NonStop Entertainment has gone on a buying spree for Nordic rights to new titles including Berlinale opening film Peter Von Kant directed by Francois Ozon, in a deal with Playtime.
Also from Berlinale’s official selection, the company acquired Dark Glasses by Dario Argento, with Nordic rights acquired from Wild Bunch. The thriller set in Rome stars Asia Argento.
From the Sundance 2022 selection, NonStop acquired Nordic rights from A24 to After Yang by Kogonada (also selected for Cannes 2021). Colin Farrell and Jodie Turner-Smith star in a sci-fi about memory, grief and love. Also, from XYZ, the company struck a deal for Something in The Dirt by Justin Benson and Aaron Scott Moorhead, a sci-fi thriller. The third Sundance acquisition is Spanish horror thriller Piggy, directed by Carlota Pereda, with Nordic and Baltic rights acquired from Charades.
Other fiction acquisitions are:
One Fine Morning by Mia Hansen-Løve, Nordic rights acquired from Films du Losange. Lea Seydoux stars as a single mother who embarks on an affair with an old friend. The film is now in post-production.
To The Moon by Scott Friend, Nordic and Baltic rights for the paranoid arthouse thriller acquired from Yellow Veil Pictures.
Spitfire Over Berlin by Callum Burn, Nordic and Baltic rights acquired from Kaleidoscope. Drama inspired by true stories of a WWII pilot’s mission over Berlin.
Non Stop also added four documentaries:
Three Minutes – A Lengthening by Bianca Stigter, Nordic and Baltic rights acquired from Autlook. From a three-minute home film from 1939, the director recreates the story of a lost Jewish community in Poland before WW2. The film had its premiere at Venice.
Exposing Muybridge by Marc Shaffer, Nordic and Baltic rights acquired from MetFilm Sales. Portrait of photography and film pioneer Eadweard Muybridge.
Charli XCX Alone Together by Bradley Bell and Pablo Jones-Soler, Nordic and Baltic rights acquired from Blue Finch Films. About the pop star Charli XCX enlisting fans to help her producer an album during the pandemic.
This Is Joan Collins by Clare Beavan, Nordic and Baltic rights acquired from Abacus Media rights. Biographical documentary narrated by Joan Collins herself.
NonStop Entertainment CEO Jakob Abrahamsson said: “To finally be at a physical festival again was a blessing, such a delight to see great films on big screens, to meet grand people over a drink or dinner, and enter that very specific thing that is the festival bubble once again, that is something that has been sorely missed during the pandemic. On top of that our belief in director-driven films have brought us new projects from trailblazers like Mia Hansen-Løve, Francois Ozon, Kogonada and Benson/Moorhead.”
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