Brussels-based sales and production services company Best Friend Forever (BFF) has acquired the international rights to French director Housing crisis drama by Nicolas Salhoull anti-squat, Now in post-production.
The company will kick off film sales at Unifrance Rendez-Vous this week in Paris, which runs January 11-17 in the French capital.
Louise Bourgoin plays the homeless single mother of her teenage son, who finds housing thanks to a new program run by a startup that offers temporary accommodation in empty office buildings.
This is Silhol’s second feature film after the workplace thriller big business, Which was shown for the first time in the world in Karlovy Vary in 2017 and then drew 250,000 spectators from the cast of Diaphana.
Kazak Productions, the Parisian production house behind the Cannes Palme d’Or winner titanium, It is a leading film production company that is in post-production. Diavana has obtained the French rights which will be released in the second half of 2022.
Other titles
The recent acquisition of French is the novelty of the documentary Emmanuel Gras French Revolution. It traces the rise of the yellow vests movement in France at the end of 2018 with a group of men and women from Chartres who joined the cause, protesting against the rise in the cost of living and the precariousness of jobs.
“It takes an immersive approach and gives a very different view of the yellow vests from the generally negative view of the French or international press. A lot of these characters are very empathetic, ”Gonder said.
Bain notes that the next presidential elections in France in May could put the yellow vests movement back on top this year. “The pandemic has overwhelmed the movement, but the issues they were protesting against will once again be at the forefront in this presidential year,” he said.
The film is produced by Les Films Velvet by Fréderic Jouve and KMBO will release the film in France on February 23.
Launched in Cannes 2019 by the former marketing director of independent sales Martin Gondre and former entertainment lawyer Charles Bin, the presence of the BBF was mainly made under the conditions of the Covid-19 pandemic. The company has nevertheless managed to establish itself by taking on award-winning films like Valentyn Vasyanovych. Atlantis, Kiro Russo big move, Camilo Restrepo chains Wyatt amin Suaad.
“We have proven our capabilities in terms of acquiring and selling international art titles, and as we move into 2022 we are expanding our French roster as well as expanding to animation as well,” said Gonder.
Other French titles include director Jeremy Alcayem’s debut change of heart And Christophe morris Blood orange;
Romantic dramas in Calais change of heart stars Marina Vo, as a sympathizer of the National Front, falls in love with an Iranian teacher who tries to cross the Channel to the United Kingdom. Memento Distribution will be released in France on February 23.
Murisse’s black political comedy blood orange It premiered at Cannes Midnight and received critical acclaim last year and was released by The Jokers in November.
BFF also treated before mom schuckers Who debuted in Sundance’s Midnight in 2021 The twentieth century who performed at Midnight Madness in Toronto in 2019.
Rotterdam buyout
Beyond Unifrance Rendez-Vous, the company is also tackling the new work of award-winning Romanian animation director Anca Damian. The island, which is due to make its European premiere at the Big Screen Competition in Rotterdam. It follows that of Marona beautiful story which was created in Annecy then performed in several festivals.
This is the BFF’s first animated film, although Gondre has experience selling anime titles she has worked on. my life is zucchini And Moomins on the French Riviera During independent sales. The work is a contemporary adaptation of a 1979 play by the late Romanian writer Gelo Naum, which in turn is inspired by Daniel Defoe’s classic novel, Robinson Crusoe, from 1719. In his modern incarnation, Robinson is a physician living in voluntary seclusion on an island invaded by immigrants, NGOs and rangers.
The animation is produced by Romanian Apart Film, co-produced with Sebastian Onomo Special Touch Studio, Tech Five, Comadoli, Mind’s Mate and Amobix.
We would like to thank the writer of this article for this amazing material
BFF strengthens the French list with the acquisition of “Anti-Squat” ahead of Paris RDV (Exclusive) | News