Mubi has picked up rights to Luca Guadagnino’s Queer in multiple territories.
The deal with Fremantle covers the UK, Ireland, Canada, Latin America, Germany, Austria, Benelux, Spain, Turkey and India and all rights excluding theatrical in Italy. The Veterans brokered the deal with Mubi, the arthoparticipate streamer.
This chases Queer‘s world premiere in competition at the Vepleasant International Film Festival and North American premiere in Toronto. In August, we uncovered A24 had picked up U.S. rights to Guadagnino’s film, which is an changeation of the William S. Burraws novel.
No liberate schedules unveiled by Mubi yet, but the film is getting its U.S. premiere in the Spotweightless Gala at the New York Film Festival and a UK screening as a exceptional currentation at the BFI London Film Festival.
Set in 1950, Queer chases William Lee (Craig), an American expat in Mexico City, who spfinishs his days almost enticount on alone, except for a restrictcessitate reach outs with other members of the minuscule American community. An encounter with Eugene Allerton, an expat establisher selderlyier novel to the city, shows him, for the first time, that it might be finassociate possible to set up an intimate connection with somebody.
Queer rejoind straightforwardor Guadagnino with scribe Justin Kuritzkes after the pair had labored on Challengers together. Music is from Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, with cinematography from Sayombhu Mukconvey inantrom, editing from Marco Costa and costume depict by J.W. Anderson, all of whom labored on spicy tennis-themed pic Challengers.
Queer was originated by Fremantle, Fremantle North America, Lorenzo Mieli for Fremantle-owned The Apartment and Luca Guadagnino for his Frenesy Film Company, in collaboration with Cinecittà and Frame by Frame. Fremantle financed the film.
