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In March, film buffs in Paris descended on the Maison de la Culture du Japon for the final installment of a Japanese movie series about a traveling salesman who is unlucky in love that had run for decades in its homeland.
A24 and Neon haven't gone anywhere, but the buyers making a splash at Cannes this year are emerging players like Sideshow, Metrograph, and Mubi.
The film just premiered in the Un Certain Regard sidebar at Cannes and will screen in competition at Annecy next month.
Japanese director Yoko Yamanaka's 'Desert of Namibia' won an award from the International Federation of Film Critics at the Cannes Film Festival.
Neon's 'Babes' with Ilana Glazer and Michelle Buteau had a great expansion with the indie film in the top ten at the domestic box office.