17/05/2007

Thanks to distribution backing from the MEDIA Programme (€356,000) the cinema rights to Golden Door [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Alexandre Mallet-Guy
interview: Charlotte Gainsbourg
interview: Emanuele Crialese
interview: Emanuele Crialese
interview: Fabrizio Mosca
film profile] by Emanuele Crialese have been acquired by 16 European countries (France, Germany, the UK, Spain, Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Denmark, Finland, Greece, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia and Hungary).

Kim Rossi Stuart’s directorial debut Along the Ridge [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Kim Rossi Stuart
film profile] also received funding (€185,000), and was bought for Belgium, Switzerland, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, the Netherlands and Norway, Spain and Bulgaria.

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Two Italian distribution companies specialising in non-domestic European titles also received MEDIA financing of an overall €205,000: DNC (€175,000, of which €25,000 for Asterix and the Vikings and €150,000 for Dutch film Black Book) and Lucky Red (€30,000 for German title Desire).