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DISTRIBUTION UK

Artificial Eye snaps up Cannes winners

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UK distribution outfit Artificial Eye has acquired a slew of Cannes award winners, all in competition. Leading the acquisition list is popular winner from Romania, Christian Mungiu’s abortion drama 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Cristian Mungiu
interview: Oleg Mutu
film profile
]
, that scooped both the coveted Palme d’Or and the FIPRESCI Prize (see news).

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The company also picked up Andrei Zvyagintsev’s The Banishment, which won the Best Actor prize for Konstantin Lavronenko (see news). Another winner to join the Artificial Eye fold is Fatih Akin’s The Edge of Heaven [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Fatih Akin
interview: Klaus Maeck
film profile
]
, winner of both the Best Screenplay and the Ecumenical awards (see news and interview).

In addition, the company also picked up titles from favourite arthouse directors, including Alexander Sokurov’s Alexandra [+see also:
trailer
film profile
]
(see article), Bela Tarr’s The Man from London [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile
]
(see article and interview), Catherine Breillat’s The Old Mistress [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile
]
(see article) and Christophe Honore’s Love Songs [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile
]
(see article).

UK release dates for these films have not been announced yet.

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