Halfway through and Berlin's European Film Market is starting to heat up, with a number of deals being signed for finished features.
In a pair of domestic acquisitions announced mid-market, Kino Lorber snatched North American rights to Luzzu, Alex Camilleri's directorial debut, which premiered at Sundance, and fellow New York distributor FilmRise took U.S.
on Beans, another first feature, from filmmaker Tracey Deer, which bowed in Toronto last year and is screening in the Generation section of the 2021 Berlin International Film Festival this week.
Set on Malta, Luzzu features a cast of professional and non-professional actors —including many Maltese fisherman playing versions of themselves—in a story of a confrontation between ancient.
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