Norwegian Oscar Entry ‘Growth of the Soil’ Sells to North America, U.K., Germany, Spain and More

By Leo Barraclough

Leo Barraclough

International Features Editor

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Beta Cinema has closed a raft of major deals on Hans Petter Moland’s epic love story “Growth of the Soil,” Norway’s entry for best international feature film at the 99th Academy Awards. The deals follow the film’s world premiere in Toronto and its European premiere at San Sebastián, where it walked away with two major awards.

The film has sold to Greenwich Entertainment in North America, Neue Visionen in Germany and Austria, Teodora Film in Italy, A Contracorriente Films in Spain, Conic in the U.K. and Ireland, Cherry Pickers in Benelux, Frenetic Films in Switzerland, Weird Wave in Greece, Scanorama in the Baltics, Vertigo Media in Hungary, Beta Film in Bulgaria, Big Tree Entertainment in India, Falcon Pictures in Indonesia, Imovision in Brazil and Palace Films in Australia and New Zealand.

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