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WINTER 2017
A SEASON IN FRANCE
THE NATURE OF TIME
PRE PRODUCTION
IN PRODUCTION
POST PRODUCTION
POST PRODUCTION CATALOGUE FOCUS
COMPLETED
COLD WAR
RADIANCE
THE TROUBLE WITH YOU
MARIA BY CALLAS
LOOK UP
LOST IN PARIS
PERSONAL SHOPPER
HARMONIUM
MYSTERIOUS SKIN
CHARLES CHAPLIN
CLASSIC US ANIMATION
DIRECTORS’ COLLECTIONS
DAVID LYNCH
ABBAS KIAROSTAMI
THE KENNEDY FILMS
CHATEAU
FAITHFULL
P.E.A.R.L.
MONEY & LOVE
M
THE FABULOUS PATARS
A WOMAN’S LIFE
MRS. HYDE
THE HOUSE BY THE SEA
PAWEL PAWLIKOWSKI P. 4
NAOMI KAWASE P. 12
PIERRE SALVADORI P. 10
TOM VOLF P. 8
IF YOU SAW HIS HEARTJOAN CHEMLA P. 22
FULVIO RISULEO P. 24
DOMINIQUE ABEL & FIONA GORDON P. 33
OLIVIER ASSAYAS P. 35
KÔJI FUKADA P. 34
GREGG ARAKI P. 36
P. 37
P. 38
P. 40
P. 41
P. 42
ROBERT L. DREW P. 39
MODI BARRY & CÉDRIC IDO P. 26
SANDRINE BONNAIRE P. 28
ELSA AMIEL P. 29
JIA ZHANGKE P. 6
SARA FORESTIER P. 30
SOPHIE REINE P. 32
STÉPHANE BRIZÉ P. 31
SERGE BOZON P. 14
ROBERT GUÉDIGUIAN P. 16
MAHAMAT-SALEH HAROUN P. 18
KARIM MOUSSAOUI P. 20
PAWEL PAWLIKOWSKI
COLD WAR
In production - Delivery March 2018 - Poland, UK, France - Drama - Polish, FrenchProduction: Opus Film, Apocalypso Pictures, MK Productions
International sales: mk2 films / Protagonist Pictures
Cold War is a passionate love story between two people of different backgrounds and temperaments, who are fatally mismatched and yet fatefully condemned to each other. Set against the background of the Cold War in the 1950s in Poland, Berlin, Yugoslavia and Paris - the film depicts an impossible love story in impossible times.
TOMASZ KOT, JOANNA KULIG, AGATA KULESZA
THE NEW FILM BY THE ACADEMY AWARD-WINNING DIRECTOR OF IDA,
PAWEL PAWLIKOWSKI
NEW ANNOUNCEMENT
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JIA ZHANGKE
MONEY & LOVE
In pre production - Delivery Dec. 2017 - China, Japan, France - Drama - MandarinProduction: Xstream Pictures (Beijing), Shanghai Film Group Corporation, Huanxi Media Group Limited,
MK Productions, Office Kitano
Datong, China, 2001. A pretty, young dancer named Qiao is in love with Bin, a local mobster. During a fight between rival gangs, she fires a gun to protect her boyfriend. But this will owe her five years in prison. Upon her release, Qiao goes looking for Bin to try and start all over again.
ZHAO TAO
“ONE OF THE BEST AND MOST IMPORTANT DIRECTORS IN THE WORLD”
THE NEW YORK TIMES
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NEW ANNOUNCEMENT
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Director Jia Zhangke returns with a tumultuous love story set in China’s crime world, following MOUNTAINS MAY DEPART (Cannes 2015, Competition) and
A TOUCH OF SIN (Best Screenplay, Cannes 2013)
TOM VOLF
MARIA BY CALLAS
In post production - Delivery May 2017 - France – Documentary - EnglishProduction: Petit Dragon, Elephant Doc, Volf Productions
For the first time, 40 years after her death, the most famous opera singer ever tells her own stor y – in her own words. Featuring previously unknown footage, unseen photographs, personal Super 8 films, private live recordings, intimate letters and rare
behind-the scenes archival footage for the first time in colour.
MARIA CALLAS, ONASSIS, MARILYN MONROE, ALAIN DELON,YVES SAINT-LAURENT, J.F. KENNEDY, LUCHINO VISCONTI,
WINSTON CHURCHILL, GRACE KELLY, LIZ TAYLOR AND MORE
MARIA CALLAS IN HER OWN WORDS
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“A gift from the musical gods”The New York Times
NEW ANNOUNCEMENT
PIERRE SALVADORI
THE TROUBLE WITH YOU
Delivery 2017 - France - Comedy - FrenchProduction: Les Films Pelléas - French distribution: Memento FIlms
In a town on the French Riviera, detective Yvonne is the young widow of police chief Santi, a local hero. When she realizes her husband was not exactly the model of virtue so idolized by their young son, and that an innocent young man, Antoine, has spent 8 years in prison as Santi’s scapegoat, she is thrown into turmoil. Yvonne wants to do everything she can to help this very charming Antoine get back to his life and his wife. Everything that is, except telling the truth. But Antoine is having trouble adjusting to life on the other side, to say the least, and soon blows a fuse leading to a spectacular sequence of events.
ADÈLE HAENEL, PIO MARMAÏ, AUDREY TAUTOU, VINCENT ELBAZ, DAMIEN BONNARD
“Might Salvadori be just the best confectioner in French cinema?”
Télérama
"ADÈLE HAENEL IS THE MOST EXCITING EUROPEAN ACTRESSOF HER GENERATION”THR
IN PRODUCTION
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NAOMI KAWASE
RADIANCE
In post production - Delivery 2017 - Japan, France - Drama - JapaneseProduction: Kino Films, Comme des Cinémas
French distribution: Haut & Court
Misako is a passionate writer of film versions for the visually impaired. At a screening, she meets Masaya, an older photographer who is slowly losing his eyesight. Misako soon discovers Masaya’s photographs, which will strangely bring her back to her past. Together, they will learn to see the radiant world that was
invisible to her eyes.
AYAME MISAKI, MASATOSHI NAGASE, TATSUYA FUJI
(HIKARI)
A BEAUTIFULLY MOVING DRAMA ABOUT TWO LOST SOULS WHO FIND THEMSELVES THROUGH ART
“A filmmaker like Kawase who rejects cynicism and celebrates humanity and nature
is always to be cherished”The Guardian
Naomi Kawase’s AN (Cannes 2015, Un Certain Regard, Opening Film)
was sold in 50+ territories and grossed 13M$ worldwide.
NEW PROMO
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SERGE BOZON
MRS. HYDE
In post production - Delivery 2017 - France - Black comedy - FrenchProduction: Les Films Pelléas
French distribution: Haut & Court
Mrs. Géquil is an eccentric teacher despised by her colleagues and students. On a stormy night, she is struck by lightning and faints. When she wakes up, she feels decidedly different... Now will Mrs. Géquil be
able to keep the powerful and dangerous Mrs. Hyde contained?
ISABELLE HUPPERT, JOSÉ GARCIA, ROMAIN DURIS
(MADAME HYDE)
ISABELLE HUPPERT WILL BLOW YOUR MIND AGAIN. LITERALLY.
“Serge Bozon evokes both vintage Jean-Luc Godard and the Coen brothers”
THR
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NEW PROMO
A FAMILY REUNION DRAMA INSPIRED BY ‘THE CHERRY ORCHARD’ BY ANTON CHEKHOV
THE HOUSE BY THE SEA
(LA VILLA)
ROBERT GUÉDIGUIAN
In post production - Delivery 2017 - France - Drama - FrenchProduction: Agat Film & Cie
French distribution: Diaphana
By a little bay near Marseille lies a picturesque villa owned by an old man. His three children have gathered by his side for his last days: Angela, an actress living in Paris, Joseph, who has just fallen in love with a girl half his age and Armand, the only one who stayed behind in Marseille to run the family’s small restaurant. It’s time for them to weigh up what they have inherited of their father’s ideals and the community spirit he created in this magical place. The arrival, at a nearby cove, of a group of boat
people will throw these moments of reflection into turmoil.
ARIANE ASCARIDE, JEAN-PIERRE DARROUSSIN, GÉRARD MEYLAN, ANAÏS DEMOUSTIER, ROBINSON STÉVENIN
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NEW PROMO
A HEARTBREAKING LOVE STORYWITH A TIMELY POLITICAL BACKDROP
A SEASONIN FRANCE
(UNE SAISON EN FRANCE)
MAHAMAT-SALEH HAROUN
In post production - Delivery 2017 - France - Drama, Romance - FrenchProduction: Pilifilms
French distribution: Ad Vitam
Abbas, a high school teacher in the Central African Republic, has fled his war-torn country with his two children. They now live in France, where Abbas works at a food market, while applying for political asylum. A French woman, Carole, falls in love with him and offers a roof for him and his family. When Abbas’
application is rejected, they face a crucial decision.
ERIQ EBOUANEY, SANDRINE BONNAIRE
Mahamat-Saleh Haroun’s filmography:DARATT (Venice 2006, Special Jury Prize)
A SCREAMING MAN (Cannes 2010, Jury Prize) GRIGRIS (Cannes 2013, Competition)
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NEW PROMO
THE NATUREOF TIME
KARIM MOUSSAOUI
In post production - Delivery 2017 - France, Algeria - Drama - ArabicProduction: Les Films Pelléas
Algeria today. Past and present collide in the lives of a newly wealthy property developer, an ambitious neurologist impeded by wartime wrongdoings, and a young woman torn between the path of reason and
sentiment. Three stories that plunge us into the human soul of a contemporary Arab society.
MOHAMED DJOUHRI, AURE ATIKA, SONIA MEKKIOU, MEHDI RAMDANI
“An extraordinarily sensitive work, accurate, evocative. Melancholic and violent. Laconic and dazzling.
Tender and harrowing”Le Monde (review of Karim Moussaoui’s The Days Before)
“A future great!”Gilles Jacob
(EN ATTENDANT LES HIRONDELLES)
AN ARRESTING VIEW OF CONTEMPORARY ALGERIA
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NEW PROMO
A DARING FIRST FEATURE THAT COUPLES
‘YOUNG & BEAUTIFUL’ REVELATION MARINE VACTHWITH GOLDEN GLOBE WINNER GAEL GARCÍA BERNAL
IF YOU SAW HIS HEART
(SI TU VOYAIS SON CŒUR)
JOAN CHEMLA
Delivery 2017 - France - Neo Noir - FrenchProduction: Nord-Ouest - French distribution: Diaphana
Daniel is excluded from his community after the death of his best friend. He finds refuge in a hotel for castaways and broken souls and drifts into crime. An unexpected ray of light enlivens his existence
when he meets Francine.
GAEL GARCÍA BERNAL, MARINE VACTH, ALBA GALOCHA
Inspired by the novel ‘The Halfway House’ by Guillermo Rosales
Original soundtrack by Academy Award-winner Gabriel Yared (The English Patient)
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POST PRODUCTION
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POST PRODUCTION
A CREATIVE AND EXUBERANT ADVENTURE.
LOOK UP(GUARDA IN ALTO)
FULVIO RISULEO
Delivery 2017- Italy - Adventure, Fantasy - ItalianProduction: Revok
During a break on a rooftop, Teco, a young baker, notices the intriguing fall of a strange bird. He decides to venture to the next roof to have a closer look. This is only the beginning of a most unbelievable journey
on the labyrinthine rooftops of Roma.
GIACOMO FERRARA, AURÉLIA POIRIER, LOU CASTEL
Fulvio Risuleo won the Cannes Critics Week Discovery Award
for his short film Chickenpox (2015)
CHATEAU(LA VIE DE CHÂTEAU)
MODI BARRY & CÉDRIC IDO
In post production - Delivery 2017 - France - Comedy, Drama - French Production: SRAB Films, One World Films
In the vibrant African neighbourhood of Château d’Eau in Paris, Charles is the smoothest of all the hustlers. His job: to fill the districts numerous hair salons with customers. But when the competition is tough and everybody’s trying hard to be number one, dirty tricks are just around the corner. Fast talk, tall tales,
tailored suits and secrets of the heart… Welcome to Chateau!
JACKY IDO, JEAN-BAPTISTE ANOUMON, TATIANA ROJO, RALPH AMOUSSOU, GILLES COHEN, RAGHUNAT MANET
IN PARIS,EVERY NEIGHBOURHOOD
HAS A PRINCE
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NEW PROMO
ELSA AMIEL
P.E.A.R.L.
Delivery 2017 - France - Drama - English, FrenchProduction: Unité de Production
72 hours from the final of an international female bodybuilding championships. Lea Pearl is set to compete for the prestigious title of Miss Heaven, to which she has devoted the last 4 years of her life. Her mentor Al, himself a former bodybuilding star, keeps a jealous watch over her, in the hopes that thanks to his Pearl, he can once again be in the spotlight. But Lea Pearl’s past catches up with her, just a few hours from the finale, when her ex-lover Ben shows up with
the 6-year-old son she has not seen in 4 years…
PETER MULLAN
UNIQUE. LEGENDARY.
PETER MULLAN PLAYS A FEMALE BODYBUILDING COACH.A DRAMA IN THE VEIN OF ‘THE WRESTLER’.
SANDRINE BONNAIRE
FAITHFULL
Delivery 2017 - France - Documentary - EnglishProduction: Cineteve, Arte
Marianne Faithfull has seen it all: success and celebrity at 17 years of age in Swinging London, life with Mick Jagger through the tumultuous Rolling Stones times, scandal, drugs, addiction and decline, life in the street and then rebirth, awards and artistic recognition. Actress and director Sandrine Bonnaire will tell her incredible journey, her thousand
lives, her encounters with the greats and her extraordinary lifetime.
MARIANNE FAITHFULL, MICK JAGGER
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IN PRODUCTION
FAITHFULL is Sandrine Bonnaire’s third film and second documentary after the intimate and moving Her Name is Sabine (Cannes 2007, Directors’ Fortnight FIPRESCI Prize)28
IN PRE PRODUCTION
TWO OUTCASTS FIGHT FOR THEIR LOVE IN SARA FORESTIER’S FIRST FEATURE
SARA FORESTIER
M
Delivery 2017 - France - Drama, Romance - FrenchProduction: Chi-Fou-Mi Productions - French distribution: Ad Vitam
Lila and Mo meet at a bus stop. Lila has a paralysing speech impediment. Mo is chatty and exuberant. Lila is preparing for her exams. Mo illegally races cars for a living. Opposites attract, and they fall in love.
But Mo carries a secret burden…
CAST: SARA FORESTIER, REDOUANNE HARJANE, JEAN-PIERRE LÉAUD
POST PRODUCTION
‘M’ is the first feature film from award-winning actress Sara Forestier (Best Actress César award for The Names of Love)
Cinematography by Academy Award-nominated Guillaume Schiffman (The Artist)Car stunts by Stéphane Boulay (Dheepan, A Prophet)30
STÉPHANE BRIZÉ
A WOMAN’S LIFE (UNE VIE)
2016 - France - Period drama - FrenchProduction: TS Productions - French distribution: Diaphana
JUDITH CHEMLA, JEAN-PIERRE DARROUSSIN, YOLANDE MOREAU
“A MAGNIFICENT AND COMBATIVE PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN....OF GREAT MODERNITY”
ELLE
COMPLETED
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WINNERLOUIS-DELLUC
PRIZE
NOMINATED4 LUMIEREAWARDS
WINNERSPECIAL JURY PRIZE
FLORENCEFRENCH FF
WINNERFIPRESCI PRIZE
VENICEFILM FESTIVAL
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SOPHIE REINE
THE FABULOUS PATARS (CIGARETTES ET CHOCOLAT CHAUD)
2016 - France - Comedy - 98 min - FrenchProduction: Mandarin Films - French distribution: Diaphana
GUSTAVE KERVERN, CAMILLE COTTIN, HÉLOÏSE DUGAS, FANIE ZANINI
“AN EXHILARATING BREATH OF FRESH AIR” PARIS MATCH
OFFICIAL SELECTIONSEATTLE
FILM FESTIVAL
OFFICIAL SELECTIONTÜBIGEN
FILM FESTIVAL
OFFICIAL SELECTIONANGOULÊME
FILM FESTIVAL
WINNERAUDIENCE AWARDENFANTS TERRIBLES
GIJONFILM FESTIVAL
DOMINIQUE ABEL & FIONA GORDON
2016 - Belgium, France - Comedy, Slapstick - 82 min - French, EnglishProduction: Courage mon Amour, Moteur S’il vous Plaît, CG Cinema
US distribution: Oscilloscope Laboratories - French distribution: Potemkine
DOMINIQUE ABEL, FIONA GORDON, EMMANUELLE RIVA, PIERRE RICHARD
"DOES FOR SLAPSTICKWHAT ‘LA LA LAND’DOES FOR MUSICALS"INDIEWIRE
LOST IN PARIS(PARIS PIEDS NUS)
WINNERAUDIENCE AWARD
MILL VALLEYFILM FESTIVAL
WINNERRARE PEARL AWARD
DENVERFILM FESTIVAL
WINNERAUDIENCE AWARD
HONORARY MENTIONPHILADELPHIA
FILM FESTIVAL
COMPLETEDCOMPLETED
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2016 - Japan, France - Drama - 118 min - JapaneseProduction: Nagoya Broadcasting Network, Comme des Cinémas
French distribution: Version Originale
TADANOBU ASANO, MARIKO TSUTSUI, KANJI FURUTACHI, TAÏGA
“ONE OF JAPAN’S MOST INNOVATIVE FILMMAKERS”THR
KÔJI FUKADA
HARMONIUM
COMPLETED “A DASH OF PURE HITCHCOCKIAN BRILLIANCE” HHHHH THE GUARDIAN
OLIVIER ASSAYAS
PERSONAL SHOPPER
2016 - France, Germany - Suspense, Drama - 105 min - EnglishProduction: CG Cinema
US distribution: IFC Films - French distribution: Les Films du Losange
KRISTEN STEWART, LARS EIDINGER, SIGRID BOUAZIZ, ANDERS DANIELSEN LIE, NORA VON WALDSTATTEN, BENJAMIN BIOLAY
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COMPLETED
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A GORGEOUS, HEARTBREAKING,UTTERLY CONVINCING WORK OF ART.INFUSED WITH REMARKABLE TENDERNESS AND BEAUTY.NEW YORK TIMES
GREGG ARAKI
MYSTERIOUS SKIN2004 - USA - Drama - 105 min - English
BRADY CORBET, JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT, ELISABETH SHUE
WINNERYOUNG CINEMA JURY PRIZE
ROTTERDAM FILM FESTIVAL
WINNERBEST DIRECTOR / BEST ACTOR
SEATTLE FILM FESTIVAL
WINNERBEST FILM
BERGEN FILM FESTIVAL
OFFICIAL SELECTIONVENICE
FILM FESTIVAL
OFFICIAL SELECTIONTORONTO FILM FESTIVAL
OFFICIAL SELECTIONSUNDANCEFILM FESTIVAL
OFFICIAL SELECTIONLONDON
“Magnificent and essential, one of my favourite films”Xavier Dolan
In advance of the much-anticipated third season of the hugely influential TV series, discover the cult prequel-sequel in a beautifully 4K-restored version.
TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME 25TH ANNIVERSARY THEATRICAL RELEASES OF THE 4K VERSION COMING UP WORLDWIDE!
DAVID LYNCHALSO AVAILABLE:
Twin Peaks Exclusive: THE MISSING PIECES (BLU-RAY OR HD CAM, 90’)90-minute selection of deleted scenes from Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me edited by David Lynch
Available worldwide: Theatrical, TV and VOD rights
ERASERHEAD (1977, NEW 4K RESTORATION, 89’)
LOST HIGHWAY (1997, HD, 135’)
NEW CATALOGUE ACQUISITION CATALOGUE FOCUS
Re-discover Abbas Kiarostami’s work through seven of his most important films, including Cannes 1997 Palme d’Or-winner The Taste of Cherry.
“FILM BEGINS WITH D.W. GRIFFITH AND ENDS WITH ABBAS KIAROSTAMI”
JEAN-LUC GODARD
ABBAS KIAROSTAMILIKE SOMEONE IN LOVE (CANNES 2012, COMPETITION) - 2K
CERTIFIED COPY (CANNES 2010, BEST ACTRESS) - 2KTHE WIND WILL CARRY US (VENICE 1999, GRAND PRIX & FIPRESCI PRIZE) - 4K UPCOMING
THE TASTE OF CHERRY (CANNES 1997, PALME D’OR) - 4K UPCOMINGTHROUGH THE OLIVE TREES (CANNES 1994, COMPETITION) - 2K UPCOMING
SHIRIN (VENICE 2008, OFFICIAL SELECTION) - HDTEN (CANNES 2002, COMPETITION) - 4K UPCOMING
ABC AFRICA (CANNES 2001, OFFICIAL SELECTION) - 2K UPCOMINGALSO AVAILABLE: 10 ON TEN
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CATALOGUE FOCUS
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"IT WAS JUST LIFE. THAT’S HOW I FELT WHEN I SAW ROBERT DREW’S ‘PRIMARY’ FOR THE FIRST TIME"MARTIN SCORSESE
PRIMARY (1960, 52’)ADVENTURES OF THE NEW FRONTIER (1961, 51’)
ROBERT L. DREW
THE KENNEDY FILMS
USA - English - Documentaries - in 2K
In 1960, the American filmmaker and pioneer of Direct Cinema Robert L. Drew assembled a team with Richard Leacock, D. A. Pennebaker and Albert Maysles that would transform documentary cinema. Robert L. Drew was granted direct
access to John F. Kennedy, filming him on the campaign trail and eventually in the Oval Office.
May 29th 2017 marks the 100th anniversary of John F. Kennedy’s birth.This collection features the greatest close-up footage of John F. Kennedy.
CRISIS: BEHIND A PRESIDENTIAL COMMITMENT (1963, 52’)FACES OF NOVEMBER (1964, 12’)
CATALOGUE FOCUS
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2017 marks the 40th anniversary of Charles Chaplin’s death and also:
the 60th anniversary of A KING IN NEW YORK (1957, 105’, 2K)
the 70th anniversary of MONSIEUR VERDOUX (1947, 124’, 2K)
2017: A year to celebrate Charles Chaplin
CHARLES CHAPLIN
"LIFE IS A TRAGEDY WHEN SEEN IN CLOSE-UP, BUT A COMEDY IN LONG-SHOT"CHARLES CHAPLIN
CATALOGUE FOCUS
CLASSIC US ANIMATIONAn exclusive selection of the finest animated films for bright young cinema enthusiasts!
A 60-minute READY-TO-SCREEN PROGRAM including
the best of US Classic animated short films restored in HD
SUPERMAN, POPEYE, BETTY BOOP, TEX AVERY, BUGS BUNNY, CASPER
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CATALOGUE FOCUS
DIRECTORS’ COLLECTIONS(Re)discover in restored versions some of the greatest film collections in the history of cinema:
CHARLES CHAPLINFRANÇOIS TRUFFAUTABBAS KIAROSTAMI
KRZYSZTOF KIESLOWSKIROBERT BRESSON
DAVID LYNCH
MICHAEL HANEKED.W. GRIFFITH
BUSTER KEATONSERGEI EISENSTEINCLAUDE CHABROLOLIVIER ASSAYAS
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