Japanese animation “In This Corner of the World” sells to France, Germany November 9, 2016 - 12:54 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Japanese animated film “In This Corner of the World” has secured sales deals ahead of theatrical releases in France, Germany, and Mexico, Variety reports. The film is produced by Japan’s Genco and represented in international territories by U.K.-based Animatsu Entertainment. Animatsu struck the sales deals during the American Film Market this week in Santa Monica, California. France’s Septieme Factory acquired the film and plans a Spring 2017 release. The film will also be released in Germany by Universum and Arcade Media in Mexico. A U.K. theatrical release is expected for the second quarter of 2017 through an undisclosed distributor. Written by Fumiyo Kouno and directed by Sunao Katabuchi, the film is a coming-of-age story set in 1944 and follows a woman who moves to Hiroshima ahead of the atomic bombing of the city. It was pitched to buyers at the Annecy animation festival and market in June, and had its public premiere in October at the Tokyo festival.   Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Latest news Turkey extends military presence in Azerbaijan  The Turkish parliament has adopted a bill submitted by Recep Tayyip Erdogan to extend the mandate of Turkish troops.Russia to begin assessing migrant workers' speaking skills Rosobrnadzor is planning to change the Russian language exam for migrant workers and include an assessment of speaking skillsArmenian, Saudi Foreign Minister meet in Riyadh The two commended the positive dynamics of the development of political dialogue between Armenia and Saudi ArabiaPashinyan: Azerbaijan’s proximity shouldn’t worry border residents At the same time, he said that he “does not guarantee [the security of villagers] one hundred percent”. |
