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The Day of Professional Meetings titled Beyond Borders 2021 - Export Meetings will be held on Tuesday, January 12. This event will be entirely devoted to the issues concerning the export of French films to foreign markets. All details about the day's program can be found here.

The Film Market will be officially opened on the evening of Tuesday, January 12, with an online screening of Eric Besnard. Following the opening, 67 films (including 31 premieres) will be presented to foreign buyers in the presence of 44 French sales companies.

A pitch session aimed at buyers, pre-recorded by the films' sales agents, will be broadcast on the morning of Wednesday, January 13.

Press junket

Around one hundred artists (actors and directors) from the French films that are planned for release around the world in 2021 will meet online with the 144 accredited international journalists during three days of interviews held via video conference. The interviews will be conducted from a prestigious Parisian hotel, with the styling of hair and makeup for the artists participating in the 2021 Rendez-Vous event provided by Parfums Givenchy - under the direction of Nicolas Degennes.

In 2020, 1329 interviews were conducted during the press junket.

As was the case last year, the official studio photograph for the Rendez-Vous with French Cinema in Paris will be taken by the photographer Philippe Quaisse.

The Rendez-Vous with French Cinema in Paris benefits from the invaluable support of: the French government – the CNC – the Institut Français – PROCIREP – TitraFilm – Wallonie-Bruxelles Images – Cinando – Piper-Heidsieck – Parfums Givenchy – Le Film Français – Variety