Beta Cinema has closed a raft of major deals on Hans Petter Moland’s epic love story “Growth of the Soil,” Norway’s entry for best international feature film at the 99th Academy Awards. The deals follow the film’s world premiere in Toronto and its European premiere at San Sebastián, where it walked away with two major […]
Norwegian Oscar Entry ‘Growth of the Soil’ Sells to North America, U.K., Germany, Spain and More
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