The Films Distribution Group is proud to announce
its Cannes 2017 Awards
Directed by ROBIN CAMPILLO
OFFICIAL COMPETITION
GRAND PRIX
FIPRESCI AWARD
(International Critic Award)
QUEER PALM
FRANÇOIS CHALAIS PRIZE
« Campillo's outstanding AIDS activist drama melds the personal,
the political and the erotic to heart-bursting effect. »
G. Lodge (Variety)
« With passion and sensitivity, this French drama
throws us into the Aids crisis in 1990s Paris »
D. Calhoun (Screen International)
« Robin Campillo’s movie … is tragic, urgent and full of cinematic life »
P. Bradshaw (The Guardian)
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Directed by CLAIRE DENIS | |||||||
THE DIRECTOR’S FORTNIGHT
« Claire Denis opens Directors’ Fortnight with this elegant, mercurial comedy starring Juliette Binoche »
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MONTPARNASSE BIENVENÜE | ||||||||||
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(best first feature film in all sections) « A fearless, powerhouse performance by Laetitia Dosch infuses every frame of Montparnasse Bienvenue, the kinetic, incident-packed portrait of rudderless yet resilient Paula, a 31-year-old woman in emotional free-fall »
L. Nesselson (Screen International) | ||||||||||
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« The film approaches its narrative with an inescapably emotional air of authenticity »
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About Films Distribution | |||
Films Distribution is an international sales agency based in Paris operating since 1997. Each year, the company launches 25 to 30 new titles in the most prestigious festival selections around the world. The line-up includes 2016 Academy Award winner SON OF SAUL, Austrian runaway hit and genre movie GOODNIGHT MOMMY, Nanni Moretti’s celebrated MIA MADRE, as well as last year’s Cannes awarded film,and last year’s Filipino Oscar entry, MA’ROSA. In addition to its Paris office, in 2008, Films Distribution has set up FILMS BOUTIQUE a Berlin based subsidiary, focused on world movies and discoveries (which includes this year’s Golden Bear) and, in 2014, BE FOR FILMS, a sales agency based in Brussels and handling European cross-over movies. In 2016 it started operations in London through a new start up label, FILM CONSTELLATION, dedicated mostly to English speaking features. | |||
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