M-Appeal Seals Cannes Deals on ‘Downtown,’ ‘The Garden We Dreamed,’ ‘Truly Naked’ (EXCLUSIVE)

By Leo Barraclough

Leo Barraclough

International Features Editor

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Berlin-based world sales company M-Appeal has closed a string of international deals out of the Cannes Film Market on Michiel van Erp’s “Downtown,” Joaquín del Paso’s “The Garden We Dreamed” and Muriel d’Ansembourg’s “Truly Naked.”

Dutch drama “Downtown,” which M-Appeal launched at the Cannes Film Market, has sold to Dark Star Pictures for North America and Salzgeber for Germany and Austria. The film is set to world premiere at Frameline soon.

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