Cannes: Oscilloscope picks up “Beauty and the Dogs”May 23, 2017 - 14:13 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Oscilloscope has picked up U.S. rights to Kaouther Ben Hania’s Beauty and the Dogs, which is screening in the Cannes Film Festival’s Un Certain Regard sidebar. The distributor plans a theatrical release later in the year, The Hollywood Reporter said. The film, produced by Habib Attia and Nadim Cheikhrouha, concerns a young Tunisian woman who is raped by police officers and must fight for her rights. “Kaouther Ben Hania’s film is an auteurist achievement with a tour-de-force central performance from a sure-to-be future star, Mariam Al Ferjani. Honestly, this is the real Wonder Woman to see on the big screen, and we’re counting on U.S. audiences to have the balls to find out what this fierce display of female empowerment has to offer,” O-Scope’s Dan Berger said. O-Scope struck the deal with Paris-based distribution company Jour2fête, which also inked deals for Benelux (Cinéart), Switzerland (Trigon), Sweden (Folkets Bio), the Middle East (MC Distribution), Greece (Strada) and China (Blueshare /Time-in-Portrait). 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 | European Parliament to discuss repression in Azerbaijan The European Parliament will discuss repression of civil society in Azerbaijan on April 24 PACE wants concessions from Azerbaijan to accept Baku back A PACE co-rapporteur said that Azerbaijani authorities must make certain concessions so that the country can return to PACE. Cyprus parliament honors Armenian genocide victims Acting House President Zacharias Koulias noted that April 24 marks the “black anniversary” of the Armenian genocide. Armenia PM, France envoy discuss regional matters Issues related to the consistent development of Armenia-France cooperation were discussed. |