EXCLUSIVE: Unknown Pleasures Photos, the Chinese language distribution outfit based by filmmaker Jia Zhangke and distribution veteran Tian Qi, has come out of Cannes with a trio of Official Choice titles aiming at Chinese language theatrical launch.
The Bejing-based firm has acquired Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Worth, which bagged the Grand Prize in Cannes Competitors; Japanese filmmaker Koji Fukada’s Love On Trial, which performed in Cannes Première; and Charlie Chaplin’s The Gold Rush, which premiered in a 4K-restored model in Cannes Classics.
“As a brand new firm launched earlier this yr, Unknown Pleasures Photos is proud to current these nice movies in mainland China,” stated Tian Qi.
“We’re grateful for the belief of MK2 Movies, the worldwide gross sales accomplice of those titles. Director Jia Zhangke instructed us to make each effort to launch the movies in cinema, letting extra Chinese language audiences to take pleasure in them on the massive display.”
Unknown Pleasures Photos was based earlier this yr to carry a extra numerous vary of worldwide movies to Chinese language theatres (see Deadline’s interview with Tian Qi right here). The corporate’s first launch, Italian drama There’s Nonetheless Tomorrow, launched on March 8 to coincide with Worldwide Girls’s Day, grossed $6.2M (RMB44.8M) on the China field workplace.
