Well Go USA Picks Up Tristes Tropiques in North America — SkimNews
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- Well Go USA picked up Tristes Tropiques for North America; Finecut is carrying the film in its AFM line-up as fresh deals close ahead of the Nov. 25 Korean theatrical release.
- Swift Distribution acquired French-speaking territories, with president and CEO Didier Costet calling the film “an exciting new cinematic journey.”
- Alfa Pictures will handle Spain and Andorra, while Blue Swan Entertainment has Italy and CaiChang International has Taiwan.
- Splendid Film secured Germany, Austria and Switzerland in earlier sales; Media4Fun took Poland, Multivision India took the Indian subcontinent, PT Prima Cinema Multimedia took Indonesia, and Izagur Media took Mongolia.
- Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival awarded the film the Silver Raven in its International Competition, while Paris’ L’Étrange Festival named it Grand Prix Nouveau Genre Canal+ winner in September.
- London Korean Film Festival selected Tristes Tropiques to close the event, adding a third overseas festival milestone.
- Well Go USA previously released Park Hoon-jung’s The Witch films and The Childe in North America, and president and CEO Doris Pfardrescher said the new film takes his blend of style, emotion and hard-hitting action to a new level.
Why it matters: Finecut is carrying a film whose sales now span North America, French-speaking territories, Spain, Andorra, Italy, Taiwan and earlier European and Asian deals, ahead of the Nov. 25 Korean opening. Two festival wins and a London closing slot give international distributors a genre title already backed by festival recognition before release.
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