27/05/2015 - CANNES 2015: Midas Filmes will distribute the Palme d’Or winner, Dheepan, and other triumphant features

Beyond the glamour of the red carpet – with or without high-heels controversies – Cannes is a world of business, gathering together professionals from all over the world. Portuguese distributors did not miss their chance to get the most out of the event and returned home with their suitcases full of titles that are expected to open theatrically at some point this year.

Indie distribution outfit Midas Filmes will take care of the distribution of three award-winning titles, including Jacques Audiard’s Palme d’Or winner, Dheepan [+see also:
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Q&A: Jacques Audiard
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Q&A: László Nemes
interview: László Rajk
film profile], and The Assassin by the Best Director winner, Hou Hsiao-Hsien. Midas’ line-up also includes the competition title Mountains May Depart [+see also:
trailer
film profile] by Jia Zhang-ke and two Un Certain Regard entries: Brillante Mendoza’s Taklub and Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Cemetery of Splendour [+see also:
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Portugal’s biggest distributor, NOS Audiovisuais, will handle the distribution of five films that made it into the official competition: Maïwenn’s Mon Roi [+see also:
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interview: Paolo Sorrentino
film profile], Justin Kurzel’s Shakespearean tragedy Macbeth [+see also:
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making of
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Q&A: Matteo Garrone
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Q&A: Yorgos Lanthimos
film profile] and Todd Haynes’ Carol [+see also:
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Paulo Branco’s Leopardo Filmes bought Emmanuelle Bercot’s Standing Tall [+see also:
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interview: Emmanuelle Bercot
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interview: Nanni Moretti
film profile], Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Our Little Sister and Guillaume Nicloux’s Valley of Love [+see also:
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film profile]. Leopardo’s line-up was rounded off by Corneliu Porumboiu’s The Treasure, Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Journey to the Shore [+see also:
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film profile], Grímur Hákonarson’s Rams [+see also:
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interview: Grimur Hakonarson
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film profile], and the French titles In the Shadow of Women [+see also:
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film profile] by Philippe Garrel and My Golden Days [+see also:
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film profile] by Arnaud Desplechin.

Pris Audiovisuais bought Denis Villeneuve’s Sicario, the animated title The Little Prince [+see also:
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film profile] by Mark Osborne and Woody Allen’s latest effort, The Irrational Man, expected to open in September. Lastly, Joachim Trier’s new film, Louder Than Bombs [+see also:
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interview: Joachim Trier
film profile], will be distributed by Alambique Filmes.