Back at the Cannes Film Market this year, which saw record attendance levels, Teodora has announced that it has acquired the winners of two of the main awards. Vieri Razzini and Cesare Petrillo’s company will distribute the Palme d’Or winner, Ruben Östlund’s The Square [+lire aussi :
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Lucisano Media Group has acquired the Italian distribution rights to five foreign films: the thriller Georgetown, which marks the directorial debut by Viennese actor Christoph Waltz, who also stars in the film alongside Vanessa Redgrave; Megan Leavey, a drama directed by documentarian Gabriela Cowperthwaite, starring Kate Mara; Departures by Peter Hutchings; Ailo’s Journey, a documentary helmed by Guillaume Maidatchevsky; and Escape Plan 3 by Steven C Miller, starring Sylvester Stallone. 

Four films were acquired by Officine Ubu: Back to Burgundy [+lire aussi :
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Notorious Pictures came back clutching eight titles, including Richard Says Goodbye by Wayne Roberts, starring Johnny Depp, and The Full House [+lire aussi :
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At the Film Market, Draka Distribution acquired David Moreau’s Alone, based on the comic book by Bruno Gazzotti and Fabien Vehlmann, from French company StudioCanal.  

In terms of sales, during the festival Variety revealed that the new film by Oscar-winning director Paolo Sorrentino, Loro [+lire aussi :
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True Colours sold the rights to Lucky [+lire aussi :
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German international sales agent The Match Factory sold Sicilian Ghost Story [+lire aussi :
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