Re>Birth Programme

 
This program of 12 films, divided into two sessions, aims to bring together rights holders or representatives of classic films seeking new commercial prospects, and professionals looking for new opportunities: buyers, sellers, distributors, programmers, laboratories, publishers, and any partner who can help finance a restoration project and/or propose new commercialisation of the films.

Re>Birth Programme #1

6 recently restored films with Lumière Classics label have been selected and will be presented to accredited professionals.

The films selected for the Re>Birth programme #1 are generally looking for a complement to distribution or broadcasting especially in terms of new formats/channels/media or new territories.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19

2:30pm at Le Karbone: Project presentations (pitch + excerpts)

4:30pm at the MIFC Village: One-to-one meetings
book a time slot here (for MIFC accredited members only)

As ilhas encantadas
Carlos Vilardebó
1965, 91 MIN, PORTUGAL / FRANCE
Rights owner: Marfilmes
Project holders: Joana de Sousa and Tiago Costa (Cinemateca Portuguesa – Museu do Cinema)

Marée noire et colère rouge
René Vautier
1978, 64 MIN, FRANCE, DOCUMENTARY
Rights owner: Ciaofilm
Project holder: Moïra Chappedelaine-Vautier (Ciaofilm)

A Hometown in Heart
Yong-gyu Yun
1949, 78 MIN, SOUTH KOREA
Rights owner: Domaine public
Project holder: Sungji Oh (Korean Film Archive)

Death of a Cyclist
Juan Antonio Bardem
1955, 88 MIN, SPAIN
Rights owner: Mercury films
Project holder: Laurence Berbon (Tamasa Distribution)

A Woman Heats the Sauna Arvo Kruusement
1978, 69 MIN, ESTONIA
Rights owner: Estonian Film Institute
Project holder: Triinu Keedus (Estonian Film Institute)

The Village
Leopold Lindtberg
1953, 93 MIN, SWITZERLAND / UK
Rights owner: Praesens Films
Project holder: Frédéric Maire (Cinémathèque Suisse)

Re>Birth Programme #2

6 films with a restoration project have been selected and will be presented to accredited professionals.

The films selected for the Re>Birth programme #2 are generally in search of financing to carry out or complete a restoration project,
as well as partners to envisage a new commercialisation of the film, whether it may involve a complete re-release or a distribution
via certain formats/channels/media or territories.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20

9:30 am at Le Karbone: Présentations des projets (pitch + extraits)

11:30 am at the MIFC Village: One-to-one meetings
book a time slot here (for MIFC accredited members only)

La corruzione
Mauro Bolognini
1963, 85 MIN, FRANCE / ITALY
Rights owner: Cinematographique Lyre / Movietime Srl
Project holder: Patricia Barsanti (Cinematographique Lyre)

Du Côté d’Orouët
Jacques Rozier
1970, 154 MIN, FRANCE
Rights owner: mk2 Films
Project holders: Frédérique Rouault and Jacques-Antoine Jagou (mk2 Films)

Is It Easy to Be Young?
Juris Podnieks
1986, 81 MIN, LATVIA
Rights owner: Latvian State Archive of Audiovisual Documents / National Film Centre of Latvia / Copyright and Communication Consulting Agency / Latvian Authors Association
Project holder: Roberts Vinovskis (Locomotive Classics)

MICHAEL HANEKE’S first 4 TV films
Lemmings, Part 1 – Arcades (Lemminge, Teil 1 – Arkadien)
1979, 113 MIN, GERMANY / AUSTRIA
Rights owner: ORF
Lemmings, Part 2 – Injuries (Lemminge, Teil 2 – Verletzungen)
1979, 107 MIN, GERMANY / AUSTRIA
Rights owner: ORF
The Rebellion (Die Rebellion)
1976, 105 MIN, AUSTRIA
Rights owner: ORF
Three Paths to the Lake
(Drei Wege zum See)
1976, 97 MIN, AUSTRIA / GERMANY
Rights owner: ORF / SWR
Project holders: Régine Vial, Lise Zipci (Les films du Losange)

The Cloud
Fernando E. Solanas
1998, 114 MIN, FRANCE / ARGENTINA / GERMANY
Rights owner: CINESUR SA. / Les films du Sud / Continent film / BIM Distribuzione
Project holder: Fernando Madedo (Cubic Restoration)

The Black Mermaid
Carlos Serrano de Osma
1947, 77 MIN, SPAIN
Rights owner: Mercury Films
Project holders: Valeria Camporesi and Carlos Reviriego (Filmoteca Española)