Beta Cinema has revealed further sales on its Berlinale and Europe Film Market lineup, including “500 Miles,” “Führer and Seducer,” “Hammarskjöld,” “The Light” and “From Hilde, With Love.”
After a first deal on the upcoming Bill Nighy-roadmovie “500 Miles” with True Brit Ent. for U.K. was announced during the market, Beta Cinema has confirmed further territories have picked up the dramedy: Australia and New Zealand (Kismet), Middle East (Front Row), Italy (Maestro Distribution), Benelux (September Film), Greece (Feelgood) and former Yugoslavia (Discovery). Aardwolf Films picked up worldwide airline rights. BAFTA-winner Morgan Matthews will direct from a script by Malcolm Campbell, based on the novel “Charlie and Me” by Mark Lowery later in 2024. Roman Griffin Davis will star next to Nighy.
The market premiere for “Führer and Seducer” led to new deals with Condor Entertainment for France, Beta Film for Bulgaria and TFG for Greece. Deals with Spain (A Contracorriente), Portugal (Films4You), Scandinavia (Mis Label), Benelux (Dutch Film Works), Czech Republic (Donart Film), former Yugoslavia (Discovery), Japan (AT Entertainment) and Australia and New Zealand (Moving Story Entertainment) had been announced ahead of EFM. Wild Bunch will release the film in the German-speaking territories. The film is directed by German director and historian Joachim A. Lang and stars Robert Stadlober as Joseph Goebbels, Nazi Germany’s Minister of Propaganda, next to Fritz Karl as Adolf Hitler.
“Hammarskjöld – Fight for Peace” also had its market premiere at the EFM and additionally sold to Australia and New Zealand (Palace Films), Czech Republic (Film Europe) and Bulgaria (Beta Film). Deals with Italy (Rai Cinema), France (Swift Productions), Spain (Twelve Oaks), Portugal (Outsider Films) and former Yugoslavia (Discovery) had been announced prior to the market. The film is directed and co-written by Per Fly and stars Mikael Persbrandt as the Nobel Peace Prize winner and former UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld, who died in mysterious circumstances during a plane crash in 1961.
Tom Tykwer’s return to cinema “The Light” has been presold to Benelux (September Film), Greece (TFG) and former Yugoslavia (Discovery). In the film – which stars Lars Eidinger, Nicolette Krebitz and Tala al Deen – Tykwer draws the portrait of a modern family between collapse and new beginnings when a Syrian born housekeeper puts their emotional world to an unexpectedly wild test. X Verleih will release the film in German theaters in October.
Andreas Dresen’s Berlinale Competition film “From Hilde, With Love” has now also sold to U.K. and Ireland (Picturehouse Entertainment), adding to the deals across Europe and Australia, that were announced by PvNew. These included France (Haut et Court), Italy (Teodora), Scandinavia (Angel Films), Benelux (September Film), Portugal (Outsider), former Yugoslavia (Discovery), Czech Republic (Film Europe), Hungary (Circo) and Palace Film (Australia and New Zealand). Pandora Filmverleih will release the resistance drama in the German-speaking territories in October.
