MUMBAI: London-based film finance and international sales company, Intandem Films has acquired the worldwide rights of family drama Ways to Live Forever based on the best selling book of the same title by Sally Nicholls.

Ways to Live Forever, that started shooting in the North East of England earlier this month, tells the story of a boy with leukemia who wants to live out all of his dreams before he dies.

The film directed by Gustavo Ron, who also wrote the screenplay stars Robbie Kay, Greta Scacchi, Ben Chaplin and Emilia Fox is produced by Martyn Auty.

The ?2 million project is an association between Life & Soul Productions and El Capitan Pictures in Spain, with extended support from Northern Film & Media‘s North East Content Fund.

Said Intandem director, Billy Hurman, "We were immediately attracted to this beautiful, uplifting story and the emotional rollercoaster it takes the audience on. It is a pleasure to be working with such talented professionals as Martyn Auty and Gustavo Ron."