Ivan Cotroneo’s “One Kiss” sells to multiple territoriesMay 14, 2016 - 15:56 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Italian director Ivan Cotroneo’s “One Kiss”, which tackles universal themes of homophobia and bullying in high school, has sold to a slew of territories, including the U.S., U.K., and France where it will be handled by specialty distributor TLA Releasing. In “Kiss,” three 16-year-olds, Lorenzo, Blu and Antonio, outsiders for different reasons, forge a friendship and fend off insults and bullies. When Lorenzo makes it clear he has feelings for Antonio, the dynamics of their bond change. Italo sales company True Colours has also inked deals on “Kiss” for Germany and Austria (Pro-Fun); Benelux (Arti Film); Australia and New Zealand (Palace), and Poland (Tongariro). Cotroneo is known internationally as the scribe of Italy’s hit TV show “Crazy for Love,” featuring Bollywood-style musical numbers. He is also among writers of Luca Guadagnino’s “I am Love.” “Kiss,” which was co-produced by Indigo Films (“The Great Beauty”) and Lucky Red, is his second feature after “Kryptonite!.” 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 | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |