Alternativa Distribution Takes ‘No Good Men’ & ‘Four Daughters’ To MIPCOM — SkimNews
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- Alternativa Distribution acquired selected rights to Berlin Film Festival opener No Good Men along with Lost Land, Elephants in the Fog, and Four Daughters ahead of its first-ever MIPCOM sales push in Cannes.
- Elephants in the Fog won the Un Certain Regard Jury Prize at Cannes and was Nepal's submission for Best International Feature Film at the Academy Awards; Lost Land won the Orizzonti Special Jury Prize at Venice, and Four Daughters shared the L'Œil d'Or at Cannes and was nominated for Best Documentary at the Oscars.
- Territory splits are mapped out: Elephants in the Fog goes to buyers across Asia and Latin America; No Good Men to Asia and MENA; Four Daughters to Latin America and Asia; and Lost Land to Southeast Asia (ex-Malaysia), the Nordics, Poland, and Portugal.
- Avital Lavi, a former yesDocu and TikTok executive, launched Alternativa's distribution arm earlier this year with an initial 10-film slate that included Un Certain Regard titles If Only I Could Hibernate and A Poet.
- Alternativa is a not-for-profit that supports Global South filmmakers, having started as a Central Asian awards program before growing into a full-fledged festival with editions in Indonesia and Colombia.
Why it matters: Alternativa is a not-for-profit focused on Global South filmmakers carving out commercial distribution through prestige titles. By attaching Cannes, Venice, and Oscar-recognized films to its first MIPCOM slate, the distributor positions itself as a viable pipeline between award-winning international cinema and global streamers and broadcasters hungry for high-impact content.
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