Impact Films Acquires Hamaguchi, Kore-eda, and Farhadi Titles for Indian Distribution, Expands into Indonesia
By
Naman Ramachandran
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Summary
India's Impact Films has acquired distribution rights for several high-profile international titles from the 2026 Cannes Film Festival, including Hamaguchi Ryusuke's French-language debut "All of a Sudden" (which won Best Actress at Cannes for Virginie Efira and Okamoto Tao), new films by Kore-eda Hirokazu and Asghar Farhadi, and Indonesian director Joko Anwar's horror hit. This marks Impact Films' first expansion into the Indonesian market.
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Hamaguchi Ryusuke's 'All of a Sudden,' acquired from Cinefrance International and Japan's Bitters End, is the auteur's first French-language feature, about a care home director whose life is transformed by her friendship with a Japanese theater director fighting terminal cancer
it earned the best actress prize at Cannes for Virginie Efira and Okamoto Tao.
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