Wild Bunch International (WBI) has unveiled a flurry of deals on Indonesian director Kamila Andini’s Nana: Before, Now & Then, following its premiere in competition at the Berlinale.
In Europe, the film has sold to ARP Sélection (France), Trigon (Switzerland), Spain (Filmin), Greece (Cinobo), Italy (Movies Inspired), Poland (New Horizon), ex-Yugoslavia (Film Europe). It has also been acquired for Israel by Lev Cinema.
The drama is also drumming up interest in Asia with deals to South Korea (M&M International), Taiwan (Flash Forward) and Hong Kong (Golden Scene).
Set against Indonesia’s turbulent post-independence years in the 1960s, Happy Salma stars as a woman who loses her first husband, child and home in the conflict but finds a refuge of sorts in a second marriage to a wealthy man.
Co-star Laura Basuki won the Silver Bear for best supporting performance for her role as the mistress of the protagonist’s husband who becomes an unexpected friend and ally.
Nana: Before, Now & Then marked Andini’s first time in competition at the Berlinale. She previously won the Grand Prix in its Generation Kplus section with The Seen And Unseen. Her debut film The Mirror Never Lies also premiered in that section in 2012.
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