Topping the list of sales by the Italian international sales agents at the European Film Market in Berlin (to date) is the incredible success of Magical Nights [+lire aussi :
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Some impressive sales figures were also racked up for Naples in Veils [+lire aussi :
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The comedy Like a Cat on a Highway [+lire aussi :
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But it was I Wonder Pictures that secured the Italian distribution of the film that won the Golden Bear at the Berlinale, bagging the rights to Touch Me Not [+lire aussi :
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One of the acquisition deals signed for Italy at the EFM (which have been made public so far) is the one inked by Officine Ubu, which bought The Kindergarten Teacher by Italy’s Sara Colangelo, a director working in New York, from Protagonist Pictures; the movie stars Maggie Gyllenhaal and Gael García Bernal, and was awarded for Best Director at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. At the Rendez-vous with French Cinema in Paris, which took place at the end of January, Officine Ubu acquired the comedy Jalouse [+lire aussi :
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