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: Belg...