm [+see also:
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film profile] by Canadian director Xavier Dolan and Stray Dogs [+see also:
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film profile] by Taiwan’s Tsai Ming Liang.

Standing out in the Another View programme are Guillaume Nicloux’s The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq [+see also:
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making of
interview: Fabrice Du Welz
film profile] by Belgian filmmaker Fabrice du Welz, Xenia [+see also:
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interview: Panos H. Koutras
film profile] by Greece’s Panos Koutras, Cannibal [+see also:
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interview: Manuel Martín Cuenca
film profile] by Spaniard Manuel Martín Cuenca, Jauja [+see also:
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film profile] by Argentinian director Lisandro Alonso and Singing Women by Turkish filmmaker Reha Erdem.

Also of note are Insecure [+see also:
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interview: Marianne Tardieu
film profile] by Marianne Tardieu in the Variety Critics' Choice: Europe Now! selection, We've Got Time [+see also:
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film profile] by Iran’s Abdolreza Kahani in competition in the Forum of Independents, Cadences obstinées [+see also:
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film profile] by Fanny Ardant as a Special Event, and on the minority side, The Way Out [+see also:
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interview: Petr Václav
film profile] by Petr Václav in the section reserved for recent Czech films, Journey to the West [+see also:
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film profile] by Tsai Ming Liang in the Imagina programme and A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness [+see also:
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film profile] as part of the homage to Ben Rivers.

(Translated from French)