Ilker CatakThe political dramayellow letters”, which won the Golden Bear at the Berlinale, has been sold to other territories, including the United Kingdom, where it was acquired by Curzon movie.
Çatak’s last Oscar-nominated film, “The Teachers’ Lounge,” was also distributed in the United Kingdom by Curzon.
“Yellow Letters,” which follows an artist couple facing political repression in Turkey, has nine nominations, including best film, director and screenplay, at the German Film Awards, also known as Lolas.
International sales are handled by Brussels-based Be For Films.
The latest sales include Rialto Distribution for Australia and New Zealand, Beta Film for Bulgaria, Films We Like for Canada, Angel Distribution for Denmark, Cinema Mondo for Finland, First Distributors for Hong Kong, Falcon for Indonesia, Picture Works for India, Nachshon Film for Israel, JinJin Pictures for Korea, Moving Turtle for the Middle East, Swallow Wings for Taiwan and Curzon Film for the UK.
Agreements are being discussed for the United States and Japan.
Curzon’s Louisa Dent said: “We had the pleasure of working with Ilker on the Oscar-nominated ‘The Teachers’ Lounge’ and are delighted to team up with him again on ‘Yellow Letters’, a film that has the rare ability to make its social commentary and moral dilemma feel incredibly naturalistic, timely and universal. A well-deserved Golden Bear winner, we are honored to bring it to audiences in the UK and Ireland.”
The film is produced by Ingo Fliess of If… Productions, in co-production with Haut et Court in France and Limanfilm in Türkiye.
the movie pre-sold to Benelux (Cineart), France (Haut et Court), Germany (Alamode), Italy (Lucky Red), Spain (A Contracorriente Films), Sweden (Lucky Dogs), Switzerland (Filmcoopi), Baltic States (Aone), Croatia (Kino Mediteran), Hungary (Mozinet), Poland (Aurora), Serbia (Five Stars), Slovenia (Demiurg), Ukraine (Arthouse Traffic), Greece (Cinobo), Norway (As Fidalgo), Portugal (Alembic) and Türkiye (Bir Film).