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Article: Bavaria adds on deals for doc 'Bridge,' 'Me'.(WORLD NEWS)(Bavaria Film International, Crossing the Bridge--The Sound of Istanbul and Be With Me documentaries)(Brief Article)
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- Daily Variety
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- May 18, 2005
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BERLIN -- German distrib Bavaria Film scored more sales at Cannes, including deals for Fatih Akin's out-of-competition music documentary "Crossing the Bridge--The Sound of Istanbul" and Eric Khoo's Directors Fortnight opener "Be With Me."
It sold "Crossing the Bridge" to territories including AFilm for Benelux, Golem in Spain, Discovery Film for the former Yugoslavia and Orlando in Israel. "Be With Me" was picked up by Civite Films and New World Pictures for Spain and Thailand, respectively.
New World Pictures also nabbed fights to the gay-themed Argentinian ...