At Swiss doc fest Visions du Réel with Cannes Acid premiere “Coalesce,” Torino-based The Open Reel has closed a raft of deals on its current sales titles, led by Chilean Alberto Fuguet’s “Everything at Once: Paco and Manolo’s Gaze.”
“Being specific titles, and referring to a specific audience, even if in constant expansion, LGBT titles – not only feature films but also documentaries and short films – respond to the constant demand of a slice of the market that is always very receptive to fruition,” said The Open Reel founder Cosimo Santoro. “Consequently, they represent a good guarantee of promotion and sales on a large scale, even in a complicated time like this,” he added.
‘Everything at Once: Paco and Manolo’s Gaze’
In its first deals, “Everything at Once,” a film essay, has been acquired by Paris-based Optimale Distribution for France and French-speaking territories, “Skinny Sister” distributor Matchbox Films for the U.
“Being specific titles, and referring to a specific audience, even if in constant expansion, LGBT titles – not only feature films but also documentaries and short films – respond to the constant demand of a slice of the market that is always very receptive to fruition,” said The Open Reel founder Cosimo Santoro. “Consequently, they represent a good guarantee of promotion and sales on a large scale, even in a complicated time like this,” he added.
‘Everything at Once: Paco and Manolo’s Gaze’
In its first deals, “Everything at Once,” a film essay, has been acquired by Paris-based Optimale Distribution for France and French-speaking territories, “Skinny Sister” distributor Matchbox Films for the U.
- 4/21/2021
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
This biopic retraces the life of Mario Mieli, one of the founders of the Italian gay liberation movement of the 1970s.
Italian sales company The Open Reel has secured the first sales at the Efm for Andrea Adriatico’s Bitter Years.
Tla Releasing has picked up all rights for North America and the UK, while Optimale secured rights for France. Spanish company Filmin has also bought VOD rights for the film. The film, which premiered at Rome, was previously picked up by I Wonder Pictures for Italy.
This biopic retraces the life of Mario Mieli, one of the founders of...
Italian sales company The Open Reel has secured the first sales at the Efm for Andrea Adriatico’s Bitter Years.
Tla Releasing has picked up all rights for North America and the UK, while Optimale secured rights for France. Spanish company Filmin has also bought VOD rights for the film. The film, which premiered at Rome, was previously picked up by I Wonder Pictures for Italy.
This biopic retraces the life of Mario Mieli, one of the founders of...
- 2/23/2020
- by 1100976¦Gabriele Niola¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
The Open Reel has acquired international sales rights to Andrea Adriatico’s “Bitter Years,” which plays at the Rome Film Festival.
The movie, which follows the life of real life Lgbt intellectual and activist Mario Mieli, stars Sandra Ceccarelli and Antonio Catania. The screenplay is by Grazia Verasani, Stefano Casi and Adriatico. The film is produced by Saverio Peschechera for Cinemare and Rai Cinema.
Mieli was one of the founders of the Italian Homosexual Liberation Movement, created at the beginning of the 70s. He killed himself in 1983 at the age of 30. He was an activist, intellectual, writer and performer: a key figure on the Italian cultural scene, together with his friends architect Corrado Levi, painter Piero Fassoni, singer Ivan Cattaneo, activist Angelo Pezzana, writer Fernanda Pivano and poet Milo De Angelis.
“He liked to provoke and to be an innovator but, today, his thought has been completely forgotten,” according to a statement.
The movie, which follows the life of real life Lgbt intellectual and activist Mario Mieli, stars Sandra Ceccarelli and Antonio Catania. The screenplay is by Grazia Verasani, Stefano Casi and Adriatico. The film is produced by Saverio Peschechera for Cinemare and Rai Cinema.
Mieli was one of the founders of the Italian Homosexual Liberation Movement, created at the beginning of the 70s. He killed himself in 1983 at the age of 30. He was an activist, intellectual, writer and performer: a key figure on the Italian cultural scene, together with his friends architect Corrado Levi, painter Piero Fassoni, singer Ivan Cattaneo, activist Angelo Pezzana, writer Fernanda Pivano and poet Milo De Angelis.
“He liked to provoke and to be an innovator but, today, his thought has been completely forgotten,” according to a statement.
- 10/11/2019
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Helmed by Andrea Adriatico, the biopic of Mario Mieli, one of the founders of the Italian homosexual liberation movement, is handled by The Open Reel. As announced earlier this week, the 14th edition of the Rome Film Fest will run from 17-27 October (see the news), and one day earlier, Andrea Adriatico’s Bitter Years will world-premiere as part of the pre-opening selection of the gathering in the Italian capital. Bitter Years follows the important moments in the life of Mario Mieli, who was an intellectual, activist, writer, performer and artist, and was also one of the influential founders of the Italian homosexual liberation movement that started up in the 1970s. Born in Milan, Mieli was a key figure in the Italian cultural landscape, along with his friends architect Corrado Levi, painter Piero Fassoni, singer Ivan Cattaneo, activist Angelo Pezzana, writer Fernanda Pivano and poet Milo De Angelis. During his life,...
- 10/11/2019
- Cineuropa - The Best of European Cinema
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