UK-based sales agent Impronta Films has boarded world sales of Ehsan Khoshbakht’s documentary Celluloid Underground which recently premiered at the BFI London Film Festival.
Exploring post-revolutionary Iran, the film is a personal essay about the director’s quest to preserve Iranian cinema in the face of the new Islamic regime.
In addition to London, Celluloid Underground is screening at Morelia, Vienna, Mumbai and Lisbon festivals.
It is produced by Mary Bell and Adam Dawtrey for UK outfit Bofa, with funding from Screen Scotland and the BFI Doc Society Fund.
Impronta Films is based in London and specialises in documentaries. Other films on its slate include Ulises de la Orden’s Berlinale Forum title The Trial.
Ana Fernandez, head of Impronta’s sales and acquisitons, said: “We’re delighted to present Celluloid Underground to a global audience and proud to collaborate with the exceptional creative team behind this extraordinary project.”
Dawtrey added: “Ana delighted us by her emotional response to Ehsan’s story, and her immediate grasp of its timely resonance for many audiences around the world.”
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