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Monica Bellucci as a guest of honor at 2022 Lumière Film Festival We are very happy to bring Monica Bellucci to Lyon’s Lumière Film Festival for the International Premiere of THE GIRL IN THE FOUNTAIN. The movie, directed by Antongiulio Panizzi, retraces the life of La DOLCE VITA icon Anita Ekberg! The Official Screening will […]

We are thrilled to announce that two of our upcoming films will be premiering at the 2022 Venice Film Festival in September Wiseman’s newest film A COUPLE selected in the Official Selection at la Biennale We are proud to team up once again with Frederick Wiseman on his newest feature A COUPLE. The film is […]

After its Premiere in May at the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight, we are thrilled to announce the Official Selection of ASHKAL, directed by Youssef Chebbi, at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival where it will have its North American Premiere in the Contemporary World Cinema section! The film will be eligible for the 2022 Amplify Voices […]

Youssef Chebbi’s ASHKAL selected at the Directors’ Fortnight With Ashkal, Youssef Chebbi signs his first feature film. In Tunis, two cops find a burnt body in an abandoned lot and start looking into this mysterious case. When the event repeats itself, the investigation takes a puzzling turn. The film is presented at the Directors’ Fortnight. POLARIS […]

We, Students! by Rafiki Fariala will have its World Premiere at the Berlinale 2022 in the Panorama Section. This is the first feature from the Central African Republic to have ever been selected at the Berlinale.  We, Students!, a documentary about the youth in the Central African Republic In Fariala’s autobiographical first feature documentary, we’re witnessing […]

The Party Film Sales is thrilled to announce that three of our newly completed titles are part of the 2021 Cannes Film Festival selection. JANE BY CHARLOTTE selected at the Official Selection Charlotte Gainsbourg’s first feature documentary JANE BY CHARLOTTE will premiere at Festival de Cannes 2021 in the new ‘Cannes premieres’ program, an opportunity […]

The Party Film Sales is thrilled to announce that its films received a total of six Awards at the César 2021. 3 César Awards for Sébastien Lifshitz’s documentary ADOLESCENTES For the second time, Sébastien Lifshitz won the Best Documentary César Award after Les Invisibles in 2013. Adolescentes, which premiered at the Locarno Film Festival 2019, […]

The French Oscar committee selected Two of Us, a film by Filippo Meneghetti to represent France for the Best International Film category of the 2021 Oscars.  Two of Us, “a moving tribute to love” – Variety The film stars Martine Chevallier (Madeleine) and Barbara Sukowa (Nina) as a couple, secretly in love for decades and […]

Venice and Toronto International Film Festivals revealed their 2020 line up and we are thrilled to announce the selection of Frederick Wiseman’s new documentary CITY HALL.    City Hall, a documentary on the Boston City Government   In CITY HALL, Frederick Wiseman shows the efforts by Boston city government to provide a wide variety of […]

The Cannes Film Festival revealed it’s 2020 Official selection on June 3rd and we are happy to present our line up for the first Cannes Marché du Film Online.

After the departure of its long-time CEO Daniela Elstner to take up the role of Managing Director at French Cinema Agency Unifrance, Doc & Film International was acquired by Sarah Chazelle and Etienne Ollagnier, Jour2Fête’s CEOs in October 2019.