Film Movement Picks Up Elie Wajeman's 'Aliyah'

5:21 PM PDT 6/14/2012 by Gregg Kilday

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The film, which screened in the Directors Fortnight' at Cannes, will be released early in 2013.

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Film Movement has acquired North Amrican rights to Elie Wajeman’s Aliyah, which screened in the Directors’ Fortnight at the recent Cannes Film Festival.

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The French language feature stars Pio Marmai as a Jewish drug dealer in Paris who is caught between family ties and dreams of moving to a better life in Israel.

The distributor is planning a New York theatrical opening in the first quarter of 2013, along with a day-and-date cable VOD premiere.

The acquisition was negotiated by Rebeca Conget, vp of acquisitions and distribution at Film Movement, and Sébastien Chesneau, head of international sales at REZO.