Best Friend Forever are limbering up to take part in the European Film Market, which is unspooling online from 10 to 17 February, as part of the 72nd Berlinale. The international sales agent based in Brussels has added another prestigious author to its catalogue, in the form of Bertrand Bonello and his latest work Coma [+leggi anche:
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Best Friend Forever will also be throwing its weight behind another new title, The Island [+leggi anche:
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Best Friend Forever will also be flaunting an attractive French line-up, including A Change of Heart [+leggi anche:
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Likewise jostling within the line-up, we find French documentary A French Revolution [+leggi anche:
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Last but not least, Best Friend Forever are also set to manage sales of Caroline Monnet’s Quebecker film Bootlegger, which has just enjoyed its international premiere at the Göteborg Film Festival.