EXCLUSIVE: NonStop Entertainment has acquired Nordic distribution rights to 10 films at Cannes, including Competition entries Die, My Love by Lynne Ramsay and Mascha Schilinski’s Sound Of Falling.
The distributor now represents three Cannes Competition films, with those two plus previously-announced Alpha by Julia Ducournau.
NonStop has made acquisitions from elsewhere in the festival, buying Raoul Peck’s Cannes Premiere documentary Orwell: 2+2=5; and the restoration of Mamoru Oshii’s 1985 animation Angel’s Egg, which played in the Cinema de la Plage section.
Further NonStop additions include Macon Blair’s The Toxic Avenger starring Peter Dinklage, Elijah Wood and Kevin Bacon – a reboot of the 1984 comedy-horror; and Ira Sachs’ Berlinale Panorama entry Peter Hujar’s Day, starring Ben Whishaw and Rebecca Hall.
It has also bought Shudder feature Abraham’s Boys: A Dracula Story, on which NonStop holds Nordic and Baltic rights; and James Kent’s Stolen Girl starring Kate Beckinsale and Scott Eastwood, in the story of a woman who spends more than 10 years tracking down her abducted daughter.
NonStop has rounded off its latest acquisitions with David Moreau’s O.T.H.E.R., a modern technology horror about a woman who returns to her childhood home to find it rigged with surveillance equipment; and Willilam Kaufman’s sci-fi Osiris, in which special forces soldiers are co-opted into a fight for survival with a relentless alien race.
“Leaving Cannes with three of the most talked-about titles from the main Competition is a dream scenario for any distributor,” said Jakob Abrahamsson, NonStop Entertainment CEO. “Add The Toxic Avenger to the mix - this year’s Terrifier 3 cousin - and you’ve got a slate that perfectly reflects NonStop’s love for both high-end auteur cinema and wildly entertaining cult fare.”
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