24/01/2019 - Alejandro Landes' film will be unveiled at Park City, before participating in the Berlinale's Panorama section, where Renaud Barret's documentary is also due to make its world premiere

The international sales division of the French company Le Pacte, run by Jean Labadie, will be in attendance at Sundance Film Festival (24 January to 3 February) and the European Film Market at the 69^th Berlin Film Festival (7 to 17 February) with Alejandro Landes' Monos [+see also:
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Noticed at Cannes Directors' Fortnight in 2011 with his first feature, Porfirio [+see also:
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Le Pacte will also be in attendance at the Berlinale with a second film entitled System K [+see also:
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At the European Film Market, Camille Neel's Le Pacte sales team will also be showcasing the documentary Phil Tippet: Mad Dreams and Monsters by the French duo Gilles Penso and Alexandre Poncet, a portrait of the multifaceted American artist who has previously won Oscars for his work on visual effects in Star Wars: The Return of the Jedi and Jurassic Park, and the creator of unforgettable creatures such as Jabba the Hutt, having also worked for Paul Verhoeven and Joe Dante, among others. The film was produced by Frenetic Arts.

At the Berlin market, Le Pacte will also be screening the documentary Santiago, Italia [+see also:
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interview: Joachim Lafosse
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(Translated from French)