Iberseries Platino Industria
In the framework of Iberseries Platino Industria, that runs from September 30th to October 3rd powered by EGEDA and Fundacion Secouya, EGEDA has renewed with Filmsharks to grant a prize for the Best Project of the Next Gen pitching. The Prize granted by FilmSharks it's branded as "Egeda-Filmsharks Prize" grants a top class world sales distribution agreement.
EGEDA curates and selects only 8 film projects with SCRIPT out of 250 submissions for Next Gen Pitchings, that are presented to top executives worldwide including US Studio Majors local production executives, top OTT Players from Spain, Latin America and US Hispanic, distributors and financiers. These are fully developed script projects and not decks nor ideas alone.
Carlos Anton from EGEDA states: "For EGEDA it's a true honour to renew this agreement. There is nothing better for the Next Gen participants to get real feedback from top expert International players."
Guido Rud, from FilmSharks added: "It's been a while since we don't feel such a vibrant, happening, full of cinema selection as the one made by EGEDA."
NEW WORLDWIDE DEALS
Scott Free Productions thriller "55" (Indian-American co-production) from director Shyam Madiraju has been taken for several key territories after it's North American Distribution deal announced with Quiver Distribution. All new deals are for all rights and set for theatrical release 3Q-4Q 2025, Autumn for Japan, AV-JET & COLA Film for Taiwan, Falcon for Middle East, Kinologistica for Russia/CIS and Baltics, and CineMundo for Portugal. France, Germany, UK, Spain, and China are in discussions.
FilmSharks is presenting the film to buyers in Cannes. It tells the story of an organized pickpocketing gang which names their members after numbers. 55, an orphan teenage pickpocket working the streets of Mumbai, embarks on a life-altering journey after meeting the daughter of one of his victims.
"'55' is a tour-de-force cinematic achievement, and we are proud to bring this film to the world," says Tom Moran, Executive Producer and SVP ScottFree.
Federico Pascua of FilmSharks says, "Modern Indian Cinema has proven to be demanded by top buyers" and Executive Producer Paul Feig said, "55 is such a masterful film that delivers in so many ways. It's an emotional crowd-pleaser, a sometimes scary, sometimes funny and always engaging look at the unseen inhabitants of Mumbai. Shyam Madiraju has taken an incredibly talented cast of young newcomers and gotten the performances of a lifetime out of them. I couldn't love this movie more."