EXCLUSIVE: Tel Aviv-based documentary sales outfit Cinephil has added two new features to its Cannes slate: Natchez from director-producer Suzannah Herbert, which is premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival next month, and Volia Chajkouskaya’s Not Made For Politics, about a group of Belarusian women who are challenging the country’s 30-year dictatorship.
Natchez explores life in small Mississippi town that romanticises its past for the sake of the tourists but tries to downplay the debt it owes to the descendants of slavery. Cinephil has closed early deals for SVT (Sweden), VPRO (Netherlands), and DR (Denmark).
Cinephil is also launching sales on Ukrainian director Iryna Tsilyk’s animated feature doc, Red Zone, about a day in the life of the director.
“We’re drawn to films that push boundaries, visually, emotionally, and politically,” said Shoshi Korman, co-managing director of Cinephil with Suzanne Nodale.
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