MoreThan Films has offered North American digital rights to Ion de Sosa’s “Balearic” to Cineverse, which is able to launch the movie on its curated arthouse streaming platform Fandor, marking a key deal for one of many firm’s Cannes Marché du Movie titles.
The Barcelona-Berlin-São Paulo gross sales company has additionally closed all-rights offers on Sophy Romvari’s “Blue Heron” with King Information for Japan and BKS Cinema for Finland, extending the movie’s worldwide rollout because it continues its U.S. theatrical launch by way of Janus Movies.
The offers put recent momentum behind two 2025 Locarno Cineasti del Presente titles dealt with by MoreThan Movies: De Sosa’s Spanish-French “Balearic” and Romvari’s debut function “Blue Heron.”
“We couldn’t think of a better place than Fandor for ‘Balearic’s’ North American digital release,” mentioned Queralt Pons Serra, managing companion at MoreThan Movies.
“We believe that the film fits perfectly into their curatorial line-up that the programming team selects with great care. We are excited for U.S. and Canadian audiences to discover Ion de Sosa’s unique work.”
Eric Rowe, head of programming at Cineverse, described “Balearic” as “a daring, genre-defying film that feels both wholly original and uncannily timely.”
“Beneath its hypnotic surface, De Sosa taps into the unease and contradictions of the present moment in ways we believe will deeply resonate with Fandor audiences and anyone drawn to bold, original cinema,” Rowe added.
Produced by Spain’s Umbracle Cine, Jaibo Movies and Apellaniz & de Sosa with France’s La Fabrica Nocturna Cinéma, “Balearic” follows a gaggle of younger individuals trapped within the swimming pool of a luxurious home by three ferocious canines. Close by, neighbors collect at a villa to rejoice the start of summer season. The evening is St. John’s Eve, a time historically related to magic.
MoreThan Movies is presenting “Balearic” at Cannes as one in every of its precedence Spanish titles, describing it as “a political and aesthetic statement” with an unsettling perspective, sharp humour and a hard-to-categorize sensibility.
The movie is written by De Sosa, Chema García Ibarra, Juan González, Julián Génisson and Lorena Iglesias and its forged consists of Luka Péros, Christina Rosenvinge and María Llopis. The venture acquired help from ICAA, ECAM Discussion board and EWIP Cologne.
‘Blue Heron’ Expands Past North America
“Blue Heron.” Courtesy of MoreThan Movies
“Blue Heron” is already in theatrical launch in North America, with Janus Movies increasing the movie into greater than 90 U.S. theaters in its third week, based on MoreThan Movies. Its Canadian launch started Might 1, forward of forthcoming launches in Japan and Finland.
“We’re very excited to announce distribution partners for the film in such diverse territories as Finland and Japan,” mentioned Lidia Damatto, managing companion at MoreThan Movies, including that the movie is “in the right hands” with BKS Cinema and King Information, respectively.
Daniel Sundvik, CEO of BKS Cinema, referred to as “Blue Heron” “a film full of both tactile sensitivity and bold, risk-taking creativity.”
“We believe that Sophy Romvari has the makings of a modern master, and it is a huge honour to bring her debut feature to Finnish audiences,” Sundvik mentioned.
Romvari’s function follows eight-year-old Sasha and her Hungarian immigrant household after they relocate to Vancouver Island within the late Nineties, the place their new begin is disrupted by the more and more harmful habits of Sasha’s eldest brother, Jeremy.
Throughout Cannes, MoreThan Movies can also be highlighting Gabriel Azorín’s “Last Night I Conquered the City of Thebes” (“Anoche conquisté Tebas”), a Spain-Portugal manufacturing from DVEIN Movies, Filmika Galaika and Bando à Parte.
Written by Azorín and Celso Giménez, the movie follows António and Jota as they go to resurfaced Roman thermal baths in Galicia, the place the waters stir confessions round worry, intimacy and male friendship.
