21/09/2005

Back from the festivals at Venice and Toronto where many of its films featured in the programmes, Celluloïd Dreams, the French international sales company headed by Hengameh Panahi summed up for Cineuropa the very satisfying set of results from the two events.
According to head of sales Tanja Meissner, the best business was done by Vers le Sud [+see also:
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trailer
interview: Laurent Cantet
interview: Robin Campillo
interview: Simon Arnal-Szlovak
film profile] by Laurent Cantet which was bought for numerous territories: Germany (Alamode Film), Austria (Polyfilm), Belgium (Cinéart), Switzerland (Frenetic Films), Sweden (Non Stop), Danemark (Camera Film), Italy (Mikado), Greece (Audio Visual), Portugal (Atalanta Filmes), Israel, Russia, Canada, Argentina and Brazil. And negotiations are underway for the UK, and the USA should be tied up by the AFM (2 - 5 November).

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Also among the European productions that have achieved the good results are notably Allegro [+see also:
trailer
film profile] by Danish Christoffer Boe which was sold for Italy (Lady Film), Greece (Audio Visual), Hungary (Budapest Film), Poland (Tantra), Israël, Turkey, Russia, Rumania, Argentina and Mexico. For its part, Le Parfum de la Dame en Noir [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Bruno Podalydès
interview: Pascal Caucheteux
film profile] by Frenchman Bruno Podalydes seduced buyers from Benelux (Cinéart & Cinélibre), Switzerland (JMH Distribution), Portugal (Atalanta Filmes), the Czech Republic and Slovakia (Hollywood Classic), ex-Yugoslavia (Cinemania) and China. Note too sales for the new film by Marco Bellocchio (Il regista di matrimoni) which will begin at the AFM.

Outside of films from the Old Continent, Celluloïd Dreams also recorded excellent sales with the Indian feature Water by Deepa Mehta (bought for Germany, Spain, Austria, Greece, all of eastern Europe, South America and Australia), with the reassembled version of Three Times by Hou Hsia-hsien (Belgium, Portugal, UK, Israël, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Thaïland, Argentina) and also the sure-fire Takeshis’ by Takeshi Kitano which was sold throughout the world, notably in France to (ARP Sélection), UK (Artificial Eye), Switzerland (Frenetic) and Spain (Vertigo Films), and negotiations are underway in the USA.

(Translated from French)