{"id":100673,"date":"2025-10-27T14:44:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T14:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/100673\/"},"modified":"2025-10-27T14:44:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T14:44:09","slug":"agnieszka-hollands-polish-oscar-entry-franz-gets-us-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/100673\/","title":{"rendered":"Agnieszka Holland’s Polish Oscar Entry ‘Franz’ Gets US Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tEXCLUSIVE: Cohen Media Group<\/a> has acquired North American rights to Franz<\/a>, the biopic of literary icon\u00a0Franz Kafka by three-time Oscar nominated Polish filmmaker\u00a0Agnieszka Holland (In Darkness). <\/p>\n

\n\tConceived as a kaleidoscopic mosaic spanning from Kafka\u2019s birth in 19th-century Prague to his death in post\u2013World War I Vienna, Holland\u2019s film captures both the man and the myth, revealing the Metamorphosis writer\u2019s creative vision, alienation, and lasting cultural imprint. <\/p>\n

\n\tPoland\u2019s entry for the Best International Film Oscar stars\u00a0Idan Weiss,\u00a0Peter Kurth,\u00a0Jenov\u00e9fa Bokov\u00e1,\u00a0Ivan Trojan, and\u00a0Sandra Korzeniak. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe acquisition was negotiated by\u00a0Robert Aaronson, Executive Vice President of Cohen Media Group and\u00a0Julien Razafindranaly\u00a0Head of Sales negotiated for\u00a0Films Boutique. Cohen Media Group will release the film theatrically in the U.S. in 2025.<\/p>\n

\n\tFollowing its world premiere at the\u00a0Toronto International Film Festival,\u00a0the film has screened at festivals including\u00a0San Sebastian,\u00a0Rio de Janeiro,\u00a0Busan,\u00a0Vancouver,\u00a0Chicago,\u00a0Woodstock\u00a0and will also be playing at\u00a0Newport Beach,\u00a0Denver, and\u00a0Cairo. <\/p>\n

\n\tDeadline\u00a0described the feature as \u201ca playful biopic that investigates the enigma of one of the 20th century\u2019s most influential writers.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tProduced by Sarka Cimbalova and Agnieszka Holland the film was co-produced by\u00a0Marcin Wierzchos\u0142awski,\u00a0Alicja Jagodzi\u0144ska,\u00a0Uwe Schott, and\u00a0Jorgo Narjes\u00a0with\u00a0Mike Downey\u00a0and\u00a0Jeff Field\u00a0serving as executive producers.<\/p>\n

\n\tRobert Aaronson, EVP of Cohen Media Group stated: \u201cAgnieszka Holland has created an extraordinary portrait of a literary giant that feels both epic and intimate. We\u2019re thrilled to introduce American audiences to this remarkable film from one of Europe\u2019s most accomplished filmmakers.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAgnieszka Holland added: \u201cI am really happy that Cohen Media will take care of our\u00a0Franz\u00a0on American soil. This film is a labor of love and needs the enthusiastic midwife!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Cohen Media Group has acquired North American rights to Franz, the biopic of literary icon\u00a0Franz Kafka by…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17772,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[59938,146,17394,85,46],"class_list":["post-100673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-cohen-media-group","tag-entertainment","tag-franz","tag-il","tag-israel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100673"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100673\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}