Exclusive: The heartfelt drama by Swedish director Abbe Hassan which opened the Göteborg Film Festival has been sold to several territories at the European Film Market in Berlin.

Sales and aggregation company LevelK has sold the feature drama to Eastern Europe (HBO Europe), Slovenia (RTV Slovenia) Indonesia (PT. Falcon), and to the Creative Media supported VODCOLAB partners: Benelux (Cinemien - ABC Theatrical Distribution), Greece (Cinobo), Denmark (Grand Hjemmebio), Norway (Vega Hjemmekino), Sweden (Triart Film), Bulgaria (7Arts) and Lithuania (Zmones Cinema) with further deals pending.

Exodus centres on the professional smuggler Sam (played by The Kingdom’s Ashraf Barhoum), who reluctantly saves the 12 year-old refugee Amal (Jwan Alqatami) whose family has gone missing in the Syrian war. The two set on a journey from the Mediterranean shores, across Europe to Sweden, as Amal believes this is where she will find her family. An unexpected friendship develops between the unlikely duo.

“The number of people displaced from their homes due to conflict and persecution has exceeded 82 million - the highest figure since World War II, and half of them are children according to the UN,” said Hassan who himself fled Lebanon for Sweden as a child refugee in the 1980s (read our interview: - Director Abbe Hassan speaks about Exodus, Göteborg Film Festival’s opening film - CLICK HERE). “It is also my responsibility to tell this story and I want to do it in my own way. The arena for our story is a tragic no man's land between Europe and Asia, between life and death,” he said.

The film produced by B-Reel Films is scheduled for a March 10 theatrical release in Sweden via TriArt.

LevelK is having a strong market with major territories closed recently on the Danish comedy Fathers and Mothers by Paprika Steen - see our story: LevelK closes multiple deals on Fathers & Mothers - CLICK HERE.

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