In a welcome sign for a struggling independent film market, the Venice Film Festival kicked off this week with a series of international deals.
Sony Pictures Classics picked up worldwide rights, outside of Italy, for Luca Guadagnino’s documentary Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams, which covers the life of fashion icon Salvatore Ferragamo.
Beta Cinema unveiled a series of pre-sales on Uberto Pasolini's Nowhere Special, a title from Venice's Orizzonti sidebar. Greek director Christos Nikou's Orizzonti opener Apples locked in deals with the U.K.
and Ireland (Curzon Artificial Eye), as well as Australia/New Zealand (Madman Entertainment). These deals weren't actually struck in Venice.
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