Fortissimo picks up two Berlin pics


Sales agent gets rights to 'Lion,' 'Hold me tight'

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HONG KONG -– Sales agent Fortissimo Films has picked up int'l rights to two pics headed for Berlin.

It will rep "Son of a Lion," a father and son tale set in contempo war-torn parts of Pakistan. Pic was filmed under cover by first time Oz helmer Benjamin Gilmour. It preemed in the World Cinema section of the Pusan fest and appears next in Berlin's Forum.

The Hong Kong- and Amsterdam-based company has also latched on to "Hold me tight, let me go," a British docu about a boarding school for dysfunctional children. Pic, by Kim Longinotto ("Shinjuku Boys," "Divorce Iranian Style",) has already won prizes on the documentary festival circuit – IDFA and Britdoc—and is skedded to appear at the Thessaloniki Documentary and Sheffield festivals.

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