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Rima Das’ Berlin-Bound Busan Winner ‘Village Rockstars 2’ Boarded by Diversion for World Sales (EXCLUSIVE)


Diversion has acquired world sales rights for Rima Das' acclaimed 'Village Rockstars 2,' which has its European premiere at the Berlin Film Festival.

Bangkok-based Diversion has acquired world sales rights for Indian filmmaker Rima Das ‘ acclaimed “ Village Rockstars 2,” which has its European premiere at the Berlin Film Festival. The sequel, which fast-forwards seven years from the original, finds teenage Dhunu at a crossroads between her childhood dreams and the harsh realities of adulthood. In fact, the majority of our recent acquisitions are films directed by women, and this is not a result of deliberate planning at all, but just something that happens in a totally organic way, which is something we found especially gratifying,” Diversion’s Mai Meksawan told Variety.

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