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In more than forty regions worldwide, Sola has successfully distributed the film. These territories include Poland (where it won Best Film), Hungary, the Baltics, Former Yugoslavia, Greece, Switzerland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, as well as ADS in Hungary and ACME in the Baltics. The movie will debut in Scandinavia through Nordisk Film on November 7th, while Capelight Pictures will release it in Germany on the 13th of the same month. Remaining territories will be sold by Sola at the EFM.

I had the privilege of being part of a dynamic team at EST N8, responsible for crafting a deal that brings more Asian content to our roster. This includes the success “Sorop” from MD Pictures, the box office sensation “Hutang Nyawa,” and the award-winning Korean action film “Mash Ville.

The subsequent film is “The Black Demon 2”, which featured Josh Lucas and premiered in cinemas in 2023 before debuting on Amazon Prime Video. It held the number one spot in streaming rankings for seven straight days.

This is the fifth project from Qurbani, a filmmaker born in Germany whose parents were political refugees from Afghanistan. He gained attention with intense social dramas like “We Are Young. We Are Strong” and his adaptation of Alfred Döblin’s renowned novel “Berlin Alexanderplatz,” which he transposed to the modern-day African refugee community of Berlin.

In “Hot Milk,” the two actors portray lovers Sofia and Ingrid for the first time they’ve genuinely connected on screen, as this is their debut scene working together. This significant moment coincided with Rebecca Lenkiewicz’s directorial premiere, which will be unveiled at the Berlin Film Festival this coming Friday.

Presented in 2023, these incentives – FISA Plus and ÖFI Plus – are capable of reimbursing up to 60% of expenses related to international film productions.

Indeed, for the year 2025, Spain will be the highlighted country at the European Film Market during the Berlin Festival. This film strand offers insights into the nature of Spanish cinema, while simultaneously underscoring the broader challenges faced by Spain’s film industry – challenges that are also prevalent in many parts of Europe.

The movie, currently undergoing post-production, marks a significant milestone as it’s the first France-Kyrgyzstan collaboration in twenty years. Notably, it is also the biggest Central Asian production yet, with the most number of countries involved.

On Thursday evening, the Oscar-winning individual was presented with the festival’s prestigious Golden Bear honor and delivered a heartfelt address, criticizing the ongoing “state-sanctioned and globally tolerated mass slaughter that is causing fear in multiple regions across the globe.

The award-winning actor will play Jackie Price, a woman who’s been living a lavish, globetrotting lifestyle for two decades, peddling fine art through intricate tax loopholes and maintaining anonymity due to her former life as an international drug dealer. However, when her routine life takes an unexpected lethal twist as she learns that a team of the world’s deadliest assassins, known as The Seven Demons, have been contracted to eliminate her, she digs into her past instincts and sets out on a thrilling, perilous mission: to eliminate each demon before they can kill her. Yet, she soon finds that her inner demons are far more menacing than the cold-blooded killers pursuing her… and as she unearths long-buried secrets, she discovers that the truth lies much closer to home, with startling ramifications.