EXCLUSIVE: Vue Lumière has topped up its UK-Ireland distribution slate with the acquisitions of Nadia Fall’s Brides and Ido Fluk’s Köln 75.
The distributor will release Brides in September and Köln 75 later in the autumn, to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the album that is a subject of the film. Bankside Films handles international sales on both titles.
Brides is the debut feature from 2023 Screen UK-Ireland Star of Tomorrow Nadia Fall, and premiered in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at Sundance this year.
Written by Suhayla El-Bushra, Brides is produced by Nicky Bentham for the UK’s Neon Films with Marica Stocchi for Italy’s Rosamont. Set in 2015, it follows two teenage girls who run away from their troubled lives in a British seaside town with a risky plan of travelling to Syria. Ebada Hassan and Safiyya Ingar lead the cast.
The film was developed with the BFI and supported by the BFI and Ffilm Cymru Wales. Additional supporters include the Welsh Government via Creative Wales, Great Point Media, the Italian Ministry of Culture Minority Co-production Fund, Friuli Venezia Giulia Audiovisual regional fund and Rai Cinema.
Vue Lumière has also acquired Berlinale 2025 Special Gala Köln 75, a historical drama about a concert from jazz musician Keith Jarrett that almost didn’t happen, then went on to make jazz history.
Sol Bondy and Fred Burle of Germany’s One Two Films produced the film, which stars Mala Emde alongside John Magaro, Michael Chernus and Ulrich Tukur.
Backers include the Polish Film Institute, Lodz Film Fund, Screen Flanders and The Belgium Tax Shelter.
“While both films draw on true events combined with incredible, inspiring writing, they each have a distinctive directorial vision, telling their unique stories in a way which I think will stay with audiences for a long, long time,” said Vue Lumière director of distribution Eve Gabereau.
“The distribution landscape is constantly evolving and this feels like a very exciting movement to be part of,” said a statement from Bondy and Burle of partnering with Vue Lumière, which launched late last year. “Vue knows their audiences and it’s such a joy to know that their new distribution arm will be bringing our film to so many screens in the UK and Ireland.”
The titles join a Vue Lumière slate that includes Dylan Southern’s The Thing With Feathers.
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