Business at Berlin's European Film Market tends to be a slow burn, but the 2020 EFM got off with a bang as A24 signed the first major deal before the doors of market headquarters the Martin Gropius Bau even opened.On the eve of Berlin, the indie distributor snatched up Claire Denis’ next movie, the combination thriller/love story The Stars at Noon, for North America in a low seven-figure deal with CAA Media Finance.