16/02/2009

Stockholm-based distribution company NonStop Entertainment picked up seven new films at the Berlinale, including Rachid Bouchareb’s London River [+see also:
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The film acquired from Elle Driver will be released by NonStop in the Nordic and Baltic region, along with the documentary The September Issue, also on Elle Driver’s line-up; Armando Iannucci’s In the Loop [+see also:
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Other titles acquired for the five Nordic countries include Admiral, Russia’s most expensive and successful film ever, directed by Andrei Kravchuk and sold by Rezo Films; as well as Largo Winch [+see also:
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Those new acquisitions will be released in the Nordic region through NonStop's Swedish arm, via its ad hoc arrangements with Arthaus (Norway), Cinema Mondo (Finland), Camera or Angel in Denmark, and Myndform (Iceland), with whom NonStop just signed another three-year deal.

They add up to their previous pick-up, Swedish Berlinale Forum favourite Burrowing [+see also:
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