France’s Mk2 Alt Takes Europe For U.S. Alternative Production & Distribution Breakout ‘Two Sleepy People’
France's mk2 alt has acquired European rights to the indie film 'Two Sleepy People', a romantic dramedy created by digital creators. The film, which was produced on a $100,000 budget, follows two coworkers trapped in the same dream after taking melatonin gummies. mk2 alt aims to reinvent the theater experience and plans to launch the film in France before expanding across Europe.
- ▪mk2 alt has acquired European rights to 'Two Sleepy People', a low-budget romantic dramedy.
- ▪The film was created by digital creators and produced for $100,000.
- ▪mk2 alt plans to launch the film in France with a special visa, followed by a wider European release.
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Two Sleepy People Creator Camp EXCLUSIVE: France’s mk2 alt has acquired European rights to low-budget U.S. alternative production and distribution breakout Two Sleepy People. The 90-minute romantic dramedy was created outside of traditional filmmaking channels by a group of digital creator friends who scraped together the $100,000 budget from savings and sponsors. Billed by mk2 alt as “Eternal Sunshine meets Severance modernized by the internet generation”, it revolves around two coworkers who take a new line of melatonin gummies and are then trapped in the same dream every night.
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