International sales agent Beta Cinema has announced its slate for the upcoming Virtual Marché du Film (22-26 June). Seven of its films will have market screenings, and eight upcoming projects will be available to tempt attending industry professionals looking to strike some deals.

The company is bringing Dani Levy’s The Kangaroo Chronicles [+lire aussi :
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Two films will have private screenings. They are Corvidae, the debut feature by Joe Marcantonio, a psychological thriller that follows a pregnant young woman who finds herself surrounded by her dead boyfriend's peculiar family, from whom she can’t escape; and The Report [+lire aussi :
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As for the rest of the Virtual Marché du Film’s screenings, the German company is showcasing four films: Berlin Alexanderplatz [+lire aussi :
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interview : Stéphanie Chuat et Véroniq…
fiche film] by Stéphanie Chuat and Véronique Reymond, which both had their world premieres in the main competition of the 70^th Berlinale, along with Narcissus and Goldmund [+lire aussi :
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Lastly, Beta Cinema will be negotiating deals for eight upcoming features that are all in post-production, including the drama Nowhere Special by Uberto Pasolini (Still Life [+lire aussi :
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interview : Stefan Ruzowitzky
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