Netflix Attains Cannes Winners Atlantics – I Lost My Body
Netflix might be barred from acquiescing its films to Cannes Film Festival’s in-competition section, which is why it’s been largely missing from the prestigious film festival for the last two years, but that can’t stop the streaming service from acquiring films after they have already won. And that’s just what Netflix had done over the weekend, picking up worldwide rights for Grand Prix winner Atlantics from French black female director Mati Diop. Grand Prix is the second-most prestigious prize of Cannes Film Festival after the Palme d’Or, which was won by South Korean director Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite at the 2019 edition.
Additionally, Netflix acquired the animated film i.e. I Lost My Body from French director Jeremy Clapin, which won the Nespresso Grand Prize, the highest-possible honour for a film screened under the Week section at the 2019 Cannes Film FestivalInternational Critics.
Both the Netflix deals for Atlantics and I Lost My Body do not include certain territories: Belgium, China, Luxembourg, France, Russia, Netherlands, and Switzerland for Atlantics; and Belgium, China, Luxembourg, France, Netherlands, and Turkey for I Lost My Body. That’s partly because of the same reason Netflix is banned from competing in Cannes, in that any films released in the above-mentioned European countries must wait 3 years before they can be made available for streaming. One thing, Netflix is not available in China.
That said, Netflix has still picked up streaming rights for France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands for Atlantics, and France for I Lost My Body which will only kick in 36 months after their respective dramatic release in the personal regions.
Diop had made history with her story debut Atlantics even before she won the Grand Prix for being the first black woman to have her film opening in struggle at Cannes Film Festival. Set in the Senegal capital city of Dakar, Atlantics is the story of 17-year-old Ada, whose lover Suleiman leaves the country by sea, in hopes of a better upcoming. Several days later, a fire ruins Ada’s wedding to the man she is betrothed to and a mysterious fever starts to spread. Ada doesn’t know that Suleiman has returned.
Clapin also makes his feature debut with the animated I Lost My Body, which depicts two parallel storylines. One strand follows a young man who moves to France and falls in love, while another follows his severed hand which leaks from a lab and scrambles through Paris to get back to his body.
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