Archive & Distribution

We are delighted to add Claire Simon's latest film to our distribution programme. After its premiere at the Berlinale Forum 2023, NOTRE CORPS was presented at numerous festivals worldwide and is now available to rent with German subtitles fur customers in Germany, Austria and German speaking Swizerland.

Antonio Carlos da Fontouras garish pulp construction stands for popular Brazilian cinema during the military dictatorship, whereby power relations were exaggerated in nihilistic fashion. The legendary 1930s gangster figure João Francisco dos Santos serves here as an inspiration, who is transposed into the 1970s as an early representation of queerness.

In Myanmar, where spirit worship has survived the triumph of Buddhism, colonial dictates and the vagaries of successive military regimes, a lively cult peopled by talented mediums—many of them gender fluid—makes life more bearable. Lindsey Merrison's FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES takes us on a journey into the “nat” cult and into the lives of several mediums—known as “nat kadaw.”

We are very happy to have the following films by indian master filmmaker Satyajit Ray now available as DCP with english subtitles: CHARULATA (The Lonely Wife), MAHANAGAR (The Big City), NAYAK (The Hero), KAPURUSH (The Coward), MAHAPURUSH (The Saint) und JAI BABA FELUNATH (The Elephant God). We do hold the screening rights for Germany, Austria and Swizerland.

From June 8-15, 2023, the festival Archival Assembly #2 considers international film archives as a shape-shifting space for the future of cinema. The biannual festival reflects critically on the topic of cinematic heritage and features new restorations, contemporary films, transnational archive projects, an exhibition and a symposium.

After the premiere of the digitally restored version at the Berlinale Forum, the film is now available for rent in its original version with English subtitles. After its completion in 1980, the censorship committee in Turkey at the time banned the film, saying it offended "the honour of Germany, the friendly nation".