Bill Nighy Road Movie ‘500 Miles’ & Tom Tykwer’s ‘The Light’ Seal First Int’l Deals At EFM For Beta Cinema

Morgan Matthews‘ upcoming road movie 500 Miles, starring Academy Award nominee Bill Nighy and buzzy teen actor Roman Griffin Davis, has sold to multiple territories for Beta Cinema, following its launch at the Berlinale’s European Film Market (EFM) last month.

The film has been acquired for Australia & New Zealand (Kismet), Middle East (Front Row), Italy (Maestro Distribution), Benelux (September Film), Greece (Feelgood), former Yugoslavia (Discovery) and Airlines (Aardwolf Films).  As previously announced it was acquired by True Brit Entertainment for the U.K.

Beta Cinema has also achieved a handful of pre-sales for Tom Tykwer’s return to cinema The Light, which also debuted at the market, to Benelux (September Film), Greece (TFG) and former Yugoslavia (Discovery).

As previously announced, the drama about a contemporary family put to an unexpectedly wild emotional test by their Syrian housekeeper, will be released by X Verleih in Germany and ARP Sélection in France.

Beta Cinema also posted fresh deals for Joachim A. Lang’s Joseph Goebbels biopic Führer and Seducer to France (Condor Entertainment), Bulgaria (Beta Film)  and Greece (TFG).

Previously announced deals include to Spain (A Contracorriente), Portugal (Films4You), Scandinavia (Mis Label), Benelux (Dutch Film Works), Czech Republic (Donart Film), former Yugoslavia (Discovery) Japan (AT Entertainment) and Australia & New Zealand (Moving Story Entertainment).

Wild Bunch will release the film in the German-speaking territories.

The company also unveiled new sales for Swedish biopic Hammarskjöld – Fight For Peace, about the intriguing figure of Dag Hammarskjöld who was the second Secretary-General of the United Nations, which world premiered at Rotterdam and then made its market debut at the EFM.

The film has sold to Australia and New Zealand (Palace Films), Czech Republic (Film Europe) and Bulgaria (Beta Film), following deals to Italy (Rai Cinema), France (Swift Productions), Spain (Twelve Oaks), Portugal (Outsider Films) and Former Yugoslavia (Discovery).

The company also recapped announced deals for Berlinale competition title From Hilde, With Love to France (Haut et Court), Italy (Teodora), Scandinavia (Angel Films), Benelux (September Film), Portugal (Outsider), former Yugoslavia (Discovery), Czech Republic (Film Europe), Hungary (Circo), Palace Film (Australia and New Zealand) and the UK (Picturehouse Entertainment).

Pandora Filmverleih will release the resistance drama in German-speaking territories in October 2024.