A report 54 market premieres will probably be hosted on the Rendez-Vous showcase held by the French movie promotion org Unifrance in Paris which can kick off Jan. 16 with the world premiere of Pascal Bonitzer’s “Public sale.”

The most important movie market devoted completely to French motion pictures, the Rendez-Vous in Paris will welcome 420 consumers from 50 international locations and 47 gross sales firms. As many as 1,000 professionals have registered for the week-long occasion. Since Unifrance has now merged with TV France Worldwide, the occasion will even collect 100 TV consumers from 27 international locations.

“After returning final yr with a post-pandemic version, we’re again to regular with over 400 consumers — and we even have new consumers from Quebec and Africa, together with about 15 Latin American distributors,” mentioned Gilles Renouard, Unifrance’s co-managing director.

Greater than 80 accomplished motion pictures will display screen on the Rendez-Vous, 54 of which have by no means been proven at a world competition or market. Renouard says the massive roster of movies “underscores France’s rising manufacturing ranges.” It additionally exhibits that the Rendez-Vous has turn into a vital launchpad for French movies outdoors of the main movie market reminiscent of Cannes and Berlinale’s European Movie Market.

Renouard argues French gross sales brokers additionally discovered final yr’s Venice and Toronto movie competition to be underwhelming by way of dealmaking. The timing of the Rendez-Vous has at all times been favorable to gross sales brokers as a result of it’s held within the run-up to the European Movie Market and permits them to shine a highlight on choose titles and spark discussions with consumers. Whereas streamers are actually sometimes shopping for French motion pictures for world roll-outs, the Rendez-Vous usually attracts conventional distributors for particular person territories.

This yr’s Rendez-Vous slate will vary from comedies, to festival-friendly dramas and some style movies, in addition to just a few documentaries. Among the many anticipated highlights of this twenty sixth version are Anne Fontaine’s “Bolero,” a movie set within the roaring 1920’s, concerning the beginning of the famend orchestral work from Maurice Ravel; Arnaud des Pallières’ Nineteenth-century set “Get together of Fools,” Noé Debré’s “A Good Jewish Boy,” Edouard Bergeon’s eco-themed “The Inexperienced Deal,” Caroline Vignal’s “It’s Raining Males,” the helmer’s comply with as much as “My Donkey, My Lover and I;” Isabelle Brocard’s interval movie “Madame de Sevigné;” and Franck Charlot and Alexandre Magnier’s “Le Larbin” starring “Welcome to Ch’tis” actor Kad Merad; and Fred Cavayé’s “Les chèvres” starring Dany Boon.

Final yr’s Rendez-Vous bowed with the world premiere of Francois Ozon’s “My Crime” which turned out to be one of many helmer’s greatest business and important hits.

Market screenings will probably be throughout 4 film theaters positioned within the Champs-Elysees district, within the coronary heart of Paris. The opening night time premiere of “The Public sale” will probably be adopted by a cocktail reception bringing collectively gross sales brokers, distributors and producers.

Moreover the screenings, the Rendez-Vous will even manage the second version of the Export Day, a convention devoted to worldwide gross sales enterprise for French motion pictures, in addition to junkets with administrators, actors and showrunners on Jan 20-23 on the Hôtel du Collectionneur.