Maxime Rappaz’s debut film “Let Me Go,” which plays in the Cannes Acid sidebar, has been sold to Brazil and Taiwan. The film stars Cannes regular Jeanne Balibar in the lead role as a fiftysomething woman torn between her family commitments and pursuing her own desires.
Every Tuesday, a neighbor takes care of Claudine’s son while she goes to a mountain hotel to meet men passing through. When one of them decides to extend his stay for her, Claudine is confused and finds herself dreaming of another life.
Imovision has acquired all rights for Brazil, and will release the film in cinemas after a Brazilian festival premiere. “The mise en scène is excellent and Jeanne Balibar is extraordinary,” Jean-Thomas Bernardini, president of Imovision, commented.
Andrews Film has acquired all rights for Taiwan, where the film joins a distribution slate including “Aftersun,” “One Fine Morning’ and “Drive My Car.
Every Tuesday, a neighbor takes care of Claudine’s son while she goes to a mountain hotel to meet men passing through. When one of them decides to extend his stay for her, Claudine is confused and finds herself dreaming of another life.
Imovision has acquired all rights for Brazil, and will release the film in cinemas after a Brazilian festival premiere. “The mise en scène is excellent and Jeanne Balibar is extraordinary,” Jean-Thomas Bernardini, president of Imovision, commented.
Andrews Film has acquired all rights for Taiwan, where the film joins a distribution slate including “Aftersun,” “One Fine Morning’ and “Drive My Car.
- 5/21/2023
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Film-maker Kleber Mendoça, who won the Fipresci Prize at Rotterdam and Wroclaw’s New Horizons for his fiction feature debut Neighbouring Sounds in 2012, will be in Locarno next month as part of an almost 60-strong Brazilian delegation.
Mendoça, who is also the director of Recife’s Janela International Film Festival, will be joined by, among others, festival director colleagues Renata de Almeida and Ivan Melo of the Sao Paulo Iff as well as Manoel Rangel and Eduardo Valente of film funder Ancine, André Sturm of Cinema do Brasil, producers Sara Silveira (Dezenove Som et Imagem), Eliane Ferreira (Muiraquita Filmes) and Elias Ribeiro (Urucu Media), distributors Jean-Thomas Bernardini (Imovision) and Marcos De Oliveira (Europa Filmes), and sales agent Sandro Fiorin (Figa Films).
Carte Blanche focus on Brazil
The fourth edition of Locarno’s Carte Blanche showcase will be the focus of the Brazilian presence at the Swiss festival with the presentation of new Brazilian features and documentaries by their...
Mendoça, who is also the director of Recife’s Janela International Film Festival, will be joined by, among others, festival director colleagues Renata de Almeida and Ivan Melo of the Sao Paulo Iff as well as Manoel Rangel and Eduardo Valente of film funder Ancine, André Sturm of Cinema do Brasil, producers Sara Silveira (Dezenove Som et Imagem), Eliane Ferreira (Muiraquita Filmes) and Elias Ribeiro (Urucu Media), distributors Jean-Thomas Bernardini (Imovision) and Marcos De Oliveira (Europa Filmes), and sales agent Sandro Fiorin (Figa Films).
Carte Blanche focus on Brazil
The fourth edition of Locarno’s Carte Blanche showcase will be the focus of the Brazilian presence at the Swiss festival with the presentation of new Brazilian features and documentaries by their...
- 7/29/2014
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Cinetic, Oscilloscope and Koch Media are among the first-time companies attending the Locarno Film Festival this year.
A number of international buyers and sellers are due to attend the Locarno Film Festival for the first time this year.
Speaking exclusively to ScreenDaily, Industry Days chief Nadia Dresti confirmed that Ryan Werner of Us sales and distribution company Cinetic and David Laub of Us based distribution and production company Oscilloscope will be coming to Locarno as well as Genevieve Segall of UK distributor Koch Media.
Also attending for the first time will be Nicolas Eschbach (Indie Sales France), Michael Werner (Fortissimo, Hong Kong), Joao Pablo Abreu (Films4you, Portugal), Steven Beswick (The Works Group, UK), Michael Auret (Spierfilm, South Africa), Clive Fisher (Sterkino, South Africa) and Jean-Thomas Bernardini (Imovision, Brazil).
This year also sees Locarno teaming up with the Transilvania International Film Festival (Tiff) in Romania’s Cluj to showcase the winners of the first Transilvania Pitch Stop...
A number of international buyers and sellers are due to attend the Locarno Film Festival for the first time this year.
Speaking exclusively to ScreenDaily, Industry Days chief Nadia Dresti confirmed that Ryan Werner of Us sales and distribution company Cinetic and David Laub of Us based distribution and production company Oscilloscope will be coming to Locarno as well as Genevieve Segall of UK distributor Koch Media.
Also attending for the first time will be Nicolas Eschbach (Indie Sales France), Michael Werner (Fortissimo, Hong Kong), Joao Pablo Abreu (Films4you, Portugal), Steven Beswick (The Works Group, UK), Michael Auret (Spierfilm, South Africa), Clive Fisher (Sterkino, South Africa) and Jean-Thomas Bernardini (Imovision, Brazil).
This year also sees Locarno teaming up with the Transilvania International Film Festival (Tiff) in Romania’s Cluj to showcase the winners of the first Transilvania Pitch Stop...
- 7/16/2014
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
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