Dear colleagues,

We're thrilled to announce our lineup for the Marché du Film, featuring "The Hyperboreans," a world premiere in Directors' Fortnight that is bound to leave a lasting impression.

Additionally, we're proud to present the acclaimed Audience Award winner from Berlinale Panorama 2024, "Memories of a Burning Body", along with the successful Belgian school drama "Amal", featuring Lubna Azabal in a captivating role.

We would love to take this opportunity to meet in Cannes (Riviera A5) and update you on our latest projects and upcoming films.

Please click the button below to schedule a meeting or send us an email. See you soon!
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2024 | 67' | Chile | Fantasy | Spanish, German
Directors' Fortnight 2024
Actress and psychologist Antonia Giesen decides to film a script revealed by a voice within the mind of one of her patients. Seeking collaboration with the filmmaking duo León & Cociña, they craft a crossroads of theatre, science fiction, animation and fabulated biopic, populated by parallel worlds and haunted by the shadow of a Chilean Nazi writer as a demonic figure.
THE HYPERBOREANS
Market Premiere
Saturday, 18th at 09:00 - LERINS 2
2024 | 90' | Costa Rica, Spain | Drama | Spanish
Berlinale Panorama 2024 - Audience Award
In an era where sexuality was taboo and restrictions on women were the norm, Ana, Patricia, and Mayela grew up navigating unspoken rules and implicit impositions that shaped their understanding of womanhood. Now, their fearless spirits converge in a single 65-year-old woman who embarks on a kaleidoscopic journey of intertwined memories, secrets, and hidden desires.
MEMORIES OF A BURNING BODY
Market Screenings
Friday, 17th at 18:00 - RIVIERA 1
Sunday, 19th at 12:00 - PALAIS I
2023 | 101' | Argentina, Spain | Coming-of-Age, Fantasy | Spanish
Berlinale Generation Kplus 2024
It's winter holidays and fourteen-year-old Ana discovers that the metal plate she has in her arm from an accident she suffered as a child is now receiving a strange message in Morse code.
THE MAJOR TONES
Market Premiere
Thursday, 16th at 17:30 - PALAIS D
2023 | 111' | Belgium | Drama, Thriller | French
Best Actress at Tallinn Black Nights 2023 (Lubna Azabal)
In a suburban Brussels school, a passionate literature teacher finds herself at the center of a storm when she decides to support a teenage Muslim girl accused of homosexuality. As tensions rise, fueled by Islamic extremism among students and colleagues, she faces a barrage of hostility and opposition.
AMAL
Market Screenings
Thursday, 16th at 11:30 - PALAIS F
Saturday, 18th at 12:00 - PALAIS C
2023 | 106' | Italy | Drama | Italian, Spanish
Best Actress and Best Screenplay awards at Venice Orizzonti 2023
Through salsa and merengue dance nights, shared memories, and limited earnings working for a local drug dealer, Julio Cesar and his mother struggle to maintain their love-filled but oppressive lifestyle. The arrival of Ines, an attractive young Colombian drug mule, threatens to unsettle their tenuous stability.
EL PARAISO
Market Screening
Friday, 17th at 12:00 - PALAIS G
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