Outsider Pictures Takes Searing Flávia Neves Feature ‘Fogaréu’ for North America (EXCLUSIVE)

variety.com:

Holly Jones L.A.-based Outsider Pictures, a U.S. distribution hub for emerging Spanish-language cinema, has secured North American rights to 2020 Ventana Sur Primer Corte title “Fogaréu,” the debut feature from burgeoning Brazilian director Flávia Neves.

The deal, brokered between Outsider (“Blanquita”) and France’s MPM Premium New Visions arm (“The Pink Cloud”), follows the film’s world premiere at Berlinale’s Panorama in 2022, where it snagged the third place Audience Award.  “Fogaréu” was a selection at the Neufchâtel International Film Festival and further competed at the Guadalajara Film Festival, Vancouver Film Festival, Edinburgh Film Festival and the Mons Love International Festival, where it won the 400 Coups Competition Prize.” “We’re happy to work with Outsider Pictures again, they’re a great supporter, carrying Latin American voices into North American homes,” Quentin Worthington, head of sales and acquisitions at MPM Premium, told Variety.“ “Infusing fantasy and thriller elements while creating a strong critique of conservative practices inherited from Brazil’s colonial past, ‘Fogaréu’ draws comparison to ‘Bacurau’in many ways, but with a distinctly feminist touch and personal tone,” he added. “Fogaréu” has also sold to HBO Central and Eastern Europe.

Brazilian subscription service Canal Brasil previously pounced on the film for the territory, while London-headquartered Spafax Media, whose clients include Air Canada, Delta, Emirates and The Lufthansa Group, acquired the project for airlines.

Inspired by true accounts, the film takes off as protagonist Fernanda, played by Bárbara Colen (“Verdict”), dives headlong into a hero’s journey after her mother dies and she sets out to spread the ashes while