“The Red Hangar” (“Hangar rojo”), Chilean Juan Pablo Sallato’s black & white fiction feature debut, which swept the Guadalajara Film Festival in April, has sold to U.S.-based company Pragda, marking its first all-rights acquisition for the U.S. and Canada.
International sales agent Premium Films/MPM Premium also sold the drama to Spain (Festival Films), Italy (I Wonder), Greece (Weird Wave), Poland (Cinobo) and Chile (Storyboard Media).
“’The Red Hangar’ represents exactly the kind of cinema we wanted to bring into our new line of business beyond the educational market: a socially conscious thriller that combines tension, a contemporary perspective and an especially timely subject matter, along with exceptional quality. It has all the elements to connect directly with North American audiences. We’re proud to embark on this journey alongside the team at MPM Premium,” said Pragda CEO, Marta Sanchez.
“When a client falls in love with a film within the first few minutes of viewing, all that remains is to trust their strategy and vision,” said Natalia Isotta, head of Ibero-american sales and worldwide festivals at MPM Premium, who is at the Cannes Film Festival.
The drama had its world premiere at the Berlinale’s Perspectives sidebar where Premium Films, in collaboration with subsidiary MPM Premium, snapped it up.
