Romanian Best Film winner at Berlin festival secures distribution deals

After winning the Golden Bear for Best Film at the Berlinale, distribution rights for Romanian director Călin Peter Netzer’s Child's Pose/Poziția copilului have been acquired by X Verleih. The company will distribute German language versions of the film in Germany, Austria and German-speaking Switzerland, according to news service Hollywood Reporter. Beta Film has also concluded deals for Child's Pose in France, Belgium, Luxembourg, The Netherlands,Greece and Taiwan.

The film won the Best Film award at the Berlin Film Festival on Saturday evening (February 16 ). The Romanian film, which was the only local contender at the international film festival, landed the Golden Bear for Best Film. It competed against 18 films from around the world for the festival’s awards – the Golden and Silver Bear statuettes. The film was among the favorites for the award, together with Prince Avalanche, by David Gordon Green, and Gloria, by Sebastian Lelio, according to a Bloomberg review. Director Călin Peter Netzer is no stranger to film festivals and awards. Two of his previous films Maria (2003 ) and Medalia de onoare/Medal of Honor (2009 ) received nominations and awards at a number of festivals, including the Bratislava, Chicago, Miami, Locarno, Thessaloniki and Torino film festivals. Child’s Pose, which tells the story of an overbearing mother’s relationship with her adult son, stars some well known names from Romanian cinema, Luminita Gheorghiu (The Death of Mr. Lazarescu) and Bogdan Dumitrache (Best Intentions). The cast also includes Natasa Raab, Ilinca Goia, Florin Zamfirescu, Cerasela Iosifescu, Mimi Branescu and Vlad Ivanov. The review of the movie by Romania-Insider.com is here.