From Golden Bear to Palme d’Or for The Match Factory
German international seller The Match Factory, whose catalogue includes the Golden Bear winner at the latest Berlinale, Honey, (as well as the previous year’s winner and 2010 Oscar nominee, The Milk of Sorrow [+see also:
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At the Cannes Film Market, Uncle Boonmee was sold to numerous territories including, in Europe, France (Pyramide Distribution), the United Kingdom (New Wave Films), Spain (Karma Films), Italy (BIM Distribuzione), Benelux (Contact Film), Switzerland (Trigon), Austria (Stadtkino Wien), Denmark (Sunrise Distribution), Norway (Arthaus), Sweden (Folkets Bio), The Czech Republic and Slovakia (Artcam), Greece (Ama Films), Poland (AP Mañana), Portugal (Midas Films), Romania (Independenta Films), the former Yugoslavia (MCF Megacom), Russia and the Baltic countries (Artcinema).
Boosted by its growing international reputation, The Match Factory won over buyers with some of its other titles presented at Cannes. These include Christoph Hochhäusler’s The City Below [+see also:
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(Translated from French)
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