Film success at Cannes
PA , Wellington New Zealand-made films have sold for more than $500,000 at the leading international marketplace for television films at Cannes. Dorothee Pinfold, distribution manager for the New Zealand Film Commission, which took 50 titles to Cannes, said the most successful film was "Deathflight 901,” a documentary on the Mount Erebus crash. It is under offer from the American A.B.C. television network.
“Eye of the Octopus." a film ’ made by James and Judy Siers, of Wellington, has
been sold to Germany, Britain, South Africa, and Italy and there are further possible sales to Scandinavia, Ecuador. Egypt, Pakistan, the Netherlands, and Japan, i “Kingi's Story,” a film produced in Levin about a teenager and his conflict with the law. has been sold to Scandinavia and firm interest has been shown by Germany, Egypt, and Pakistan. Ms Pinfold said New Zealand films were probably' selling better than they ever had before. New markets had been opened up and there was still a lot of follow-up work to come.
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