Films Boutique Picks Up Venice Entries ‘January 2’ by Zsofia Szilagyi, ‘Wishing on a Star’ by Peter Kerekes (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comLeo Barraclough International Features Editor Berlin-based sales agency Films Boutique has picked up international rights to “January 2” by Zsófia Szilágyi and “Wishing on a Star” by Peter Kerekes ahead of their premieres at the Venice Film Festival. “January 2” marks Szilágyi’s return to the festival circuit after her debut feature “One Day” premiered in Cannes Critics’ Week in 2018, where the film won the Fipresci award. “One Day” had a long and wide-ranging international career with premieres in Sydney, New Horizons, Melbourne, Sarajevo (Heart of Sarajevo for best actress), Cineast Luxembourg (grand prix), the Hamptons, Denver, AFI, Cork, Cairo (best actress award), and Cleveland (best film), and it even played in the Berlinale in 2020.
The film was among the feature film selection of the 2018 European Film Awards and nominated for the European Discovery – Prix Fipresci award.
Kerekes returns to Venice after his last feature, “107 Mothers,” won the best screenplay award in the Horizons section in 2021.
From then, the film went on to have a successful international career with stops in such leading festivals as San Sebastian, Chicago (best director award), Les Arcs (Crystal award for best film), the Viennale, Tallinn Black Nights, New Horizons (audience award), Cottbus (best film award), Goteborg, Cleveland, Seattle, Transilvania, Taipei, Pune and Edinburgh.
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