India’s Affect Movies has broadened its 2026 Cannes acquisition slate to incorporate titles by Hamaguchi Ryusuke, Kore-eda Hirokazu, and Asghar Farhadi, whereas additionally entering into the Indonesian marketplace for the primary time.
Hamaguchi Ryusuke’s “All of a Sudden,” acquired from Cinefrance Worldwide and Japan’s Bitters Finish, is the auteur’s first French-language function, a couple of care dwelling director whose life is remodeled by her friendship with a Japanese theater director preventing terminal most cancers; it earned the perfect actress prize at Cannes for Virginie Efira and Okamoto Tao. Additionally on the slate is “La Bola Negra” (The Black Ball), acquired from Goodfellas, directed by Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo, whose queer epic traces the lives of three males throughout 1932, 1937, and 2017 by way of an unfinished Federico García Lorca manuscript; the movie gained the perfect director award on the competition and drew an prolonged standing ovation.
Kore-eda Hirokazu’s “Sheep in the Box,” acquired from Japan’s Gaga Company, is a near-future drama during which a grieving couple welcome a humanoid modeled after their lifeless son. Farhadi’s “Parallel Tales,” acquired from France’s Charades, follows a novelist in Paris who begins spying on neighbors throughout the road for materials, till the fiction she constructs begins to overhaul their precise lives. Léa Mysius’s “The Birthday Party,” acquired from MK2 Movies, is a home-invasion thriller set in rural France during which a girl’s birthday celebration is turned violent by the arrival of harmful figures from her previous.
On the Indonesian entrance, Affect Movies has acquired Joko Anwar‘s “The Ghost in the Cell” from Korea’s Barunson E&A, a horror-comedy during which rival jail gangs and corrupt guards are compelled to unite in opposition to an invisible supernatural entity killing inmates one after the other. The movie has surpassed three million admissions in Indonesia, making it the nation’s highest-grossing title of 2026. The corporate can be taking “Ikatan Darah” from France’s WTFilms, directed by Sidharta Tata, during which a retired pencak silat athlete squares off in opposition to legal mortgage sharks after her brother’s playing debt places the household in danger.
“This year we have films in French, Japanese, English,Norwegian, Russian and Spanish languages it feels a great responsibility to ensure that each film gets a fair opportunity of being seen by film enthusiasts and general public in India. There are certification challenges but we are sure we will overcome them,” mentioned Ashwani Sharma, founder and CEO of Affect Movies.
“Indonesian films are known for its unique kind of horror which is very gory and violent and we have taken these two genre titles and hope to increase their picks based on the audience response in the Indian market,” Sharma added.
The acquisitions complement Affect Movies’ previously announced pickup of Palme d’Or winner “Fjord” and Grand Prix winner “Minotaur.”
