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Exclusive: Cinephobia Releasing has acquired North American rights to this Argentinian BFI Flare selection A Few Feet Away (A Metros De Distancia), which director Tadeo Pestaña Caro is talking about to international buyers here.

Max Suen stars as Santiago, a 20-year-old gay man frustrated with dating apps who spends a night searching for genuine connection. Malena Suárez produced, while Caro and Eugenia Gonzalía served as executive producers.

Cinephobia plans to support a festival run through summer and autumn before releaseing at the end of the year. President Raymond Murray negotiated the deal with Caro on behalf of his production company Mesa Chica Cine.

German sales outfit Patra Spanou Film (“Blue Moon”) has acquired international rights to “The Pleasure Is Mine” (“El Placer Es Mío”), the debut feature from Brazilian-born screenwriter and director Sacha Amaral, whose prior efforts on short “Billy Boy” earned him a slot at the Cannes Cinéfondation program in 2021.

The boutique sales agency has also shared an exclusive first-look teaser with Variety ahead of the drama’s premiere in international competition at this year’s Bafici in Buenos Aires, running April 17-28.

“Films from Argentina have been ruling the arthouse film scene for decades, and talents like Sacha Amaral are to thank for this. With ‘The Pleasure Is Mine,’ he created characters and places of raw beauty, intense and rich dialogues and a main character whose charm – despite his flaws – is irresistible,” Spanou told Variety.

“Audiences from all over the world can engage in the story of this young person, navigating his life without a compass,...