John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentIn Dec. 2018, two years after he had picked up “Ainbo: Spirit of the Amazon” at the first edition of Ventana Sur’s Animation!, Edward Noeltner’s Cinema Management Group (CMG) announced he had pre-sold it to over half the planet.
Further deals followed with Signature for the U.K. and Rialto for Australia/New Zealand.Even before COVID-19 struck, independent movies’ worldwide sales roll-outs were getting increasingly rare.
It’s one thing, moreover, for titles to sell, another for them to register any kind of real impact at the box office.But in 2021, despite theater closures and COVID-19 protocols, “Ainbo: Spirit of the Forest” looks to be delivering on its promise.On Nov.
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