EXCLUSIVE: Yellow Veil Pictures has acquired all North American rights for Lucile Hadžihalilović’s darkish fairy story The Ice Tower, following its buzzy world premiere in competitors on the Berlin Movie Pageant.
Set within the Seventies, the image follows runaway Jeanne (Clara Pacini) who falls underneath the spell of Cristina (Marion Cotillard), the enigmatic star of The Snow Queen, a movie being shot within the studio the place she has taken refuge.
A free adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s fable “The Snow Queen,” Hadžihalilović’s fourth function marks her second collaboration with Cotillard after 2004’s Innocence, and in addition co-stars August Diehl, Marine Gesbert, and a cameo efficiency from director Gaspar Noé.
Hadžihalilović’s different options are Evolution (2015) and Earwig (2021) which each world premiered at San Sebastian as did Innocence.
The deal was negotiated by Hugues Barbier, Justin Timms and Joe Yanick for Yellow Veil Footage and Eva Diederix for Goodfellas.
“For me, The Ice Tower solidified Lucile Hadžihalilović’s place amongst essentially the most fascinating creators of fairy tales immediately,” mentioned Yellow Veil Footage co-founder Yanick.
“Yellow Veil has lengthy been an admirer of Lucile’s work, we couldn’t be extra proud to carry The Ice Tower to North American audiences; it’s a real film lover’s film.”
New York Metropolis and Los Angeles-based Yellow Veil Footage launched in 2018 with a give attention to boundary pushing style cinema.
Previous releases embrace Noé’s Lux Æterna, Adil & Bilall’s Insurgent, Weston Razooli’s Riddle of Fireplace, Frida Kempff’s Knocking, Charlotte Le Bon Falcon Lake and The Lengthy Stroll from director Mattie Do.
