{"id":16532,"date":"2025-07-15T22:26:59","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T22:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/2025\/07\/15\/harris-dickinsons-cannes-selection-undin-lands-north-american-deal\/"},"modified":"2025-07-15T22:27:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T22:27:00","slug":"harris-dickinsons-cannes-selection-undin-lands-north-american-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/2025\/07\/15\/harris-dickinsons-cannes-selection-undin-lands-north-american-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Harris Dickinson&#8217;s Cannes Selection &#8216;Undin&#8217; Lands North American Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Introduction to Urban<\/h2>\n<p>The film <em>Urban<\/em> has gained significant attention after its world premiere in Cannes, where it received the Fipresci Prize and the UN award. This achievement has led to Employed 1-2 Special acquiring all North American rights to the film.<\/p>\n<h2>Acquisition and Distribution<\/h2>\n<p>This marks the young distributor&#8217;s third Cannes acquisition since launching in February. They have already acquired the rights to Christian Petzold&#8217;s <em>SPIEGEL No. 3<\/em> and Sim\u00f3n Mesa Sotos&#8217; <em>A Poet<\/em>. 1-2 Special plans to release <em>Urban<\/em> theatrically in the autumn after the transaction with the GERSH agency, Uta Independent Film Group, and Charades on behalf of the filmmakers.<\/p>\n<h2>Film Overview<\/h2>\n<p>The drama <em>Urban<\/em> follows the story of Mike, a rough sleeper in London who is trapped in a cycle of self-destruction as he tries to turn his life around. The film was written and directed by Harris Dickinson, while Archie was produced by Devisio Pictures with Scott O&#8217;Donnell from Somesuch.<\/p>\n<h2>Production and Financing<\/h2>\n<p>The film was developed by the BBC Film and financed by BBC Film, BFI, and Tricky Knot. The executive producers include Eva Yates, Ama Ampadu, Alexandra Tynion, and Olivia Tyson. Harris Dickinson has established himself as a force in the film industry in recent years, with notable performances in <em>Baby Girl<\/em> alongside Nicole Kidman and Ruben Ostlund&#8217;s 2022 Cannes Palme d&#8217;Or winner <em>Triangle of Sadness<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h2>Upcoming Release<\/h2>\n<p>With the acquisition of <em>Urban<\/em>, 1-2 Special is set to bring this powerful drama to North American audiences. The film&#8217;s release is highly anticipated, and its thought-provoking story is expected to resonate with viewers. As the distributor continues to expand its portfolio, <em>Urban<\/em> is likely to be a standout title in their collection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction to Urban The film Urban has gained significant attention after its world premiere in Cannes, where it received the Fipresci Prize and the UN award. This achievement has led to Employed 1-2 Special acquiring all North American rights to the film. Acquisition and Distribution This marks the young distributor&#8217;s third Cannes acquisition since launching<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16533,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-16532","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16532"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16532\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16534,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16532\/revisions\/16534"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}