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Bill Nighy’s A Town in Nova Scotia Reveals First Look as Cannes Sales Launch Nears

The Cannes market push aims to secure distributors for the Liverpool-set drama.

Overview

  • Paradise City Sales released a first-look photo of Bill Nighy with co-star Makram Khoury ahead of launching worldwide sales at the Cannes market.
  • The film follows a widowed Irish senior in Liverpool who presses for safety upgrades to his aging building after news of a deadly London tower fire, working with his longtime neighbor.
  • Iranian-British filmmaker Babak Jalali writes and directs his fifth feature with co-writer Carolina Cavalli, following festival favorite Fremont.
  • The sales company handling the movie rebranded from Memento International in 2025 and also sold Fremont, signaling an ongoing partnership with Jalali.
  • Backing includes BBC Film, the BFI with National Lottery funding, Liverpool Film Office’s LCR Production Fund, Calculus, Hoopsa Films, and Desmar, with U.K. distribution to be announced later.