{
  "id": 17142115,
  "title": "French Action Film ‘Red Bird’ Lands CIS Deal as D.C. Romance ‘Step Back, Doors Closing’ Bows at Tokyo Market (EXCLUSIVE)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/french-action-film-red-bird-lands-cis-deal-as-d-c-romance-step-back",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-29T23:16:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/film/markets-festivals/french-actioner-red-bird-cis-deal-dc-romance-tokyo-1236934672/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A French action film and an American indie romance are both up for grabs with international buyers at the Tokyo International Film Festival’s TIFFCOM market. Cappu Films has sold “Red Bird” to Kinologistika LLC for the CIS region, which covers Russia and other former Soviet states, and has taken on international sales for “Step Back, […]",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}