SPC Takes North American, Latin American Rights to 'Footnote' (Cannes)

11:26 AM 5/13/2011 by Jay A. Fernandez

Sony Pictures Classics has acquired North American and Latin American rights to Footnote from writer-director Joseph Cedar. The film, which is in Competition at the Festival de Cannes, will have its gala premiere Saturday night.

ICM, which reps Cedar, and London-based WestEnd repped the sale.

The film follows what happens between a father and his son, highly competitive professors, after one is chosen to receive a great honor. Shlomo?Bar-Aba?and Lior Ashkenazi?star, David Mandil?and United King produced.

Cedar?s previous film, Beaufort, was nominated for best foreign language film at the Oscars in 2007.?SPC acquired?In a Better World?and?The Secret in Their Eyes?at previous Cannes markets and both won the prize.

?When we met Joseph Cedar a few years ago, we knew he was a director of extraordinary talent,? said SPC co-presidents Tom Bernard?and Michael?Barker. ?We are thrilled that he and our friends at WestEnd have agreed to be partners with us on what promises to be a major American release.?

SPC also has picked up Tamara Drewe?and Mother and Child?from WestEnd in recent years.

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