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Thursday, September 4, 2008

Toronto | Early pickups as fest begins


A couple of early pickups kick off Toronto today. 

Brillante Mendoza's "Serbis," (pictured) has been grabbed by Regent for the US from Fortissimo.  After Toronto it will play the New York Film Festival. 

And Strand got the US rights to another Cannes-born Toronto pic - Terence Davies' "Of Time and City" which the distrib picked up from Hurricane Films via Hanway Films.  The pic preemed at Cannes.  Strand's experience with Davies extends back to "The Neon Bible" and "Trilogy."  They'll take his new film out in January of 09.

Posted at 9:15AM in Toronto International Film Festival|

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