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Berlin film 'Ander' attracts sales

Kultura / Euskal Herria - 2009/02/19

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Emerging as one of the more fancied titles in this year’s Berlin fest Panorama section, gay Basque drama `Ander´ has attracted a flurry of late fest sales interest.

Deals come as `Ander´, the feature debut of Spain’s Roberto Caston, on Saturday took a CICAE prize, awarded by the Paris-based Intl. Confederation of Arthouse Cinemas, for best film in the Panorama.

In early biz, Spain’s Latido Films closed France (Bodega Films), the Netherlands (Cinemien), Belgium (ABC Distribution) and Switzerland (Luk).

Latido also is in discussions for sales to Germany, Spain and the U.S., the latter as part of a three-pic deal, said Latido partner Massimo Saidel.

Sales are particularly impressive given that `Ander´ preemed in Panorama last Wednesday, when the Berlin fest’s market was winding down.

A love story between a manly Basque farmer and a Peruvian immigrant, set in an idyllic Basque valley, `Ander´ also turns, said director Caston, on `solitude´, and a conservative society’s stumbling attempts to recast its values in modern times.

In other major territory deals for Latido, Alfonso Albacete and David Menkes’ `Sex, Party and Lies,´ a steamy youth drama, was sold in late Berlin dealing to Japan (Only Hearts) and Korea (K Ent.).

Korea’s Planis Ent. picked up A Good Man, a dangerous friendship thriller, from Juan Martinez Moreno (Two Tough Guys). France, Italy and the U.S. are under negotiations.

Japan’s Aya Pro bought Gerardo Herrero’s Comanche Territory, set in wartime Sarajevo.