MetFilm Sales Nabs International Rights to Sundance Documentary ‘The Battle for Laikipia’ (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comChristopher Vourlias MetFilm Sales has secured international rights to “The Battle for Laikipia,” Daphne Matziaraki and Peter Murimi’s multi-layered portrait of the conflict between Indigenous pastoralists and white landowners in Kenya.
The film had its world premiere as part of the World Cinema Documentary section at the Sundance Film Festival. Submarine Entertainment Sales negotiated the deal with MetFilm on behalf of the filmmakers and is handling North American sales.
MetFilm Sales are introducing the film to international buyers at EFM. The film will have its European premiere at CPH:DOX in March.
For centuries, Kenya’s Laikipia region has been a grazing route for Indigenous pastoralist communities. It is also home to white ranchers and conservationists who settled there during the British colonial era and stayed after Kenya’s independence in 1963.
Read more on variety.com