Sonali Joshi, founder of UK distributor Day for Night, has launched a Japan-based distribution, sales and production outfit titled Not That Films and landed its first title.

The new company, based in Tokyo, will be overseen by Joshi as founder and director alongside Day for Night co-director Chonpel Tsering as head of international projects. Both have relocated from the UK to Japan.

They have begun building its sales slate with the acquisition of State Of Statelessness, a four-part anthology drama by Tibetan filmmakers living in exile, which received its world premiere at Busan in October. The company will aim to acquire four titles a year,...