Wouter Jansen’s Vienna-based sales and distribution outfit Square Eyes has added two Berlinale Forum titles to its EFM slate.
The first is Philip Scheffner’s Europe which was originally conceived as documentary and is described by Jansen as a “forced fiction”. It tells the story of Zohra Hamadi (Rhim Ibrir) who lives in France and has just undergone major surgery. For the first time in her life, she can walk upright, virtually pain-free. Her husband Hocine is waiting in Algeria to finally get a family reunification visa, but with the end of her treatment, Zohra loses her right of residence in France.
Square Eyes has international rights excluding Germany and France. The German release will be handled by Grandfilm with the release set for March.
The company has also taken world sales rights on Forum title Afterwater, the second feature from artist and filmmaker Dane Komljen. The experimental project follows Jonasz, who studies insects and fishes, and Signe, who is obsessed with leaves and herbs. After a day spent in gardens and libraries, they meet, take the train and leave the city, pitching their tent on the shores of a lake.
Afterwater stars Jonasz Hapk, Ton Gras and Rose-Anabel Beermann and is produced by Zsuzsanna Kiràly for Flaneur Films in co-production with Montse Triola for Andergraun Films; Vladimir Vidic and Natasa Damnjanovic for Dart Film; and the Jeonju Cinema Project.
Square Eyes will also handle sales on Forum Expanded short Moune Ô, from Maxime Jean-Baptiste, which is produced by Antoinette Jattiot and Wim Waelpu for La Loge.
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