Match Factory has sold a raft of key territories for Miguel Gomes’ feature Grand Tour, following its buzzy world premiere in Competition in Cannes in May where it won the Best Director prize.
The company has closed deals to Spain (Avalon Distribucion Audiovisual), Benelux (Imagine Film Distribution), Poland (New Horizons Association), Greece (Weird Wave), Former Yugoslavia (MCF MegaCom Film), the Baltics (SCANORAMA), Romania (Voodoo Films), Bulgaria (Beta Film), Australia and New Zealand (Potential Films), CIS excluding Ukraine (Mauris Film), South Korea (M&M International), Thailand (Movies Matter), and Indonesia (PT Falcon).
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The Match Factory sales announcement comes hot on the heels of news last week that parent company Mubi has acquired rights for the film for North America, UK, Ireland, Latin America, Germany, Austria, Turkey, and India.
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In other distribution deals, detailed by The Match Factory on Thursday, Edko Films will be distribute the film in Hong Kong and Macau.
Tandem and Shellac (which was a partner on the production) are co-handling the film’s distribution in France, while Lucky Red has Italian rights, in agreements struck prior to Cannes. Lead production company Uma Pedra no Sapato is handling the Portuguese distribution with Magenta.
Opening in Rangoon, Burma in 1918, the film follows British civil servant Edward Abbot (Gonçalo Waddington) who flees fiancée Molly Singleton (Crista Alfaiate) the day she arrives for their wedding. Determined to get married and amused by his move, Molly tracks him across Asia.
Grand Tour was produced by Uma Pedra no Sapato in collaboration with Vivo Film, Shellac and Cinéma Defacto.
It was supported by ICA – Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual, Fundo de Apoio ao Turismo e ao Cinema, RTP – Rádio e Televisão de Portugal, Creative Europe – Media Programme of the EU, Ibermedia Development, Creatps, Rediance, MiC – Direzione Generale Cinema e Audiovisivo, Regione Lazio, CNC – Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image Animée, La Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, ZDF-ARTE, The Match Factory, and Eurimages – Council of Europe.