Andrea Arnold’s ‘Bird’ Locks International Deals For Cornerstone

Zac Ntim

4 June 2024 at 10:00 am·2-min read

Cornerstone has closed worldwide distribution deals for Andrea Arnold’s latest feature film Bird, which debuted at last month’s Cannes Film Festival.

The film has been picked up by MFA (Germany), Lucky Red (Italy), Avalon (Spain), Benelux (Cineart), Cinobo (Greece), New Cinema (Israel), Front Row (Middle East), and Lusomundo (Portugal).

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Further deals include Nonstop (Scandinavia), Frenetic (Switzerland), Discovery (Bulgaria, Ex Yugoslavia), Provzglyad (C.I.S), Aerofilm (Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania), Impacto Cine (Latin America), New Select (Japan) and Challan (South Korea). MUBI previously announced it had bought the film for North America, Turkey, the UK and Ireland. Ad Vitam is the French distributor.

Written and directed by Arnold, Bird stars BAFTA-winner and Academy-Award nominee Barry Keoghan (Banshees of Inisherin, Saltburn), Gotham-Award nominee Franz Rogowski (Passages, Great Freedom, Transit), and newcomers Nykiya Adams and Jason Buda. The film’s synopsis reads: 12-year-old Bailey lives with her single dad Bug and brother Hunter in a squat in North Kent. Bug doesn’t have much time for his kids and Bailey who is approaching puberty seeks attention and adventure elsewhere.

The film was produced by House Productions (The Iron Claw, The Wonder) and was filmed in the UK. The director of photography is Robbie Ryan (Poor Things, American Honey, The Favourite), editor is Joe Bini (We Need to Talk About Kevin, American Honey), casting is by Lucy Pardee (Aftersun, Rocks, Dirty God), production design is led by Maxine Carlier, and costume design by Alex Bovaird (The White Lotus, American Honey).

Financiers include BBC Film, the BFI (awarding National Lottery funding), Pinky Promise, FirstGen Content and Access Entertainment. Cornerstone is handling international sales and distribution and co-repped the US sale with CAA Media Finance.

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