Indie distributor Cinema Guild has acquired North American distribution rights for Berlin-based U.S. director and literary translator Ted Fendt’s “Foreign Travel” that will have its North American premiere at the New York Film Festival next month. Shot over the course of a one-year period in Berlin and Potsdam, it revolves around a young woman named Leonia who, “after returning from a trip to Naples where she sought to forget her past,” dives deep into Ortese’s body of work, according to the synopsis. Cinema Guild is planning to release “Foreign Travel” theatrically on a new 16mm print in 2027.
The deal was negotiated by Edward McCarry and Peter Kelly of Cinema Guild with Hans Broich of Superzoom Film. Cinema Guild’s upcoming releases include Hong Sangsoo’s “The Day She Returns” and “Nowhere to Lay My Eyes” and Éric Baudelaire’s “For the Moon.”
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