French studio Federation’s new theatrical sales arm Ginger & Fed and Paris-based genre specialist WTFilms have unveiled a slew of AFM deals for apocalyptic thriller Survive.
The film has sold to UK, Australia, and New Zeeland (Signature Entertainment), Germany (Capelight), Italy (Eagle Pictures), Spain (A Contracorriente Films), CIS (exl Ukraine), Baltic States (UVR), Ukraine (Top Film Distribution), Poland (M2 Films), Hungary (Vertigo Media), Benelux (Vertigo Films Distribution), the Middle East (Salim Ramia), Latin America (Gussi), South Korea (Scene and sound), Turkey (Chantier), The Philippines (808 Films), Malaysia, Vietnam and Cambodia.
Directed by Frédéric Jardin, the film stars Émilie Dequenne as a woman battling for survival after a sailing trips takes a terrifying turn when a tragic polarity reversal drains the water from the oceans and she and her children find themselves in an inhospitable land inhabited by hungry, flesh-eating creatures.
Survive is the latest joint production from Monkey Pack (part of Robin&Co, a Federation company) and M.E.S Productions, which previously collaborated on Coralie Fargeat’s hit thriller Revenge.
The sales on Survive mark the first set of deals to be announced by Ginger & Fed, following its launch with sales veteran Sabine Chemaly at the helm on the eve of the AFM.
Source : Deadline