Kingdom secures international sales
Animal Kingdom has found distributors for the UK, France, Italy and Russia, and a deal for the United States is currently being negotiated.
The successful first screening of David Michôd’s debut feature at the Sundance Film Festival on January 22 generated a number of offers from international territories, a stark contrast to the results obtained by other Australian films at last year’s event.
“I had been warned about last year’s situation at Sundance, when everything shut down in terms of market interest and actual dollars. But this year I felt pretty optimistic, to be honest,” said producer Liz Watts (Porchlight Films).
The producer told Encore that although the scene has changed with the disappearance of ‘mini-majors’ such as Miramax, new distributors are providing international independent films with other opportunities.
Any idea of the monetary value of those deals?
Not yet. As is the case with most – if not all – producers, Watts was very cautious, particularly because the US deal has not yet been finalised. The European ones are all-rights deals.