Alief Delivers Sundance Award Winner ‘Mami Wata’ to International Buyers at EFM (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comLiza Foreman Hot on the tail of a recent slew of pickups and sales, Paris-based sales-producer-distributor Alief has snapped up international rights to the West African folktale “Mami Wata.” North America rights to the film are represented by Marissa Frobes at CAA Media Finance.
Alief is presenting the film to buyers and festival programmers at this week’s European Film Market in Berlin. The first film from a Nigerian-based director to play (and win an award) at Sundance, this visually striking feature took home the World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Cinematography for Brazilian DP Lílis Soares.
Nigerian director C.J. ‘Fiery’ Obasi’s film tells the story of two sisters who fight to save their people and restore to the land a water deity.
According to West African folklore, ‘Mami Wata’ is a terrifying mermaid goddess. This black-and-white film is set in a beach town where a community must question previously held beliefs when a stranger washes to shore.
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