Neon has acquired the North American rights to Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s “Memoria,” which is one of the first deals to come out of the American Film Market (AFM).
The drama was written and directed Weerasethakul and stars Tilda Swinton, Jeanne Balibar, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Juan Pablo Urrego and Elkin Diaz. Weerasethakul’s production company Kick the Machine is producing, alongside Burning and Illuminations Films.
Weerasethakul previously won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 2010 for his film “Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives.”
Details for the plot are being kept under wraps. The deal was negotiated by Jeff Deutchman on behalf of Neon and Thania Dimitrakopoulou of The Match Factory on behalf of the filmmakers.
At last year’s AFM, Neon acquired Bong Joon-Ho’s eventual Palme d’Or winner, “Parasite,” which is now a major Oscar contender and has grossed over $100 million worldwide. It was a record for Bong and landed the best per-screen average since 2016’s “La La Land,” as well as the biggest per-screen haul of any international film opening in the United States
AFM started on Wednesday and is running until Nov. 13 in Santa Monica, California. It is an event for film acquisitions, development and networking, where production and distribution deals are closed.
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Stars and filmmakers stop by TheWrap's studio at La Journée by The Land
Actor Antonio Banderas, "Pain and Glory"
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Leonardo Sbaraglia, "Pain and Glory"
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Emily Beecham, "Little Joe"
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Actres Lu Huang, "Blind Mountain" and "Summer of Changsha"
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Actor Jesse Eisenberg, "Vivarium"
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Writer-director Lorcan Finnegan, "Vivarium"
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Actress Leyna Bloom, "Port Authority"
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Writer-director Pippa Bianco, "Share"
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Director Claude Lelouch, "The Best Years of a Life"
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Actress Marianne Denicourt, director Claude Lelouch and actress Monica Bellucci, "The Best Years of a Life"
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Director Ladj Ly, "Les Misérables"
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Director Karim Ainouz, "The Invisible Life"
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Director Johnny Ma, "To Live to Sing"
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Directors Edward Watts and Waad Al Kateab, "For Sama"
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Writer-director Christophe Honoré, "On a Magical Night"
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Christophe Honoré and actress Chiara Mastroianni, "On a Magical Night"
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Cinematographer Benoît Debie, "Lux Æterna"
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Actress Anna Fishbeyn, "Galaxy 360"
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Producer Alexander Rodnyansky, actress Viktoria Miroshnichenko, actress Vasilisa Perelygina and director Kantemir Balagov, "Beanpole"
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Producer Alexander Rodnyansky and "Beanpole" director Kantemir Balagov
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Actors Antonio Banderas and Leonardo Sbaraglia, "Pain and Glory"
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Members of the Monaco-based International Emerging Film Talent Association (IEFTA)
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Monaco’s IEFTA
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Stars and filmmakers stop by TheWrap’s studio at La Journée by The Land
Stars and filmmakers stop by TheWrap's studio at La Journée by The Land
