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Sapinda takes 76% of Wild Bunch Group

Broadcast-streaming. Paris-based film distribution company Wild Bunch Group has sealed a €110.7m financial restructuring plan with its creditors, including Sapinda , which is owned by Wild Bunch’s largest German shareholder, Lars Windhorst. Under the deal, Sapinda will increase its share of Wild Bunch to 76%. At this year’s Cannes Film Festival, Wild Bunch won the Palme d’Or for Hirokazu Kore-eda’s “Shoplifters,” as well as an honorary Palme d’Or for Jean-Luc Godard’s “The Image Book,” the Jury Prize for Nadine Labaki’s “Capernaum,” and the Directors’ Fortnight’s Art Cinema award for Gaspar Noe’s “Climax.” But the company has been struggling financially for months.

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