Brent Lang Executive Editor Neo Sora, the filmmaker and artist behind “Happyend,” has signed with Cinetic Media. The move comes after “Happyend,” which Sora wrote as well as directed, premiered at the 2024 Venice Film Festival.
It went on to screen at the Toronto International Film Festival, New York Film Festival and Busan International Film Festival, earning positive reviews at each stop.
The coming-of-age story is set in a near-future Japan, where a group of high schoolers fights for a better future against a techno-fascist world fueled by the fear of the next great earthquake.
Metrograph picked up the film for North America distribution after it screened in Venice and will release the film in theaters in 2025.
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