Dogwoof has acquired international sales rights to “André Is an Idiot,” directed by debut filmmaker Tony Benna. The film premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, where it won both the Audience Award and the Jonathan Oppenheim Editing Award in the U.S. Documentary Competition.

Dogwoof will present the film to buyers at Cannes, with a market screening planned for May 15. Submarine Entertainment is handling North American rights.

When André, a brilliant idiot, learns he is dying from a disease that could have been detected with a colonoscopy, he decides to document his final journey. An iconoclastic ad man, he defied convention throughout his life. True to form, André approaches mortality with his trademark humor and curiosity, determined to learn how to die both happily and ridiculously.

In a unique collaboration with Benna, André’s stories and musings are brought to life through imaginative stop-motion animation, capturing his distinctive...