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Music struck a chord with buyers visiting Fortissimo Films.

The untitled Martin Scorsese Bob Marley docu picked up at the beginning of the market was the company’s biggest seller. Deals were completed with Contender for the U.K., Sandrew Metronome for Scandinavia, RCV for Benelux, Lusomundo for Portugal, Nu Metro for South Africa and Samfilm for Iceland. Company was juggling offers from territories including Russia, Japan, Poland, Switzerland, Greece, Australia, France, Italy, Germany and Spain.

Deals in the few remaining territories were closed on Scorsese’s Berlin opener “Shine a Light,” with Gulf Films for the Middle East, and with Nu Metro for South Africa.

Crosby Stills Nash and Young pic, “CSNY: Déjà vu” outperformed company expectations and was tuned into by Metrodome for the U.K., Sandrew Metronome for Scandinavia, RCV for Benelux, Lusomundo for Portugal, Madman for Australia/New Zealand, Metacinema for Italy and Nu Metro for South Africa.

India’s Palador also grabbed John Malkovich starrer “Disgrace” and “Julian Schnabel’s “Berlin.” Iceland’s Samfilm also acquired Wong Kar-wai’s “Ashes of Time Redux.”

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