GFI to hone 'Craft' in N. America

BUENOS AIRES -- Non-profit org Global Film Initiative has already established U . s . States rights from FiGa Films to Brazilian helmer Gustavo Pizzi's "Riscado" (Craft).The sale went lower as FiGa adds two game game titles towards the sales slate -- Chilean Domingo Sotomayor's "From Thursday to Sunday" and "Have a look at Me Again," from Brazil's Claudia Priscilla and Kiko Goifman. It'll be showing both to customers at Ventana Sur, which starts Friday.A fictionalized entertainment of thesp Karine Teles' attempts to go into the acting biz, "Craft" will form part of GFI's Global Lens festival package, leaving through the U . s . States, beginning at NY's MoMA The month of the month of january 2012, mentioned Sandro Fiorin, founding father of FiGa, a La-based sales, distribution and production company.In other sales deals, FiGa has closed with European Distributor and Exhibitor Network (EDEN), a completely new consortium of Euro distrib procedures created by Film Without Frontiers and backed by Media Mundus, on Julio Hernandez Cordon's wry Guatemalan music scene dramedy "Marimbas From Hell," a Morelia 2010 best fiction pic champion. "Marimbas" will uncover a six-territory bow in U.K., Italia, The nation, Lithuania, Bulgaria and Croatia. Lithuania's Kino Pasaka will lead individuals, opening "Marimbas" in December. France's A3 Distribution has acquired all rights to Federico Veiroj's spirited b/w dramedy "A Useful Existence," a homage to film buffs. "Existence" will probably be released throughout next March's Toulouse Film Fest, coinciding getting an excursion by Veiroj and lead Jorge Jellenik.Sotomayor's debut, "Sunday," about two children's undertake their parent's imminent break-up, set within a household holiday to Chile's north, was produced at Cannes' Cinefondation Residence. A standout at October Rio Fest, where it won the documentary audience award, "Look" triggers female-to-male transsexual Sylvio Luccio. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com