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Animated comedy ‘Jim Queen’ adds international sales after Busan screening
The animated comedy “Jim Queen” has secured new international sales after its first Asian screening at the Busan International Film Festival in South Korea.
Deals cover several European countries, Sweden, Norway, Portugal and four countries in South America.
HBO has acquired pay-TV and streaming rights in Eastern Europe, and a South Korean deal is still being negotiated.
Set in Paris, the film follows Jim, a gay influencer whose status collapses when a virus begins turning gay men heterosexual.
He and his loyal admirer Lucien search for a doctor who may have a cure.
The film premiered at Cannes and has passed 385,000 admissions in France, according to the article.
A Taiwanese cinema release is set for Oct.
23, while a U.S. release is planned for 2027.
“Jim Queen” has secured a new batch of international sales following its screening at the Busan International Film Festival.
Deals cover territories in Europe, South America and elsewhere, while a South Korean deal is still being negotiated.
The animated comedy follows a gay influencer whose standing collapses after a virus begins converting gay men to heterosexuality.
The film premiered at Cannes and has passed 385,000 admissions in France.
A U.S. release is set for 2027, and Global Constellation is weighing several offers for the territory.
- Who
- Global Constellation, the film’s sales agent, closed the new deals.
- What
- The animated comedy “Jim Queen” secured international distribution sales after its Busan screening.
- When
- The sales were reported on Oct. 13, 2026.
- Where
- The deals cover territories including Eastern Europe, Sweden, Norway, Portugal and four South American countries.
- Why
- The film’s Busan screening was its first outing in Asia; the sources do not state why buyers acquired it.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The Jokers Films opened “Jim Queen” in France.
Variety reported that the film had secured new international sales after screening at the Busan International Film Festival.
Creative Century Distribution is set to open the film in Taiwanese cinemas.
A U.S. release is set for the film.
- New sales
- Prorom: Czech and Slovak Republics, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria
- Eastern Europe rights
- HBO: first-window pay-TV and SVOD
- South American territories
- Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Paraguay
- France admissions
- More than 385,000
- Taiwan cinema opening
- Oct. 23
- U.S. release
- 2027
What people are saying
one of the most beautiful in the festival’s history in terms of atmosphere
The humor and storytelling can be likened to ‘South Park’ in their senseless, fast-moving escalation toward absurdity, and the broadly cartoonish animation style – clean lines, popping eyes, flat expanses of color in ’80s mall-decor shades of pink, lilac and spearmint – is a running reminder of just how seriously to take the whole enterprise.
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