The Match Manufacturing facility has secured 20 further gross sales on Cannes Jury Prize winner Sirât, including main territories UK-Ireland, Germany and Latin America.
Oliver Laxe’s movie has offered to UK-Ireland (Altitude), Latin America (Cine Video y TV), Benelux (Cineart), Germany and Austria (Pandora Movie), Switzerland (Filmcoopi), Japan (Transformer), South Korea (Challan), Taiwan (Andrews Movie), Australia-New Zealand (Madman Leisure), Poland (New Horizons), Sweden (TriArt Movie), Norway (Fidalgo), Finland (Cinema Mondo), Greece (Feelgood Leisure), Portugal (Nitrato Filmes), former Yugoslavia (MCF MegaCom), Romania (Transilvania Movie), Czech Republic and Slovakia (Aerofilms), Hungary (Cirko Movie), and the Baltics (A-One Movies).
Neon acquired the movie for North America yesterday, with Mubi taking rights for Italy, Turkey and India.
Pyramide is releasing Sirât in France, whereas BTeam Photos will launch the movie in Spain on June 6.
Sirât was awarded the Jury Prize within the pageant’s closing ceremony earlier this night, collectively with Mascha Schilinski’s Sound Of Falling. It had its world premiere on Thursday, Could 15 in Cannes.
The movie follows a father and son at a rave within the mountains of southern Morocco, on the lookout for their daughter/sister.
Sirât is produced by Pedro Almodovar, Agustin Almodovar and Esther Garcia for his or her El Deseo banner, with Xavi Font and Laxe for Filmes Da Ermida, Oriol Maymo for Uri Movies, Mani Mortazavi and Andrea Queralt for 4A4 Productions, and Domingo Corral for Movistar Plus+.
The movie additionally obtained the unbiased Cannes Soundtrack award, introduced by a jury of journalists.