Additional deals closed in Germany-Austria, Italy, Poland and Norway, among others.
Jafar Panahi’s Berlinale entry Taxi has been one of the market’s most in-demand titles for Hengameh Panahi’s Celluloid Dreams with additional deals closing in Germany-Austria (Weltkino), Italy (Cinema – Valerio De Paolis), Switzerland (Filmcoopi), Sweden (Folkestbio), Norway (Arthaus), Poland (Solopan), Ex-Yugoslavia (I2 Films), Baltics (Must Kasi), Columbia (Cine Columbia).
Earlier in the market Memento snapped up French rights to the film in which banned Iranian director Panahi, who won Berlin Silver Bear awards in 2006 and 2013, turns a yellow cab into a mobile film studio with a camera placed on the dashboard.
Deals in a host of other territories are pending.
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