Cannes Un Certain Regard jury prize winner ‘A Poet’ lands US deal

The 1-2 special said on Thursday that he was attacked by another Cannes premiere, robbing Simon Mesa Soto of all North American rights poets, Winner of a UN Specific Juju Award.

The fledgling distributor plans a theatrical release to the story of a failed writer who raised a teenage poet and tried to learn life lessons along the way.

Ubeimar Rios, Rebeca Andrade, Guillermo Cardona, Allison Correa, Margarita Soto, and Humberto Restrepo stars. The feature, filmed in Medellin, Colombia, won a cast consisting primarily of non-experts.

Produced by Soto, Juan Sarmiento G. and Manuel Ruiz Montealegre.

Filmmaker’s first feature, protection, It premiered in 2021 in Cannes Critics’ Week and won seven awards at the Columbia Academy of Film Awards in 2022. His short, I’ll allow itHe won the 2014 Cannes Palme d’Or.

1-2 Special negotiated a deal with Luxbox on behalf of the filmmakers.

Earlier this week, the 1-2 Special announced that it had acquired Cannes Director’s two-week selection Mirror No. 3.