The European Film Market of the 70^th Berlinale (20 February - 1 March) looks promising for French international sales company Charades, who will be attending with a very diverse slate of 20 titles, 5 of which five are very attractive new films.

On the festival side of things, the team of Yohann Comte, Carole Baraton, Pierre Mazars and Constantin Briest is betting on Bassam Tariq’s Mogul Mowgli [+lee también:
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Five new titles in post-production will be pre-sold based on promo reels. Standing out among them is Petrov’s Flu [+lee también:
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Also in the line-up is The Macaluso Sisters [+lee también:
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Charades will also begin pre-sales on Skies of Lebanon [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] from French director Chloé Mazlo, produced by Moby Dick Films and starring Italian actress Alba Rohrwacher and Lebanese-Quebecois actor Wajdi Mouawad.

Another new addition to the line-up: the political thriller The Translator [+lee también:
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The 5^th new title in post-production joining the Charades line-up is the stop motion animated film Even Mice Belong In Heaven [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] from Czech duo Denisa Grimmová - Jan Bubenícek. Produced by Czech company Fresh Films together with Les Films du Cygne (France), Animoon (Poland) and CinemArt (Slovakia), the film tells the story of a little mouse and a fox. They are naturally mortal enemies but, one day, after an unfortunate accident, both meet in animal heaven. Together, they will embark on a fantastic journey where they will discover that friendship can overcome everything.

Two other new films in post-production announced last month at the 22^nd Rendez-Vous with French Cinema in Paris will be pre-sold in Berlin based on promo reels: Antoine Barraud’s Madeleine Collins [+lee también:
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ficha de la película]. Standing out in post-production as well are The Rose Maker [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Vincent Paronnaud (starring Arieh Worthalter and Lucie Debay), American historical drama The World To Come by Mona Fastvold (starring Katherine Waterston, Vanessa Kirby, Casey Affleck and Christopher Abbott) and Canadian sci-fi comedy PG (Psycho Goreman) by Steven Kostanski (which will be revealed at SXSW in Austin).

At the EFM, Charades will also be working on pre-sales for the 3D animated film currently in production Bigfoot Family [+lee también:
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Finally, standing out among market screenings is the world premiere of Bruno Merle’s Felicità [+lee también:
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