The 27th Unifrance Rendez-Vous in Paris took place from January 14 to 21, 2025. Once again, a large number of French and foreign film and audiovisual professionals, as well as many artists and journalists, took part in the event, all working to promote the international export of our works.
Highlights
- The 5th Export Day, at the CNC, with a dozen speakers and the presence of Jérémie Kessler (Director of European and International Affairs at the CNC), and Laurent Saint-Martin, Minister Delegate for Foreign Trade and French living abroad.
- The world premiere of The Musicians, to open the Market, in the presence of a large part of the artistic and technical team (director Grégory Magne, actors and actresseses Valérie Donzelli, Frédéric Pierrot, Daniel Garlitzky, Marie Vialle, François Ettori, and Valentin Pradier, composer Grégoire Hetzel, producers Frédéric Jouve and Pierre-Louis Garnon, sales agents Agathe Mauruc and Marine Dorville), and foreign buyers accredited to the Rendez-Vous.
The premiere was followed by a cocktail reception to celebrate the opening of the Rendez-Vous 2025.
- A French Cinema Award presented to Rebecca Zlotowski in recognition of her exceptional contribution to promoting French cinema worldwide, under the aegis of the French Minister of Culture, and in the presence of the International Jury and MyFrenchFilmFestival film teams, and the entire 10 to Watch 2025.
- The presentation of the first Distribution Prize to the South Korean distribution company Green Narae for their release strategy and campaign for The Taste of Things.
- The presentation of the 10 to Watch d'Unifrance 2025
- The launch of the 15th MyFrenchfilmFestival
- Participation in the Lumières Awards ceremony, followed by a cocktail reception at Paris City Hall co-organized by Unifrance, attended by a large number of foreign journalists present in Paris at the invitation of Unifrance and many of the Lumières 2025 prizewinners.
A few figures
Eight days of markets, screenings, and meetings between international professionals, artists, and journalists around French film and audiovisual productions.
Film and audiovisual market
- 453 film buyers
- 100 audiovisual buyers
- 45 film sales companies
- 50 audiovisual distribution companies
- 9 short film companies
- 85 film screenings (including 41 market premieres) and 8 presentations of new audiovisual content at the Paris Screenings
- 40 countries represented in terms of film and 30 in terms of audiovisual works
International press junket
- 129 French film and audiovisual artists present
- 119 foreign journalists from 30 countries
- 92 films and 13 audiovisual programs promoted
- 856 interviews conducted for a total of 609 international releases in 2025
- 10 young French talents to follow as part of the 2025 edition of the 10 to Watch,
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