Virzì's The First Beautiful Thing negotiating with Kairos for release in Germany
Paolo Virzì's The First Beautiful Thing [+see also:
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In the course of the various public screenings a vote slip was handed out which viewers could use to express their appreciation of the film seen. This was also a way to offer German distributors a concrete opportunity to assess viewers' interest towards the different titles and The First Beautiful Thing turned out as the film with the highest consensus.
The closing of the event will take place on Saturday, December 10, in Berlin, at the Babylon cinema, an important and prestigious art-house cinema in the German capital. But the most important award for Paolo Virzì's film produced by Motorino Amaranto, Medusa Film and Indiana Production is the real possibility of a commercial release in Germany. In fact, thanks to the viewers' ratings, distribution company Kairos has already started negotiations to buy the film.
(Translated from Italian)
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