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EXCLUSIVE: Producer and NYU teacher Robert Nickson has been talking to sales agents on the Croisette about a slate of features from the NYU Graduate Film Program.Rights are available on four in-production titles: Paul Dalios Mania Days; Anja Marquardts Shes Lost Control; Emily Reeses Babylu; and Chloe Zoes Lee.Alumni features include Lucy Molloy始s 2012 Tribeca Film Festival entry Una Noche [pictured] and Eleanor Burkes micro-budget feature Stranger Things. A further four projects are seeking financing. Though these films serve as the directors thesis work for their graduate degree, at NYU unlike some other universities, the films are fully owned by the students who write and direct, though in most cases have formed a company to handle financing and rights, said Nickson.TopicsCannesCannes MarketSalesUnited States 1 Comment stanley kubek Related articles News France tv distribution launches sales on French science drama Chemical Bond stanley cup stanley germany 2025-05-07T12:32:00Z By Rebecca Leffler EXCLUSIVE: Aurelien Peilloux-directed feature centres on two researchers who grow close while studying a revolutionary cure for depression. |
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