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Contact 

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REMI BURAH

COO

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+33 155 00 77 77

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www.arte.fr 

COMPANY PROFILE

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Since its founding, Arte France Cinema has been involved in more than 600 films and has worked together with over 300 different directors representing more than 50 different nationalities.

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The subsidiary policy focuses on talent renewal, efforts to boost European and world cinema, and steps to revitalize French cinema. Roughly speaking, co-production may be broken down into three categories: one-third first features, one-third French films, and one-third international joint ventures.

COMPANY HIGHLIGHTS

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PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE 2019

Genre:             Drama

Director:         Céline Sciamma

Screenplay:     Céline Sciamma

Cast:                Adèle Haenel, Noémie Merlant, Luana Bajrami

France, 1770. Marianne, a painter, is commissioned to do the wedding portrait of Héloïse, a young woman who has just left the convent. Héloïse is a reluctant bride to be and Marianne must paint her without her knowing. She observes her by day, to paint her secretly

Cannes Film Festival 2019 - Best Screenplay and Queer Palm

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ATLANTICS   2019

Genre:             Drama

Director:         Mati Diop

Screenplay:    Mati Diop, Olivier Demangel

Cast:               Mama Sané, Ibrahima Traore, Abdou Balde

A soon-to-be-inaugurated futuristic tower looms over a suburb of Dakar. Ada, 17, is in love with Souleimane, a young construction worker. But she has been promised to another man. One night, Souleimane and his co-workers disappear at sea. Soon after, they come back to haunt their old neighbourhood by taking possession of the girlfriends they left behind.

Cannes Film Festival 2019 - Grand Prix

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BACURAU  2019

Genre:             Drama, Thriller, Western

Director:         Kleber Mendonça Filho, Juliano Dornelles

Screenplay:     Kleber Mendonça Filho, Juliano Dornelles

Cast:                Sônia Braga, Udo Kier, Barbara Colen

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A filmmaker decides to travel to a village in the interior of Brazil to make a documentary. As days go by, he begins to discover that the locals are not exactly what they appear to be and hide dangerous secrets.

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Cannes Film Festival 2019 - Jury Prize