Pema Tseden’s ‘Snow Leopard’ Among Asian Titles Acquired at Busan ACFM for U.K., Ireland by Day For Night (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comNaman Ramachandran Distributor, Day for Night has acquired a trio of Asian titles for U.K. and Ireland at the Busan International Film Festival’s Asian Contents and Film Market.
Day for Night is acquiring the late Pema Tseden‘s “Snow Leopard” from Rediance. Pema Tseden, the Tibetan art house film director known for “Jinpa” and “Balloon,” died at 53 earlier this year.
The film explores the complicated coexistence of animals and people on the Tibetan plateau. After a snow leopard kills nine rams owned by a herder, a bitter conflict ensues between the herder who wants to kill the snow leopard and the father who wants to release it. “Snow Leopard” world premiered at Venice and subsequently played Toronto and will next be at Tokyo. “Next Sohee” by Korean filmmaker July Jung (“A Girl at My Door”), which premiered at Cannes’ Critics Week in 2022 and played at Busan and London, has been acquired by Day for Night from Finecut.
In the thriller, Sohee, a high school student on a work placement at a call centre, is subjected to a gruelling experience, and descends into a downward psychological spiral leading to a police investigation. “Remembering Every Night” by Japanese filmmaker Kiyohara Yui (“Our Night”) premiered at Berlin earlier this year and is currently playing at Busan.
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