MUMBAI: In the first major deal that happened at the Toronto Film Festival, IFC Films has bought US distribution rights of Nicolas Winding Refn‘s Viking action-adventure Valhalla Rising.
It is stated that Focus Features, Miramax and The Weinstein Company were interested in the Tom Ford‘s directorial debut.
Meanwhile international rights holder IM Global closed multiple territory deals in a frantic night of deal making.
Elsewhere, Submarine‘s Josh Braun is understood to have received several bids for Don Argott‘s documentary The Art Of The Steal while UTA agents were in negotiations with buyers for Cracks.
IFC‘s Arianna Bocco negotiated the Valhalla Rising deal with Carole Baraton from Wild Bunch. This is Mikkelson‘s third film with Refn after the first two instalments of Refn‘s Pusher trilogy.
IFC Films plans to release the film in 2010 via its IFC In-theaters theatrical and VOD day-and-date platform.
