Cannes ACID Opener ‘Kyuka’ Sold to France, Greece and Benelux by Heretic (EXCLUSIVE)

variety.com:

Naman Ramachandran Athens-based sales and production outfit Heretic has sold key territories on the Cannes Film Festival‘s ACID sidebar opening film, Greece’s “Kyuka: Before Summer’s End.” Heretic has sealed distribution deals for France with The Dark, Benelux with Gusto Entertainment and Greece with Cinobo.

Directed by feature debutant Kostis Charamountanis, who previously directed several acclaimed shorts, the film follows a family of three, a single father, Babis, and his twin children on the verge of adulthood, Konstantinos and Elsa, who sail to the island of Poros on the family boat for their holidays.

In the midst of swimming, sunbathing and making new friends, Konstantinos and Elsa meet, unbeknownst to them, their birth mother Anna who abandoned them when they were babies.

The encounter stirs up long-held feelings of resentment in Babis, resulting in a bittersweet coming-of-age journey. The film, which had its world premiere last week, opening Cannes ACID (Association for the International Distribution of Independent Cinemas), is produced by Danae Spathara, Giorgos Karnavas and Konstantinos Kontovrakis for Heretic, and co-produced by Marija Dimitrova and Igor Ivanov of List Production, North Macedonia.