New Europe Film Sales has closed fresh deals on its Critics’ Week hit A White, White Day by Icelandic director Hlynur Palmason.
It has now been bought in territories including Poland (New Horizons Association), Norway (Merfilm), Switzerland (Xenix), Czech Republic and Slovakia (Aero), Greece (Weird Wave) and Baltics (Kino Pavasaris).
Film will have world premiere in Rotterdam’s Harbour strand.
Risk averse festivals and buyers are proving a major hurdle for political films, hears IDFA’s ’Finding the Compass’ session.
Amy Hardie’s feature doc is about a couple who deal with past trauma when their baby’s cries trigger PTSD.
Best rough cut was awarded to Do You Love Me, an archive-based movie about Beirut.
Jordan Allwood joins the UKGSF team from sales outfit Independent Entertainment.
Featherstone anticipates a return to less risky, long-form TV comissioning, with pure TV talent attached: ”Movie stars don’t want to do a TV schedule.”
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