Loco Films Nabs ‘Brother in Every Inch,’ ‘Sasha’ Ahead of Berlinale Premieres (EXCLUSIVE)

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Christopher Vourlias Loco Films has taken world sales rights on Alexander Zolotukhin’s “Brother in Every Inch” ahead of its world premiere in the Berlin Film Festival’s competitive Encounters section.

The Paris-based sales agent has also acquired “The Land of Sasha,” the feature debut of Julia Trofimova, which plays in the festival’s Generation 14plus strand.Zolotukhin’s sophomore feature is the story of twin brothers whose inseparable bond complicates their efforts to fulfill their shared dream of becoming military pilots.

The film is produced by Andrey Sigle and Mary Nazari for Proline Film.The son of a pilot, Zolotukhin was granted rare access to a working military base to shoot “Brother in Every Inch.” Acclaimed cinematographer Andrey Naydenov (“Dear Comrades!”) worked with military engineers to construct special camera cases that would allow him to capture high-octane flight scenes. “I wanted to show the process of being a pilot as realistically as possible,” said Zolotukhin, whose feature debut, “A Russian Youth,” bowed in Berlin in 2019. “I spent my entire childhood on military bases, so the theme of aviation is very close to me.

These bases are very warm and pleasant memories of my childhood. I tried to bring such a pleasant, warm feeling into my film as well.”The 33-year-old filmmaker studied at the directing workshop of Alexander Sokurov (“Russian Ark”), whose graduates include Un Certain Regard prize-winning directors Kantemir Balagov (“Beanpole”) and Kira Kovalenko (“Unclenching the Fists”).