03/11/2014 - The company is on its way to the AFM with a line-up of 14 titles, including Close Protection, What We Become, Suburra and The White Knights

The White Knights, Joachim Lafosse's film in post-production

Paris-based outfit Indie Sales is continuing its rise to power. Founded by Nicolas Eschbach and Eric Névé in May 2013 at Cannes, the organisation will arrive at the American Film Market on Wednesday with an impressive line-up of 14 titles, including three films that are currently being shot: Close Protection (Maryland [+see also:
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The schedule of market screenings in Santa Monica includes the animated film Moomins on the Riviera [+see also:
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The array of post-production titles on Indie Sales’ line-up also look extremely promising: they include the Danish horror movie What We Become (Sorgenfri) by Bo Mikkelsen (read the article); The White Knights by Belgian director Joachim Lafosse (read the article – starring Vincent Lindon, Louise Bourgoin, Valérie Donzelli and Reda Kateb), who has got Cannes 2015 in his sights; and the crime film The Night Watchman [+see also:
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The line-up also includes the Swiss-French animated movie My Life as a Zucchini [+see also:
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(Translated from French)