Wim-Wenders Produced ‘I’ll Be Gone in June’ Bought for North America After Cannes Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)
KimStim has acquired North American rights to Katharina Rivilis’ debut feature, ‘I’ll Be Gone in June’, after its world premiere in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard section. The deal positions the coming-of-age drama for a North American theatrical release in spring 2027, extending its international distribution following sales in several other territories.
Set in Las Cruces, New Mexico, around the September 11 attacks, the 125-minute English- and German-language film follows Franny, a 16-year-old German exchange student confronting loneliness and culture shock before forming a connection with a grieving local boy. Rivilis drew on her own exchange-student experience; the Germany-Switzerland-US production was produced by Léa Germain and Wim Wenders, among others, and stars Naomi Cosma, David Flores, Bianca Dumais and Rebecca Schulz.
- KimStim buys North American rights after Cannes premiere.
- The drama follows a German teenager in post-9/11 New Mexico.
- A North American cinema release is planned for spring 2027.
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Coming-of-age films follow young people as they navigate change and growing up. An exchange student lives in another country, often with a local host family, and may face unfamiliar customs, language and social expectations.
The September 11 attacks were the terrorist attacks in the United States in 2001, which killed nearly 3,000 people and affected communities around the world. Las Cruces is a city in New Mexico, a state in the south-western US; setting a story there places its German student in a different cultural and geographic setting from home.