Philippe Garrel, Rithy Panh, and the duo Gustave Kervern & Benoît Delépine will represent France in the Competition section at the 70th Berlinale, which will take place from February 20 through March 1. UniFrance will be present at the European Film Market.
Apart from the Competition, the 70th edition will showcase the world premiere of Anne Fontaine's latest film (Night Shift), selected for the Berlinale Special strand, and those of Guillaume Brac (All Hands on Deck), Sébastien Lifshitz (Little Girl), and Patric Chiha (If It Were Love) in Panorama. Génération Kplus will present Cuties by Maïmouna Doucouré.
Market
This year, UniFrance will host under its umbrella 12 French film exporters among those present at the European Film Market (EFM), one of the most important film markets in Europe, which runs alongside the Berlinale:
Alfama Films • Artédis • Coproduction Office • France tv distribution • Le Pacte • Les Films du Losange • Loco Films • MPM Premium • Other Angle Pictures • Pyramide International • The Bureau Sales • WTFilms
The traditional EFM gala which opens the market will take place on February 21, bringing together international distributors, French exporters and producers, as well as many film professionals from around the world.
Festival
To accompany the French films presented across all the strands, the artistic delegation will be composed of the following artists (partial list): Benoît Delépine, Gustave Kervern, Corinne Masiero, Blanche Gardin, Philippe Garrel, Oulaya Amamra, Rithy Panh, Anne Fontaine, Omar Sy, Virginie Efira, Sébastien Lifshitz, Guillaume Brac, Patric Chiha, Zoé Wittock, Noémie Merlant...
All the French films (or French coproductions) at the 70th Berlinale
Official Competition
- The Salt of Tears by Philippe Garrel
- Delete History by Gustave Kervern, Benoît Delépine
- Irradiated by Rithy Panh
- Undine by Christian Petzold (minority)
- All the Dead Ones by Caetano Gotardo, Marco Dutra (minority)
Panorama
- All Hands on Deck by Guillaume Brac
- If It Were Love by Patric Chiha
- Days of Cannibalism by Teboho Edkins
- Little Girl by Sébastien Lifshitz
- Sow The Wind by Danilo Caputo
- Nardjes A. by Karim Aïnouz (minority)
- Pari by Siamak Etemadi (minority)
- Father by Srdan Golubovic (minority)
- Shine Your Eyes by Matias Mariani (minority)
- Digger by Georgis Grigorakis (minority)
Forum
- Grève ou crève by Jonathan Rescigno
- Traverser by Joël Akafou (French coproduction share have not been disclosed)
- Gli appunti di Anna Azzori / Uno specchio che viaggia nel tempo by Constanze Ruhm (French coproduction share have not been disclosed)
- Ouvertures by Louis Henderson, Olivier Marboeuf (French coproduction share have not been disclosed)
Berlinale Special
- Night Shift by Anne Fontaine
- Golda Maria by Patrick Sobelman, Hugo Sobelman
- Paris Calligrammes by Ulrike Ottinger (minority)
- Pinocchio by Matteo Garrone (minority)
Génération Kplus
Generation 14Plus
- Our Lady of the Nile by Atiq Rahimi
- Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness by Massoud Bakhshi
- Jumbo by Zoé Wittock
- Pompei by Anna Falguères, John Shank (minority)
Encounters
Short Film - International Competition
- It Wasn’t the Right Mountain, Mohammad by Mili Pecherer
- Genius Loci by Adrien Merigeau
- At the Entrance of the Night by Anton Bialas
Forum Expanded
- Apiyemiyekî? by Ana Vaz (short film)
