‘Four Daughters’ & ‘No Good Men’ Lead Alternativa’s MIPCOM Slate

EXCLUSIVE: Alternativa Distribution has acquired selected rights to features including Berlin Film Festival opener No Good Men ahead of making its debut at the MIPCOM market in Cannes.

The fledgling distributor has acquired several other festival and award-nominated movies ahead of MIPCOM. It will present Akio Fujimoto’s Lost Land to buyers, as well as Abinash Bikram Shah’s Elephants in the Fog and Kaouther Ben Hania’s Four Daughters.

Alternativa Distribution will shop Elephants in the Fog in multiple territories across Asia and Latin America; No Good Men in multiple territories across Asia and the MENA region; Four Daughters in multiple territories across Latin America and Asia; and Lost Land across Southeast Asia, ex-Malaysia, the Nordics, Poland and Portugal.

Alternativa launched its distribution arm earlier this year to sell impact-driven films to broadcasters and streamers. The Alternativa Distribution division is run by former yesDocu and TikTok exec Avital Lavi.

It launched with a ten-film slate including the Un Certain Regard titles If Only I Could Hibernate and A Poet.

The new acquisitions come with strong awards and festival pedigree. Elephants in the Fog competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the Cannes Film Festival this year, winning the Jury Prize. It was also Nepal’s submission for the Best International Feature Film at the Academy Awards.

Lost Land won the Orizzonti Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival. Four Daughters shared the L’Œil d’Or for Best Documentary at Cannes. It was nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the Academy Awards.

Alternativa is a not-for-profit org that supports films from the Global South. Having started out as an awards program for films from Central Asia, Alternativa then initiated a full-fledged festival with editions in Indonesia and Colombia.

“With our second film slate, we are expanding our global reach to give buyers and audiences access to even more exceptional, high-impact storytelling,” Lavi said.

“Our latest acquisitions have already proven themselves on the world stage – from a Cannes prize-winner to acclaimed titles featured at Venice and the Berlinale. We’re incredibly proud to represent them and look forward to getting them in front of broadcasters and streaming platforms.”