EXCLUSIVE: Italy’s Minerva Pictures has acquired international sales rights to Lilian T. Mehrel’s Tribeca selection Honeyjoon.

The comedy drama centres on Persian-Kurdish Lela and her sensual daughter June who take a trip to the romantic Azores after a big loss — with opposite ideas about why they’re there, how to grieve and June’s tiny bikini.

Between honeymooners, Woman Life Freedom, and their hot philosophical-surfer tour guide João, they find each other and come back to life.

Filmed in Portugal’s Azores islands, the film stars Ayden Mayeri ( Jackpot! ), Amira Casar ( Call Me By Your Name ) and Jose Condessa ( Strange Way Of Life ).

Honeyjoon won the seventh annual AT&T Presents: Untold Stories pitch competition, which comes with a $1m prize, at the 2024 Tribeca Festival, a

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