Venice: Italy’s True Colours Takes World Sales on ‘Zanka Contact’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentItalian sales company True Colours has acquired world sales in most territories on Moroccan director Ismaël El Iraki’s gritty Casablanca-set “Zanka Contact,” a romancer pairing a faded rock star with a drug problem and a “streetwise amazon (…) with a liquid gold voice,” according to catalog notes from the Venice Film Festival, where the film world premiered in the Horizons section dedicated to cutting-edge titles.The film, which is El Iraki’s debut feature, is co-produced by France’s Barney Production, Morocco’s Mont Fleuri Production, and Belgium’s Velvet Films.The deal for world rights – excluding France, Morocco, and Belgium – was sealed in Venice between True Colours chief Gaetano Majorino and