From The Hollywood Reporter · Etan Vlessing · · 1m 10s
A Mount Etna friendship drama finds its Italian home
Irene Dionisio's IDDA sold to FilmClub Distribuzione for Italy straight off its Toronto premiere.
In brief
Irene Dionisio's IDDA sold to FilmClub Distribuzione for Italy straight off its Toronto premiere. A Platform premiere at TIFF can convert into a home-market deal within days, and IDDA did exactly that. Originally reported by The Hollywood Reporter.
IDDA lands an Italian deal
FilmClub Distribuzione has picked up Irene Dionisio's Mount Etna drama IDDA for release in Italy.
Straight out of Toronto
The film world premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in the Platform program, the strand reserved for directors with a distinct voice.
“after a world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival as part of the Platform program”
Rai Cinema on the sell side
The deal was struck with Rai Cinema International Distribution, which handles sales on the title.
Dionisio's second feature
IDDA is Irene Dionisio's second narrative feature, starring Tecla Insolia and Romana Maggiora Vergano.
Two friends, one volcano
Adele and Sofia have been close since childhood. Now in their thirties, their bond strains during a journey across the volcanic terrain of Sicily's Mount Etna.
“whose lifelong bond is challenged during a journey through the volcanic landscapes of Sicily's Mount Etna”
Still on the market
The title is being shopped at TIFF: The Market in Toronto, so more territory deals could follow the Italian one.
The one thing
A Platform premiere at TIFF can convert into a home-market deal within days, and IDDA did exactly that.
