In Dec. 2018, two years after he had picked up “Ainbo: Spirit of the Amazon” at the first edition of Ventana Sur’s Animation!, Edward Noeltner’s Cinema Management Group (Cmg) announced he had pre-sold it to over half the planet. Further deals followed with Signature for the U.K. and Rialto for Australia/New Zealand.
Even before Covid-19 struck, independent movies’ worldwide sales roll-outs were getting increasingly rare. It’s one thing, moreover, for titles to sell, another for them to register any kind of real impact at the box office.
But in 2021, despite theater closures and Covid-19 protocols, “Ainbo: Spirit of the Forest” looks to be delivering on its promise.
On Nov. 18, it bowed in Italy to a first weekend $185,000 for seasoned independent Bim Distribuzione. That, said Noeltner, who also takes an executive producer credit on the movie, is the highest opening weekend for any independent animated films released...
Even before Covid-19 struck, independent movies’ worldwide sales roll-outs were getting increasingly rare. It’s one thing, moreover, for titles to sell, another for them to register any kind of real impact at the box office.
But in 2021, despite theater closures and Covid-19 protocols, “Ainbo: Spirit of the Forest” looks to be delivering on its promise.
On Nov. 18, it bowed in Italy to a first weekend $185,000 for seasoned independent Bim Distribuzione. That, said Noeltner, who also takes an executive producer credit on the movie, is the highest opening weekend for any independent animated films released...
- 11/30/2021
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Edward Noeltner’s sales company announces slew of Berlin deals led by Ainbo, New Life; horror-thriller Havenhurst sells to Soda Pictures in UK.
Beverly Hills-based Cinema Management Group (Cmg) announced on Monday it has licensed Tunche Films’ 3D CGI animated Ainbo – Spirit Of The Amazon (pictured) in 12 territories led by a deal with Turbo Films in China.
Company president Noeltner and his team also closed deals in the Baltics (Best Film), former Yugoslavia (Blitz Film & Video Distribution), Israel (Film House), Middle East (Front Row), Poland (Kino Swiat), Portugal (Cinemundo), South Korea (First Run), and Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and Myanmar (Blue Lantern).
Brothers Sergio Zelada, Cesar Zelada and writer-director Jose Zelada founded Peru-based Tunche Films in 2003 and produced Ainbo and Noeltner acquired sales rights following a trip to Ventana Sur in Buenos Aires last December.
Argentum Entertainment’s romantic drama New Life has gone to Germany (Capelight Pictures), Scandinavia (Bld Media), China (Jetsen), Middle East (Front Row), Portugal...
Beverly Hills-based Cinema Management Group (Cmg) announced on Monday it has licensed Tunche Films’ 3D CGI animated Ainbo – Spirit Of The Amazon (pictured) in 12 territories led by a deal with Turbo Films in China.
Company president Noeltner and his team also closed deals in the Baltics (Best Film), former Yugoslavia (Blitz Film & Video Distribution), Israel (Film House), Middle East (Front Row), Poland (Kino Swiat), Portugal (Cinemundo), South Korea (First Run), and Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and Myanmar (Blue Lantern).
Brothers Sergio Zelada, Cesar Zelada and writer-director Jose Zelada founded Peru-based Tunche Films in 2003 and produced Ainbo and Noeltner acquired sales rights following a trip to Ventana Sur in Buenos Aires last December.
Argentum Entertainment’s romantic drama New Life has gone to Germany (Capelight Pictures), Scandinavia (Bld Media), China (Jetsen), Middle East (Front Row), Portugal...
- 3/6/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
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