Paris-based sales agency Alpha Violet has boarded the international sales for Liryc Dela Cruz’s “Where the Night Stands Still,” which will world premiere in Berlinale’s section for first-time fiction features, Perspectives. After years of separation, three Filipino siblings, all domestic workers in Italy, reunite in their older sister Lilia’s inherited villa. As the night deepens, […]

Leonor Serraille’s “Ari,” one of the most anticipated European films slated to world premiere in competition at the Berlin Film Festival, has been boarded by Pamela Leu’s Be For Films. “Ari” marks Serraille’s follow up to “Mother and Son” (“Un petit frere”) which competed at Cannes in 2022. Her feature debut, “Jeune Femme,” won the […]

Athens-based sales agent Heretic has added Slovenian director Urška Djukić’s “Little Trouble Girls,” which has its world premiere in Berlin Film Festival’s Perspectives section – dedicated to fiction feature debuts – to its slate. The trailer debuts below. The film focuses on introverted 16-year-old Lucia, who joins her Catholic school’s all-girl choir, where she befriends […]

Beta Film has taken world sales rights to drama series “Other People’s Money,” which will make its world premiere next month in the Berlinale’s Panorama section. The series centers on Europe’s biggest tax fraud ever. It tells the story of how a criminal network of megarich investors, bankers and lawyers stole €146 billion ($153 billion) […]

Paris-based Luxbox has acquired the international sales rights to Iván Fund’s Berlinale Competition title “The Message” (El Mensaje). Set in the Argentinian countryside, the film centers on a girl whose “gift pushes her opportunistic guardians to sell pet medium consultations to make a living. Whether magic or fraud, one thing is certain: the service is […]

Richard Linklater’s “Blue Moon,” starring Ethan Hawke and Margaret Qualley, and Michel Franco’s “Dreams” with Jessica Chastain are slated to compete at the 75th edition of the Berlin Film Festival. This year’s jury will be presided over by “May December” filmmaker Todd Haynes. “Blue Moon,” which also stars Bobby Cannavale and Andrew Scott, is a […]

Picture Tree Intl. has picked up the international sales rights for “Old White Man,” a satirical dramedy by Simon Verhoeven, director of box office hit “Welcome to Germany.” “Old White Man” stars Jan Josef Liefers, Nadia Uhl and Elyas M’Barek, and is produced by Quirin Berg, Max Wiedemann and Kirstin Winkler from Wiedemann & Berg […]

Syndicado Film Sales has boarded two films selected for Berlinale: “Paul” by Denis Côté, which has its world premiere in the Panorama Dokumente section, and “Sirens Call” by Miri Ian Gossing and Lina Sieckmann, which is part of the Forum lineup. Côté’s documentary focuses on Paul, who suffers from depression and social anxiety. He seeks […]

Berlinale Series Market Selects has revealed its lineup. The European Film Market’s “boutique market for serial content from all over the world” will welcome Spanish shows in Berlinale Market Selects, its screening showcase, from “Internal Affairs,” focusing on one of the first female police officers in Spain, starting her first post, to “Honor” – yet […]

French sales outfit Loco Films has acquired international rights to “Tiger’s Pond” (Vagachipani), the latest film championed by celebrated Indian auteur Anurag Kashyap. The dark crime drama, directed by emerging filmmaker Natesh Hegde, is set to make its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival’s Forum strand. Kashyap, whose producing credits include festival favorites like […]

U.K. outfit Blue Finch Films has snagged worldwide sales rights (excluding Australia and New Zealand) to the buzzy animated feature “Lesbian Space Princess,” ahead of its world premiere in the Panorama section at next month’s Berlin Film Festival. The debut feature from Emma Hough Hobbs and Leela Varghese follows a sheltered space princess who embarks […]

Bong Joon Ho‘s hotly anticipated sci-fi film “Mickey 17,” starring Robert Pattinson, will have its international premiere at the Berlin Film Festival, Variety has learned. The $118 million movie marks Bong’s first directorial effort since “Parasite,” which won Cannes’ Palme d’Or and made Oscar history, becoming the first foreign-language film to win the Academy Award for […]

Studio 100 Film has added the action-packed animated feature “Rally – From Paris to the Pyramids” to its slate and will present the first footage from the film to buyers at next month’s European Film Market in Berlin. “Rally – From Paris to the Pyramids” is produced by Qvisten Animation, Scandinavia’s leading animation studio, known […]