German Romantic Drama ‘Dreamfactory’ Lands U.S. Deal
EXCLUSIVE: Martin Schreier’s Dreamfactory, the interval romantic drama that grossed near $1m in its native market final 12 months, has bought to the U.S. with German firm Capelight partnering with MPI for the North American launch.
The deal, struck with Berlin-based agent Image Tree Worldwide, is the same one to Capelight’s earlier acquisition of German pic The Collini Case, which it can launch this 12 months once more in collaboration with MPI. Capelight additionally not too long ago dealt with the U.S. launch of South Korean motion blockbuster Ashfall in December, grossing near $400,000.
The distributor is planning an English language dub of Dreamfactory. Set in 1961, the film follows a younger studio further’s bold efforts to reunite with the French lady he loves after being separated by the development of the Berlin Wall.
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Dreamfactory (German title Traumfabrik) comes from German outfit Traumfabrik Babelsberg, based by Tom Zickler with Christoph Fisser, Vice President and COO at Studio Babelsberg. Profitable German producer Zickler died in September 2019 on the age of 55.
The U.S. deal was negotiated by Steffen Gerlach, CEO Capelight, and Yuan Rothbauer, CEO Image Tree Worldwide. The title has now bought into greater than 30 territories.
“We’re very excited to offer Dream Manufacturing unit a correct launch within the U.S. It’s a fantastically advised love story set within the basic period of studio filmmaking. A love letter to filmmaking itself, with a world class manufacturing. The movie took our hearts by storm and we’re certain that U.S. audiences will fall in love with it as nicely,” stated Gerlach.
Image Tree will proceed gross sales efforts at Berlin’s EFM, which kicks off this week. The corporate’s slate additionally options Antti Jokinen’s painter biopic Helene, which is at present performing nicely on the Finnish field workplace, Swedish musical A Piece Of My Coronary heart, which has racked up near 500,000 native admissions, and upcoming German comedy A Stasi Comedy, which is being produced by UFA Fiction and shall be launched in its house territories by Constantin.
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