Adopt Films Acquires Silver Bear Champion Barbara: Berlin

Adopt Films is ongoing its trading spree within the Berlin Worldwide Film Festival, landing U.S. rights to Christian Petzold’s drama Barbarajust just before the film won the runner-up Silver Bear within the festival’s honours ceremony yesterday. The newest deal, introduced today, uses Adopt acquired the festival’s eventual Golden Bear champion, Paolo and Vittorio Tavianis semi-documentary Caesar Must Die. The distributor also nabbed rights in Berlin toUrsula Meiers Sister. Adopt plansa December theatrical release for Barbara– that's occur 1980 East Berlin and stars Nina Hoss just like a physician banned with a small country hospital definately not freedom within the civilized world — and mentioned it'll mount an Oscar campaign for Petzold and also the lead stars. If that is the situation, it’s a hostile vary from Rob Lipsky and Tim Grady’s Adopt, which hasn’t released its first film yet its kickoff pic, The Ballad Of Genesis And Lady Jaye, bows March 8.