At the European Film Market of the 67^th Berlin Film Festival, the home stretch is in sight for the myriad French international sales agents in action there, which have spent the last week making a raft of announcements. Standing out among the most sought-after titles for buyers are the competition entry A Fantastic Woman [+leggi anche:
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Lucrative deals have also been struck with several titles in post-production, such as Racer and the Jailbird [+leggi anche:
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Pyramide Films International finally chose Kino Lorber for the US distribution of The Wound [+leggi anche:
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As for documentaries, Wide House has topped up the very impressive sales figures for its Oscar-nominated I Am Not Your Negro [+leggi anche:
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Moving onto the announcements, Europacorp created quite the buzz with Léa Seydoux, who has joined Matthias Schoenaerts and Colin Firth in the cast of Kursk by Danish director Thomas Vinterberg, the shoot for which will kick off on 18 April (a film being produced and sold by the studio owned by Luc Besson, who is gearing up to unleash his blockbuster Valerian [+leggi anche:
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We should also point out that French distributor Ad Vitam has revealed that it will executive-produce The Summer House [+leggi anche:
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Sales agent Alpha Violet has added the project Fugue [+leggi anche:
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TF1 Studio, which is selling the project Rudolph Nureyev by Rodolphe Marconi, the shoot for which will kick off in late June, has announced that Marine Vacth has joined fellow cast members ballet dancer Vasily Tkachenko and Spaniard Alex Brendemuhl. And the Berlinale’s European Film Market has also seen the return of the public France TV Distribution group to the international sales sector, as it is pre-selling The Red Collar [+leggi anche:
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