‘When I Existed,’ a Cannes Market Standout, Swooped On for World Sales by M-Appeal and Now Bound for Tallinn Black Nights (EXCLUSIVE)

Uruguayan film *When I Existed* has been picked up for international sales by Berlin-based M-Appeal after attracting attention at the Cannes Market. The second-chance comedy-drama will have its world premiere in the Critics’ Picks Competition at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival.

The feature debut by Alejandro Damiani and Martin Avdolov follows Silvio Bertolini, who discovers that the pension fund and bank have registered him as dead when he tries to claim his pension after 40 years running a gate-building company. As he struggles through bureaucracy, he reconnects with old rowing-club friends and considers his relationship with his wife. César Troncoso and Silvia Kutica star; the film is co-produced by companies in Uruguay and Spain.