Unifrance is proud to announce the world premiere screening of Pascal Bonitzer's new feature Auction for the opening of the 26th Unifrance Rendez-Vous in Paris, which will take place from January 16 through 23, 2024. The film is produced by SBS Productions and sold by Pyramide International.
The 26th Unifrance Rendez-Vous in Paris, the world's largest market and press junket dedicated to French cinema and audiovisual, will take place in Paris from January 16 through 23, 2024.
Unifrance is honored to present the world premiere of Pascal Bonitzer's new film, Auction, at the UGC Ciné Cité Bercy on the evening of January 16, for international distributors and buyers accredited to the Rendez-Vous, in the presence of the film's cast and crew (to be confirmed).
A prolific screenwriter since the mid-1970s, Pascal Bonitzer has lent his signature to numerous films that have left their mark on French auteur cinema. He has worked with André Téchiné, Jacques Rivette, Chantal Akerman, Benoit Jacquot, Raoul Ruiz, and Raoul Peck, and more recently with Anne Fontaine and Pascal Thomas. He turned to directing in the early 1990s, making comedies and thrillers of great psychological refinement: More (1994, nominated for a César for Best Debut Feature, and the Prix Jean-Vigo), Rien sur Robert (1999), Small Cuts (2003), Made in Paris (2006), The Great Alibi (2008), Looking for Hortense (2012), Right Here Right Now (2016), and The Spellbound (2019).
Auction is his ninth film, and the first time he has worked with Alex Lutz and Léa Drucker.
The 26th Unifrance Rendez-Vous in Paris program
- The Unifrance Rendez-Vous in Paris will be officially launched on January 16 with the 4th Export Day, bringing together in the morning at the CNC, distributors, broadcasters, producers, exporters, artists, and institutions from France and Europe. These personalities will come together to analyze and compare their points of view on the challenges facing French film and audiovisual exports in the years ahead.
- In the late morning of January 16, film market screenings will start and run until the morning of January 19 at Le Balzac, Le Lincoln, Le Club de l'Étoile and Cinémas Publicis, all located in the Champs-Elysées district..
- French TV Screenings ((exclusive presentations of previously unseen French programs to audiovisual buyers) will kick off on the afternoon of the 16th at the Club de l'Étoile, and continue until the late morning of January 17.
- In the evening of January 16, the Rendez-vous' opening film, Auction by Pascal Bonitzer, will screen at the UGC Ciné Cité Bercy cinema, followed by a cocktail reception bringing together exporters and buyers (cinema and audiovisual), producers and institutional representatives.
- The cinema and audiovisual markets will take place from January 17 through 19 inclusive, at the Hôtel du Collectionneur for the cinema market, and at the Salons Hoche for the audiovisual market.
- On Thursday January 18, at the French Ministry of Culture, a French Cinema Award will be presented by Unifrance to an artist who has worked to promote French cinema internationally.
- The press junket, dedicated to French films and audiovisual programs scheduled for release or broadcast abroad in 2024, will take place from January 20 through 23 at the Hôtel du Collectionneur, with a host of French artists (directors, actors, showrunners, etc.) on hand to meet international journalists.
- Taking advantage of the presence of many international journalists at the Rendez-vous, Unifrance will also be taking part in the Lumiere Awards ceremony on 22 January.
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