29/01/2015 - Featuring on the company’s slate are The Summer of Sangaile in the Panorama, An Italian Name as a market premiere and several upcoming titles including Agnus Dei and Mia madre

The phenomenon of European expansion has really done wonders for French international sales agent Films Distribution this year: much to its satisfaction, it has seen its German subsidiary Films Boutique rack up three hopefuls for the Golden Bear at the 65th Berlinale (5-15 February 2015) on its (independently managed) line-up, with features by Peter Greenaway (Eisenstein in Guanajuato [+see also:
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But that will not stop Nicolas Brigaud-Robert and François Yon’s team from working on its own behalf at the European Film Market, particularly with The Summer of Sangaile [+see also:
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film profile] by Alanté Kavaïté, which has been selected in the Panorama section of the German festival. A co-production between France, Lithuania and the Netherlands, the feature has just had its world premiere in the World Cinema Dramatic section at Sundance (read the review and the interview). 

Films Distribution has also announced the addition of the comedy An Italian Name [+see also:
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film profile]. Starring Alessandro Gassman, Valeria Golino, Luigi Lo Cascio, Rocco Papaleo and Micaela Ramazzotti, the feature released by Lucky Red last week in Italian theatres will be screened as a market premiere at Berlin.

Pre-sales will also get under way for Agnus Dei [+see also:
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film profile] by Anne Fontaine (read the article from 7 January), currently being shot in Poland with a cast including Lou de Laâge, Vincent Macaigne, Agata Buzek and Agata Kulezsza. And nor is the line-up lacking in upcoming titles in post-production, such as Mia Madre [+see also:
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interview: Nanni Moretti
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interview: Arthur Harari
film profile] by Arthur Harari (read the article), Des Apaches [+see also:
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film profile] by Nassim Amaouche (read the article), Looking for Her [+see also:
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film profile] by Ounie Lecomte (read the article), Bang Gang [+see also:
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interview: Eva Husson
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film profile] by Assad Fouladkar, Last Cab to Darwin by Jeremy Sims, My Internship in Canada by Philippe Falardeau and Son of Saul [+see also:
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Q&A: László Nemes
interview: László Rajk
film profile] by Laszlo Nemes (article).

At the Berlin-based market, Films Distribution will also be screening the investigative thriller The Clearstream Affair by Vincent Garenq (read the article – released in France on 11 February), Qu'Allah bénisse la France [+see also:
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film profile] by Ab Al Malik (winner of the Fipresci Prize at Toronto and nominated for the César Awards for Best Debut Film and Most Promising Actor in 2015), Young Tiger [+see also:
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film profile] by Cyprien Vial (a feature debut that has had a very warm welcome from the French press – read the article), the enthralling The Man from Oran [+see also:
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film profile] by Lyes Salem (read the news) and Chubby [+see also:
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(Translated from French)