Berlin-based international sales agent Films Boutique is all set for the 71^st Berlinale and the upcoming European Film Market (EFM, 1-5 March), clutching two titles that will be taking aim at the Golden Bear, one documentary in Berlinale Special, and four Market Screenings.

Starting off with the Berlinale Competition, German filmmaker Maria Speth returns seven years after her latest film, Daughters [+lire aussi :
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fiche film]. Co-penned by the director and Reinhold Vorschneider, the film portrays the bond between an elementary school teacher and his students. His unconventional methods clash with the complex social and cultural realities of the provincial German industrial town they live in. The documentary was produced by Speth for Madonnen Film.

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The other contender for the Golden Bear is Hungarian writer-director Bence Fliegauf, winner of the Grand Jury Prize at Berlin in 2012 with Just the Wind [+lire aussi :
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fiche film]. Written by Fliegauf, it follows in the footsteps of his debut feature, Forest, with a story that takes place “within the feverish labyrinth of everyday life and relationships, featuring characters who are trying to get to the bottom of what is arguably the biggest secret of their lives: the other”. Produced by Erno Mesterházy, Bence Fliegauf and Mónika Mécs for Fraktál Film and M&M Film, the movie was made in co-production with Ági Pataki and Gábor Kovacs for FilmPartners.

Who We Were [+lire aussi :
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As for the Market Screenings, Films Boutique is showcasing the Sundance-premiered biographical documentary The Most Beautiful Boy in the World [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] by Swedish documentarians Kristina Lindström and Kristian Petri; the dramedy The Death of Cinema and My Father Too [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] by first-time Israeli director Dani Rosenberg, which was granted the Cannes 2020 label; another Cannes pick, the road movie Striding into the Wind by debuting Chinese filmmaker Shujun Wei; and the Chilean drama La Veronica by Leonardo Medel, which won the Rebel with a Cause Award at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival.