Locarno Industry Attendance Soars and 9 Other Takes: Deals, Buzz Titles, ‘Medusa Deluxe,’ Jason Blum, New Mantras
variety.comLatest DealsA score or more of new deals announced since Sunday in exclusivity to Variety:*Germany’s Pluto Film has been in negotiations with several theatrical distributors on Locarno Piazza Grande title “Semret,” ahead of its world premiere on Aug.
10. Meanwhile, “How I Learned To Fly” was sold for theatrical distribution to 17+ territories all over Europe, among them Germany-Switzerland-Austria (Der Filmverleih), Italy (Imago), Poland (Nowe Horyzonty) and Estonia (Estin Film). “Stop-Zemlia” has closed Germany (Dejà-Vu) and Singapore (Anticipate Pictures). “Jesus Lopez,” “Heavens Above” and “Vanishing Fog” have been sold to HBO.*Elie Grappe’s “Olga,” Switzerland’s 2021 Oscar entry, continues its impressive sales roll out.
Just before Locarno, Pulsar Content closed Italy with Wanted. Some weeks before that, it closed deals with Tanweer in Greece and Falcon in Indonesia and Flamingo in Spain.
Further buyers take in A2B for Germany and Scandinavia, Pandora in Japan and Film Europe in Czech Republic. Kino Lorber has U.S.
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