Salaud Morisset Expands Focus to Features, Boards Sales on Karlovy Vary, Locarno Premieres (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comLeo Barraclough International Features Editor Berlin- and Paris-based Salaud Morisset, a leading short film production and distribution outfit, has acquired two feature films for world sales – one selected by Karlovy Vary Film Festival and the other by Locarno Film Festival – as the company accelerates into feature film sales and production.
Salaud Morisset has taken world sales rights on Cyril Aris’ feature documentary “Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano,” which premiered in the main competition at Karlovy Vary this week, and Una Gunjak’s fiction feature “Excursion,” just announced as the opener of Locarno Film Festival’s Filmmakers of the Present section.
Salaud Morisset, which is also a co-producer on “Excursion,” aims to continue fostering synergies between its production and sales operations as it commits to a full slate of feature projects.
Salaud Morisset will also continue handling selected shorts and represents international rights for “Dammi” by Yann Demange (“Blade,” “Top Boy,” “Lovecraft Country”), starring Riz Ahmed. “Dammi” is also headed to Locarno, where the film will be screened at the Piazza Grande on the fest’s opening night, and Ahmed’s career impact will be honored with the fest’s Excellence Award. “Dammi” is produced by AMI Paris and Vixens in co-production with Wayward Films.
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