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Cinephil has come aboard to represent worldwide sales rights to Polish director Maciek Hamela’s In The Rearview, which will make its debut in the Cannes Film Festival next week as part of the ACID (Association for the Diffusion of Independent Cinema) program.
Berlinale 2020 opener My Salinger Year
From the opener to the Golden Bear winner to arguably last year s biggest A-list draw, movies given the red carpet treatment in 2020 have struggled to be seen outside Potsdamer Platz.
With much of the world having experienced the longest year in living memory since last February, only hardened film history buffs may recall the 2020 Berlinale, the last major festival and market to take place physically before the COVID-19 pandemic led to global cinemas began shutting their doors and considering some unfortunate existential questions.
But what of the movies given the splashy red carpet treatment in 2020? New titles from international film auteurs were screened, reviewed handed prizes and in many cases snapped up by eager distributors, yet 12 months later very few have reached an audience beyond those in Postdamer Platz.