With the latest film by François Ozon in the Official Competition, films by Agnès Varda and André Téchiné presented out-of-competition, and Juliette Binoche president of the jury (and also starring in a film programmed for a special screening), French cinema will have a strong presence at the 2019 Berlin International Film Festival, to take place from February 7 through 17. UniFrance will be present to take part in the Film Market.
Film Market
This year, UniFrance will provide services at our market stand for the following 15 sales companies who are presenting French films at the European Film Market (EFM), one of Europe's biggest and most important film markets, organized in parallel to the Berlin International Film Festival:
Alfama Films • Artedis • Coproduction Office • France tv distribution • Futurikon • jour2fête • Le Pacte • Les Films du Losange • Loco Films • MPM Premium • Other Angle Pictures • Pyramide International • SBS International • The Bureau Sales • WTFilms
Our traditional cocktail reception celebrating the opening of the film market will be held on February 8, bringing together international distributors, French sales companies and producers, and a host of movie industry professionals from around the world.
Short Films
French VR Screening
On February 10 at 2 p.m. at the Berlin Marriott Hotel, UniFrance will hold a screening of VR films presented at the EFM as part of the program of the "VR Now Summit."
This year's productions are represented by Diversion cinema and Wide:
- 11.11.18 VR EXPERIENCE (exclusive presentation)
- Elegy (selected at Venice VR 2018)
- The Real Thing (selected at Melbourne, Busan, and Montreal)
- Wild Immersion: Africa (presented at Cannes)
Frühstück Chic
In association with Film France, the Institut Français, and the Franco-German Film Academy, UniFrance will host a "Frühstück Chic" event on Monday, February 11, at 9:30 a.m., at the French Embassy in Berlin. This meeting will shine a spotlight on French productions presented at the Berlin Film Festival and, for the first time, will include a presentation of French immersive works. For this presentation, the production company La Vingt-Cinquième Heure will introduce the 360° documentary Being an Astronaut, which was first revealed to audiences at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.
Film Festival
To support the French films screened in the many festival sections, this year's artistic delegation will include the following actors and directors: François Ozon, Melvil Poupaud, Denis Ménochet, Swann Arlaud, Agnès Varda, André Téchiné, Catherine Deneuve, Kacey Mottet Klein, Oulaya Amamra, Safy Nebbou, Juliette Binoche, and Nicole Garcia, as well as Guillaume Nicloux, who will present his TV series Il était une seconde fois, accompanied by Gaspard Ulliel.
All the French productions and coproductions presented at the 69th Berlinale
Official Selection: Competition
- By the Grace of God by François Ozon
- The Kindness of Strangers by Lone Scherfig (minority coproduction)
- Synonyms by Nadav Lapid
- God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunija by Teona Strugar Mitevska (minority coproduction)
- The Golden Glove by Fatih Akin (minority coproduction)
Out of Competition
- Varda by Agnès by Agnès Varda
- Farewell to the Night by André Téchiné
- The Operative by Yuval Adler (minority coproduction)
Short Films: International Competition
- Mr. Mare by Luca Tóth
- Omarska by Varun Sasindran
- Catching Fire by Mickaël Soyez
Berlinale Special
Panorama
- Talking about Trees by Suhaib Gasmelbari
- La Arracanda by Aldemar Matias
- System K by Renaud Barret
- Selfie by Agostino Ferrente
- Staff Only by Neus Ballús (minority coproduction)
- Flesh Out by Michela Occhipinti (minority coproduction)
- Jessica Forever by Jonathan Vinel, Caroline Poggi
- Monos by Alejandro Landes (minority coproduction)
- Tremors by Jayro Bustamante (minority coproduction)
Forum
- Delphine and Carole by Callisto Mc Nulty
- Our Defeats by Jean-Gabriel Périot
- Just Don't Think I'll Scream by Frank Beauvais
- Labour Power Plant by Robert Schlicht, Romana Schmalisch
- Sois belle et tais-toi by Delphine Seyrig
- So Pretty by Jessie Jeffrey Dunn Rovinelli (minority coproduction)
- Belonging by Burak Çevik (minority coproduction)
Generation
Panorama 40
- Savage Nights by Cyril Collard
- Self-Portrait in 23 Rounds: A Chapter in David Wojnarowicz’s life 1989-1991 by Marion Scemama
- Lady Chatterley by Pascale Ferran
Short Films: Generation Competition
- Tigre by Delphine Deloget
- City Plaza Hotel by Anna Paula Hönig, Violeta Paus
- The Last Day of Autumn by Marjolaine Perreten
- About Love by Maéva Berol
