05/02/2004

French productions are out in force at the 54th edition of the Berlin Film Festival, which starts tonight and continues until February 15, 2004. A total of 21 French feature film productions or co-productions have been selected to be shown in the various sections of the festival. This German showcase is an excellent opportunity for French cinema to show its diversity and create a buzz on the international sales front. In addition, around 20 French exporters are heading for the European Film Market, which is being held alongside the German Film Festival.

French cinema has representatives on the juries, in the form of Valeria Bruni Tedeschi (official competition) and Catherine Breillat (for the Forum section), and there are 6 French films competing in the various sections: the three productions made by Patrice Leconte, Cédric Kahn and Eric Rohmer and three co-productions, including the new films by Theo Angelopoulos and Stéphane Vuillet. But there are also appearances by already well-known directors, or up-coming talents, featuring names like Jacques-Remy Girerd, Chantal Akerman, Adbel Kechiche, Sébastien Lifshitz, Danièle Dubroux, Raphael Nadjari, Yolande Zauberman and Dominique Cabrera. Here is the list of all the French productions or co-productions being shown in Berlin:

In Competition
Too Much Information by Patrice Leconte
Production: Les Films Alain Sarde
International Sales: StudioCanal

Red Lights by Cédric Kahn
Production: Alicéléo
International Sales: Celluloid Dreams

Triple Agent by Eric Rohmer
Production: Rezo Productions
International Sales: Wild Bunch - Exception

Co-productions:
El Abrazo partido by Daniel Burman
Weeping Meadow: Trilogy Part One by Theo Angelopoulos
25 degrés en hiver [+see also:
trailer
film profile] by Stéphane Vuillet

Panorama
Tomorrow We Move by Chantal Akerman
Minority French share (Belgium, France)
Production and International Sales: Gémini Films (FR)

L'esquive [+see also:
trailer
film profile] by Adbel Kechiche
Production: Lola Films, Noé Productions
International sales: Films Distribution

I’m Your Man by Danièle Dubroux
Production: Maïa Films
International Sales: FPI - Flach Pyramide International

Wild Side by Sébastien Lifshitz
French majority share in co-production (France, Belgium, Britain)
Production: Maïa Films
International Sales: Films Distribution

Zohre & Manouchehr by Mitra Farahani
Production: Les Films du Requin

Co-productions:
Avanim by Raphael Nadjari
O Outro lado da rua by Marcos Bernstein
Pour l'amour du peuple by Audrey Maurion and Eyal Sivan
The Stratosphere Girl by Matthias X. Oberg

Children’s Film Festival
Raining Cats and Dogs by Jacques-Remy Girerd
Production: Folimage
International Sales: StudioCanal

I, Cesar by Richard Berry
Production and International Sales: EuropaCorp

Forum Agadez Nomade FM by Christian Lelong & Pierre Mortimore
Production: Cinedoc films

Anatomy of Hell [+see also:
trailer
film profile] di Catherine Breillat
Production : Flach Film
International Sales: FPI - Flach Pyramide International

Folle embellie by Dominique Cabrera
Production: Les Films de la Croisade

Paradise Now by Yolande Zauberman
Production : Les Films Sauvages

(Translated from French)