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Nightclub-set drama sells to France, Spain, Brazil and Ukraine.

Anthony Lapia’s debut feature After, that world premiered in Berlin’s Panorama, has been sold to Potemkine Films in France who are planning a theatrical release in the first semester of 2024.

The After party will continue with Filmin in Spain, Pandora/Gardia Distribuidora in Brazil and KyivMusicFilm in Ukraine.

Scriptofilm is handling international sales for

the French nightclub-set drama, which kicks off in a Parisian techno club then follows a young lawyer who meets an Uber driver on the dance floor before bringing him back to her apartment as their...

Paris-based sales company beefs up slate ahead of Berlinale market.

Paris-based sales company Pyramide International has boarded Anna Novion’s Le Théorème de Marguerite and Marie Garel-Weiss’s Sur La Branche and will kick off pre-sales for the French dramas at the upcoming EFM.

Novion’s Le Théorème de Marguerite stars Ella Rumpf as the titular character, a brilliant mathematics student at France’s top university the Ecole Normale Supérieure. On the day of her thesis presentation, a mistake shakes up all the certainty in her planned-out life and she decides to quit everything and start afresh.

Rumpf notably starred...

This French debut feature follows two people who meet at a Parisian techno nightclub

Screen can reveal the trailer for Anthony Lapia’s After, set to world premiere in Berlin’s Panorama section.

This French debut feature follows two people who meet at a Parisian techno nightclub before going home together as their different lives and views collide as day approaches. Director Lapia also wrote and produced with his company Société Acéphale alongside Salt For Sugar Films.

The journey to the Berlinale official selection has been a Cinderella story of sorts for the completely independent collaborative effort five years in the making.

The Berlin Film Festival has revealed 12 titles from 16 countries that will compete in the festival’s Encounters strand, including Denis Côté’s “Social Hygiene” from Canada, Alice Diop’s “We” from France, and Fern Silva’s “Rock Bottom Riser” from the U.S.

The selections also take in “As I Want” (Egypt/France/Norway/Palestine) by Samaher Alqadi; “Azor” (Switzerland/France/Argentina) by Andreas Fontana; “The Beta Test” (U.S./U.K.) by Jim Cummings, Pj McCabe; and “Bloodsuckers (Germany) by Julian Radlmaier.

Also competing will be “The Girl and the Spider” (Switzerland) by Ramon Zürcher, Silvan Zürcher; “District Terminal” (Iran/Germany) by Bardia Yadegari, Ehsan Mirhosseini; “Moon, 66 Questions” (Greece/France) by Jacqueline Lentzou; “The Scary of Sixty-First” (U.S.) by Dasha Nekrasova; and “Taste” (Vietnam/Singapore/France/Thailand/Germany/Taiwan) by Lê Bảo.

The Encounters strand supports new or innovative voices in cinema. A jury will choose winners for best film,...