Andrew Herwitz has taken on sale rights to Mark Kendall’s SXSW premiere La Camioneta, about a man who buys a decommissioned yellow school bus and drives it to his native Guatemala to use as a private bus.

The Film Sales Company has also acquired rights to the female empowerment tale Blues For Willadean starring Oscar winner Octavia Spencer, which will screen at MIP next month.

The MIP roster includes dysfunctional family drama Family Weekend starring Kristen Chenowith and Mathew Modine and erotic thriller The Unlikely Girl about an American exchange student in rural France.

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