EXCLUSIVE: Venice Film Festival hit Apples has scored more European distribution deals for Paris-based Alpha Violet. Deals have closed with Lucky Red (Italy), Filmfreak (Netherlands), Fivia MCF (Ex…
Deals have closed with Lucky Red , Filmfreak , Fivia MCF , New Horizon and Filmladen .. It’s a strong and original film. We are happy to have a new author with Lucky Red; Christos Nikou will certainly make his way onto the international scene.”
The Greek dramedy, which was six years in the making, has already sold to Curzon for the UK and Ireland, Madman for Australia and Feelgood for Greece. CAA is repping U.S. Also playing today in Toronto’s TIFF Selects program today, the film is set amidst a worldwide pandemic that causes sudden amnesia and follows a middle-aged man who finds himself enrolled in a recovery program designed to help unclaimed patients build new identities.
, which he and his writing partner Stavros Raptis are working on alongside UK playwright Sam Steiner. He described the project to us as “similar in style to, though not set in Greece, and more accessible/mainstream. We hope we can make it soon given the strong interest in it.”
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