Euros busy as Asian Film Market closes

October 06, 2008 For the past few days, Asian Film Market exhibitors have bemoaned the dwindling numbers of exhibitors, with some questioning their future plans for participation. However, there was a positive glow on the market's final day Monday as European distributors locked down a bevy of deals. On the final day of the four-day market, Germany's Bavaria Film International sold all rights for the 2005 documentary "Into Great Silence" to Korea's Jin Jin Pictures; London-based Celsius Entertainment signed a deal with Korea's Mirovision for the Boris Damast–helmed biopic "Vivaldi"; and first-time AFM exhibitor M-appeal has sold Polish director Andrzej Jakimowski's award-winning "Trick" to Korea's Coral Pictures.

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