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Rúnar Rúnarsson’s Toronto-Bound Icelandic Movie ‘When the Light Breaks’ Set for Theatrical Distribution Nearly Worldwide (EXCLUSIVE)
Rúnar Rúnarsson's Icelandic film 'When the Light Breaks' has sold nearly worldwide ahead of its North American premiere at Toronto.
The critically acclaimed movie world premiered at Cannes and is being handled by Paris-based The Party Film Sales. Following its premiere at Cannes and screenings at Karlovy Vary and Munich FilmFest, The Party Film Sales closed theatrical deals for “When the Light Breaks” in Japan (Bitters End), U.K. and Ireland (Modern Films), Germany and Austria (Neue Visionen), Taiwan (Proview Entertainment), Australia and New Zealand (Palace Films), Portugal (Nitrato), Sweden (Njuta), China (Hugoeast), Brazil (Imovision), Czech Republic & Slovakia (Vertigo), India (Bigtree Entertainment) and Ukraine (Kiyvmusicfilm). Previous sales were closed in Italy (Movies Inspired), Switzerland (Xenix), Norway (Arthaus), Denmark (Ost for Paradis), Finland (Cinemanse), Hungary (Vertigo), Greece (Cinobo), Israel (New Cinema), Poland (Aurora), Turkey (Bir Film) and the Baltics (Estofilm).
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