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- Sarafina! producer Anant Singh announced that French media and entertainment giant TF1 Studio/Newen Studios would represent the film for international sales.
- The film was selected in the Cannes Classics category and screened on Sunday, 31 years after it premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 1992.
- "Today, there are many opportunities to release the film, and also with students and schools, which gives us access to a whole new generation of audiences," Singh said of the deal.
Following the screening of Sarafina! in the Cannes Classics Official Selection on Sunday, producer Anant Singh announced that French media and entertainment giant TF1 Studio/Newen Studios would represent the film for international sales.
The film is produced by Singh, directed by Darrel James Roodt and stars Academy Award winner Whoopi Goldberg; Leleti Khumalo; Miriam Makeba; Mbongeni Ngema; John Kani and Somizi Mhlongo; with the screenplay by Mbongeni Ngema and William Nicholson.
Singh commented on the deal, saying: "It is great to continue the relationship which began through our 1992 partnership with Les Films Ariane, now part of TF1 Studio, a Newen Studios subsidiary, with the film now distributed by Newen Connect. Today, there are many opportunities to release the film, including in IMAX and also with students and schools, which gives us access to a whole new generation of audiences. TF1/Newen Studios are equally passionate about the film, and we look forward to working with them on theatrical and other media and generating revenue and viewership across the world's territories."
"TF1 Studio is proud and honoured to partner with Vision Entertainment to distribute Sarafina! around the world," Nathalie Toulza-Madar, TF1 Studio CEO, added.
Singh and Khumalo attended the Cannes Classics screening on Sunday and were accompanied by South Africa's Deputy Ambassador to France, Minister Plenipotentiary Nthabiseng Makuwa.
The film received a five-minute standing ovation.
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Singh said: "It was wonderful presenting Sarafina! together with Leleti in Cannes 31 years after its first screening. The audience included people who were at the screening in 1992, but I was delighted by the reaction of people who saw the film for the first time and were visibly moved. It's a testament to our film and the many creative partnerships involved that it engages a younger audience three decades later."
