UK-based sales company Intandem Films has reported a strong level of sales done at the recent AFM.

Robert B Weide's How To Lose Friends And Alienate People, starring Kirsten Dunst and Simon Pegg, was sold to Germany (Concorde/Telemunchen), Italy (Mikado), Portugal (Lusomundo), Turkey (Sanat Ozen), Korea (MFI), Poland (Hagi) and Benelux (RCV).

Intandem also structured the finance for that project, now in post. Paramount Pictures International previously acquired rights for the UK, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.

Stephen Woolley and Liz Karlsen produce for Number 9 Films, with financing from Aramid, Film 4 and the UK Film Council.

Also at AFM, Intandem announced it will handle sales for Rob Prior and Paul Jenkins' Tatua, working with producers Todd Breau and Kari Hollen and executive producer Martin Katz. The cast is being finalised, but the concept was strongenough to sell the project to Benelux (Bridge) and Portugal (Lusomundo).

Also being pre-sold, Intandem has Martha Fiennes' espionage thriller Blown, based on George Tiffin's script and with Thandie Newton attached. The project went to Portugal (Lusomundo) and Russia/CIS (Luxor).

Intandem director Andrew Brown said: 'Despite this so-called industry malaise we have benefited from our best year yet at the AFM with 26 territory sales across our slate of major titles.'

Intandem Director Billy Hurman added that How To Lose Friends was a particular highlight after its promo reel screenings at AFM. 'The reaction we have had from all territories shows that it is a commercial film that translates into different cultures and therefore has formidable worldwide appeal,' he said.

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