Key Players in the 2011 Cannes Market: The Match Factory

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Nothing can top last year’s Cannes for the German Sales Agent — Apichatpong Weerasethakul can thank the Tim Burton led jury for Uncle Boonmee being crowned with the Palme. This year The Match Factory have one in the main comp, a dark horse contender with Aki Kaurismaki’s Le Havre and they have a trio in the Un Certain Regard section in Oslo, August 31st, Tatsumi and Stopped on Track. They’ve got a catalogue full of future items in the works such as the latest from Miguel Gomes and Peter Strickland. Visit the site or check out some of their slate below.

LE HAVRE by Aki KAURISMÄKI – Completed
OSLO, AUGUST 31ST (OSLO, 31. AUGUST) by Joachim TRIER – Completed
TATSUMI by Eric KHOO – Completed
A MYSTERIOUS WORLD (UN MUNDO MISTERIOSO) by Rodrigo MORENO – Completed
BARZAKH by Mantas KVEDARAVICIUS – Completed
IF NOT US, WHO (WER WENN NICHT WIR) by Andres VEIEL – Completed
MEDIANERAS by Gustavo TARETTO – Completed
OUR GRAND DESPAIR (BIZIM BÜYÜK CARESIZLIGIMIZ) by Seyfi TEOMAN – Completed
SLEEPING SICKNESS (SCHLAFKRANKHEIT) by Ulrich KÖHLER – Completed
STOPPED ON TRACK (HALT AUF FREIER STRECKE) by Andreas DRESEN – Completed
SWANS by Hugo VIEIRA DA SILVA – Completed
THE FUTURE by Miranda JULY – Completed

Eric Lavallée
Eric Lavalléehttps://www.ericlavallee.com
Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist, and critic at IONCINEMA.com, established in 2000. A regular at Sundance, Cannes, and Venice, Eric holds a BFA in film studies from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013, he served on the narrative competition jury at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson’s "This Teacher" (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). He is a Golden Globes Voter, member of the ICS (International Cinephile Society) and AQCC (Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma).

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