Distribution Deals are a FINECUT
June 9th 2009 04:00
Since the Cannes Film festival last may Producers and distributors have been working overtime to acquire the films that will shape 2009’s year in film. Here are just a few of the latest acquisitions .
Korean agency FINECUT has closed a mass of deals during Cannes including Ounie Lecomte’s A Brand New Life to Cineart for Benelux and Filmhouse for Mexico.
It's Seoul, 1975. Jinhee is 9. Her father has placed her in an orphanage run by Catholic nuns. The little girl has to deal with the ordeal of separation and the long wait for a new family. As the seasons pass, the departures of adopted children allow her to glimpse the dream that awaits her but shatter the friendships that she has just formed. Jinhee resists because she knows that the promise of a brand-new life will separate her for good from those she loves.
The semi-autobiographical film about a young girl in an orphanage awaiting adoption, also went to Hong Kong’s Edko Films and Israel’s Shani Film.
Diaphana acquired French rights to A Brand New Life while it was in development and Finecut is also in talks to sell the film to the US, UK, Germany and Japan. It screened out of competition in the Special Screenings section at Cannes.
Finecut also picked up horror film A BLOOD PLEDGE and has the film enroute to be distrbuted through Encore Films for Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia. The film is number 5 in the popular Korean horror franchise that also includes The Whispering Corridor and Memento Mori. Directed by Lee Jong-yong,
Visicom Surya acquired Singapore rights to creature feature Chaw as well as Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei and Vietnam. The film, about a man-eating boar terrorising a Korean village, will be released in Korea over the summer. Sounds a litle like an 80’s film in Australia by the name of RAZORBACK. Chaw and A Blood Pledge are both the subject of negotiations for remake rights.
Taiwan’s Catchplay acquired eight Finecut titles including Eye For An Eye, Hansel And Gretel and My Dear.
Source: from an article by Liz Shackleton
Korean agency FINECUT has closed a mass of deals during Cannes including Ounie Lecomte’s A Brand New Life to Cineart for Benelux and Filmhouse for Mexico.
Writer/Director Ounie Lecomte
The semi-autobiographical film about a young girl in an orphanage awaiting adoption, also went to Hong Kong’s Edko Films and Israel’s Shani Film.
Diaphana acquired French rights to A Brand New Life while it was in development and Finecut is also in talks to sell the film to the US, UK, Germany and Japan. It screened out of competition in the Special Screenings section at Cannes.
Finecut also picked up horror film A BLOOD PLEDGE and has the film enroute to be distrbuted through Encore Films for Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia. The film is number 5 in the popular Korean horror franchise that also includes The Whispering Corridor and Memento Mori. Directed by Lee Jong-yong,
Visicom Surya acquired Singapore rights to creature feature Chaw as well as Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei and Vietnam. The film, about a man-eating boar terrorising a Korean village, will be released in Korea over the summer. Sounds a litle like an 80’s film in Australia by the name of RAZORBACK. Chaw and A Blood Pledge are both the subject of negotiations for remake rights.
Taiwan’s Catchplay acquired eight Finecut titles including Eye For An Eye, Hansel And Gretel and My Dear.
Source: from an article by Liz Shackleton
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