MPM Premium has closed sales in France, Belgium and the Middle East and North Africa for Lotfi Achour’s “Red Path,” screening in the Filmmakers of the Present competition at Locarno this August.
Nour Films will release “Red Path” in France, O’Brother in Belgium and ART in the MENA regions. Founded in 2008 by Patrick Sibourd, Nour Films distributes independent films with a singular and engaged film vision, it says.
Recent Nour distribution slate titles take in 2024 Sundance audience award winner “Girls Will Be Girls” and Berlin competition player “Gloria!” Upcoming releases from O’Brother take in Michel Hazanavicius’ Cannes competition hit “The Most Precious of Treasures.” “Red Path” is inspired by real events that unfolded in the Mghila Mountain in Tunisia in November 2015.
There, a jihadist group attacked two young shepherds, forcing the one survivor to bring a morbid message back to his family.
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