Rotoscoped feature, which debuted at Cannes and played in competition at Annecy, is being prepped for a February release.
Kino Lorber has acquired the North American rights to Tehran Taboo, a rotoscope-animated feature that premiered at the Cannes Critics’ Week and was in competition at Annecy, Variety reports.
Directed by Iranian-born Ali Soozandeh, Taboo is a German-Austrian co-production that interweaves the sex lives of a prostitute, a male musician and two young women in Tehran.
France’s Celluloid Dreams has also made deals for other markets, including: AZ Films for French-speaking Canada; ARP Selection for France; Praesens Film for Switzerland; Seven Films for Greece; Maywin Media AB for CIS and the Baltics; Discovery Film and Video Distribution for former Yugoslavia; Cirko Film for Hungary; and Luna Films for Singapore.
Kino Lorber is planning to release Taboo in February.
Source: Variety
Tom McLean has been writing for years about animation from a secret base in Los Angeles.
