Even before the 2015 Cannes Film Festival officially opened, distributors were eagerly snapping up a wide range of titles, and last week saw a number of deals going down before the prestigious fest officially opened. Now that the thing is in full, swanky swing, the deals are not stopping. Will there be anything left to buy by the end of the weekend? (Oh, gosh, probably.)

Hopefully you’ve been following along with our Cannes trailer park to get your visual imagination going, and now our own Mike D’Angelo is officially on the scene and starting to mail in his daily postcards for you to enjoy alongside a big baguette (or whatever helps ease the pain of not being there). But what of the deals, you scream, tell us of the deals! Here’s what’s happening at Cannes right now.

• Per Variety, Gus Van Sant’s highly anticipated Sea Of Trees has been snapped up by Roadside Attractions for U.S. distribution. The Matthew McConaughey-starring drama will premiere at Cannes on May 16. There’s no word yet when we can expect to see it Stateside.
• Thompson On Hollywood reports that Lionsgate has bought the rights to Michael Grandage’s star-packed Genius. The fact-based film stars Colin Firth, Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Dominic West, Laura Linney, and Guy Pearce and focuses on the relationship between famous editor Maxwell Perkins (Firth) and author Thomas Wolfe (Law).
• Level 33 has purchased the Marcia Gay Harden-starring romance After Words, per Variety. The Juan Feldman film sees Harden’s character combating a mid-life crisis by jetting off to Costa Rica and meeting a younger man (How Marcia Got Her Groove Back). The film is expected to be released in North America in August.
• Deadline reports that Lionsgate has bought the U.K. rights to Lone Scherfig’s Their Finest Hour And A Half, which centers on a British film crew trying to make a peppy and patriotic feature during the Blitz. It’s described as a screwball comedy, and it stars Gemma Arteron and Bill Nighy (and it sounds really fun!).
• Julien Seri’s Night Fare has been picked up by a number of distributors for a wide variety of territories, as Variety reports that the thriller has been bought by: “Japan (Klockworx), Germany (Tiberius), the U.K. (Koch Media), Korea (MediaSoft), Thailand (C.C.C.), Turkey (Sinema), the Middle East (Italia Films), Greece (Odeon), Russia (Big Movie), India (Star Entertainment), Israel (Shoval), Scandinavia (Njuta Films) and Yugoslavia (Star Media).” The film centers on two guys, out for a night of partying, who are stalked by their cab driver after bilking him of his fare.
• Variety also reports that Roschdy Zem’s Chocolat, a period piece starring Omar Sy as the Cuban artist Rafael Padillas, is also making brisk business of foreign sales, and has already sold to “Germany (DCM), Benelux (Paradiso), Scandinavia (Miss Label), Switzerland (Ascot Elite), Greece and Romania (Odeon), Poland (Kinoswiat) and Portugal (Lusomundo).” American buyers are reportedly circling the film, too.
• Artsploitation Films has purchased the American rights to oddball German film Der Bunker, per Variety. The film premiered to solid reviews out of Berlin. It’s expected to get a limited release this fall, with a DVD/Blu-ray and VOD release to follow quickly after.
• Paolo Sorrentino’s Youth has sold to Fox Searchlight, per Deadline. The Great Beauty director’s latest will screen in competition on May 20.
• Deadline reports that “after an all-nighter,” The Weinstein Company has picked up the U.S. rights to the Robert De Niro- and Edgar Ramirez-starring boxing drama Hands Of Stone. Directed by Jonathan Jakubowicz, the fact-based feature stars Ramirez as fighter Robert Duran, with Usher co-starring as Sugar Ray Leonard, and you can just stop right there, because yes. The film is expected to knock out American audiences next winter.

The Cannes Film Festival runs from May 13 until May 24.