Berlin Prize Winner ‘The Metamorphosis of Birds’ Sells to Multiple Major Territories (EXCLUSIVE)
Leo Barraclough International Features Editor“The Metamorphosis of Birds,” which premiered in the Encounters sidebar of the Berlin Film Festival and won the FIPRESCI prize from the international critics’ jury, has been sold in multiple major territories, including the U.S., the U.K., China, Italy and Spain.Portuguese director Catarina Vasconcelos’ “beautifully pensive, lyrical debut feature,” in the words of the Variety review, explores her family stories in the form of a fictionalized documentary. (Read our interview with the director here and the review here.)The film’s distribution rights went to Grasshopper in the U.S., Acéphale in Canada, Huanxi Media Group in China, Robert Beeson’s New Wave Films in the U.K.