A well-timed event – given that it’s due to take place just a few weeks before the European Film Market at Berlinale – the Rendez-vous with French Cinema in Paris, organised by UniFrance, makes use of a formula that has proved to be very successful thus far. Its 21^nd edition, which is due to take place from 17 to 21 January, will certainly be no exception, with the market gearing up to welcome more than 500 buyers this year (with a few platforms joining more traditional distributors), as well as 45 French international sales companies, whose line-ups consist of at least 160 French films (including co-productions), 46 of which will be showcased as market premieres. And that’s not forgetting the XXL junket, which will encourage conversation between 100 French artists (filmmakers and actors) and 120 journalists from 32 different countries. 

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In addition to Memento Films International (read the article here) and SND (news - a line-up that includes the comedy film Play [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Bertrand Blier, Battle of the Classes [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Michel Leclerc, City Hunter [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Philippe Lacheau, For The Ones We Loved… [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Pascal Thomas and Alone at Sea [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Éric Bellion, as well as the opening film, Serial Bad Weddings 2 [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Philippe de Chauveron (whose opening run did very well at the French box office in 2014, with 12.3 million admissions and 9.8 million international viewers).

Playtime will be in attendance with three market premieres: Who You Think I Am [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Juliette Binoche
scheda film] by Safy Nebbou (an invitation-only screening, presented at a gala dinner in Berlin), Escape from Raqqa [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Emmanuel Hamon and Who Killed Lady Winsley? [+leggi anche:
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Le Pacte will be premiering Father and Sons [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Félix Moati which has generated a bit of a buzz, My Polish Honeymoon [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Elise Otzenberger and the documentary Santiago, Italia [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Nanni Moretti (discovered at Turin Film Festival).

Charades will be showcasing the comedy Invisibles [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Liza Benguigui
scheda film] by Louis-Jean Petit, which attracted 300,000 admissions in just five days in French cinemas, The Shiny Shrimps [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Cédric Le Gallo and Maxime Govare and Conviction [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Antoine Raimbault.

WTFilms will be premiering Adopt a Daddy [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Xavier de Choudens, Meltem [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by the French-Greek filmmaker Basile Doganis and Looking for Leila by Naidra Ayadi.

The Bureau Sales will be in attendance with the excellent Our Wonderful Lives [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Fabienne Godet
scheda film] by Fabienne Godet, which will be making its international premiere at Rotterdam.

Loco Films’s ambitious line-up includes Paper Flags [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by the prodigy Nathan Ambrosioni (19 years old), after being discovered at La Roche-sur-Yon.

Also showcasing films in premiere are Elle Driver with Casanova, Last Love [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Benoît Jacquot, Bac Films with Snowlidays [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Joséphine de Meaux and Pyramide with A Clever Crook [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Lucas Bernard.

Gaumont will be unveiling The Mystery of Henri Pick [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Rémi Bezançon and the comedy No Filter [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Éric Lavaine.

Doc & Film International is pinning its hopes on the market premiere of Whatever Happened to My Revolution [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Judith Davis – winner of the jury Valois Award at Angoulême Film Festival – and will be initiating pre-sales for Home Front [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Lucas Belvaux
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StudioCanal will be in attendance with Love at First Sight [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Hugo Gélin (article) and Freak & Chic by Yann L’Hénoret.

UDI will also be showcasing the market premiere of Territory of Love [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Romain Cogitore.

TF1 Studio will be in attendance with three comedy premieres: Made in China [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Mélanie Auffret.

Wide is hoping for success with the genre film Versus [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Bertrand Guerry, while Wide House will be screening the documentary Still Standing [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Stéphane Haskell (by invitation only).

Pathé International will also be premiering a few comedies, with Sweetheart [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Lisa Azuelos and Dad Friend [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by François Desagnat.

Other Angle Pictures is also due to attend with three market premieres: All Inclusive [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Fabien Onteniente, Walter [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Varante Soudjian and In the Move for Love [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Romane Bohringer and Philippe Rebbot, winner of the Audience Award at Angoulême.

Jour2Fête will be presenting the documentary The Grand Hotel Ballet [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Jacques Deschamps, while MPM Premium will be in attendance with Le Choc du futur [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Marc Collin, Reel Suspects with Amare Amaro [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Julien Paolini and Futurikon with the market premiere of the animated film Minuscule - Mandibles From Far Away [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by the duo Thomas Szabo and Hélène Giraud (unveiled at Toronto Film Festival). Finally, the Belgium company Be For Films (a branch of Playtime) will be showcasing the market premiere of A Golden Youth [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Eva Ionesco, which comes out in French cinemas today and is due to be screened at Rotterdam Film Festival in the Voices section.

As can be expected, all French sellers will be attempting to strike deals, Wild Bunch included, with market premieres of Yao [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Philippe Godeau, Rebels [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Allan Mauduit (article) and Raoul Taburin [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Guillaume Nicloux, In the Name of the Land [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Roschdy Zem.

Also of note is mk2 Films’s attendance with a fantastic trio of films slated to be ready by the spring: Portrait of a Lady on Fire [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Céline Sciamma
scheda film] by the French director Céline Sciamma, Sibyl [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Justine Triet
scheda film] by Justine Triet and the French co-production The Whistlers [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Corneliu Porumboiu
scheda film] by the Romanian director Corneliu Porumboiu.

Finally, Indie Sales, Celluloid Dreams, Alpha Violet, Stray Dogs, Coproduction Office, Les Films du Losange, Versatile, SBS, Alfama and Totem Films will also be participating at the Parisian Rendez-Vous, a market that promises great business for French cinema and its quality, quantity and diversity.