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Heretic Takes World Sales Rights to Berlin-Bound ‘The Great Yawn,’ Poetic Road-Trip Drama From First-Time Iranian Director Aliyar Rasti (EXCLUSIVE)
The Athens-based production and sales outfit has acquired world sales rights to the Iranian debut ahead of its premiere in Berlin's Encounters strand.
Heretic has acquired world sales right to Iranian director Aliyar Rasti’s “The Great Yawn,” a debut feature that premieres this month in the competitive Encounters strand of the Berlin Film Festival. Heretic’s head of sales and acquisitions, Ioanna Stais, praised the first-time director’s film for how it deftly transforms into an intricate game of hide-and-seek between faith and human frailty. Athens-based boutique production and sales company Heretic’s slate also includes “Sweet Dreams,” the Locarno prize-winning colonial-era satire by Ena Sendijarević, which was the Netherlands’ submission for the best international feature Oscar race; “Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World,” a biting comedy from Golden Bear winner Radu Jude, which won the special jury prize at Locarno Film Festival; Cannes Critics’ Week prize winner “It’s Raining in the House,” from director Paloma Sermon-Daï; and Stephan Komandarev’s “Blaga’s Lessons,” which scooped the Crystal Globe for best film at last year’s Karlovy Vary Film Festival.
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