is officially half-way done. While the first two days were packed with pre-sale presentations from the U.S. agencies and major international sales outfits, by Wednesday, Cannes deal makers had shifted focus to finished films, particularly international titles. Many of the headline sales were for arthouse features heading to newly-reopened theaters in Europe and Asia., the period epic from Oscar winner Stefan Ruzowitzky , was a strong seller for Beta Cinema.
Beta has been enjoying a strong Virtual Cannes. The German group racked up multiple sales on Burhan Qurbani-directed, which closed for France , Scandinavia , Brazil and Japan among other territories. The feature, a modern-day update on the 1929 novel by Alfred Döblin, premiered in competition at the Berlin Film Festival in February., went to Weltkino for Germany, A2 Distribuidora for Brazil and Jetsen for the Chinese market, among other deals.
Rapace stars alongside Icelandic actor Hilmir Snaer Gudnason as a sheep-herding couple who decide to raise a mysterious newborn baby they discover abandoned on their farmland, unaware that the child will ultimately bring destruction upon them. New Europe also closed a deal for North American and U.K. rights to Jorunn Myklebust Syversen's Norwegian drama, a 2019 Toronto Film Fest entry, with indie distributor 1091; inked multiple deals for Rotterdam winner, which went to the U.K.
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