Exclusive: Northern Irish actor and author Ciaran McMenamin’s 2018 novel Skintown has been set for a big screen adaptation from Keeper Pictures and recent IFTA award winners Cyprus Avenue Films with Anthony Boyle (Masters of The Air) and Josh Finan (Say Nothing) signed on to star.
The pic will be directed by Kieron J. Walsh. Set in the mid-90s during the Ira ceasefire, the film follows the roller coaster journey of two best friends trying to escape their life in a small Irish town. Immersing themselves in the world of raves, drugs and gangs the boys dream big but are thwarted by the realities of the world around them. Described by producers as “a buddy movie combining the anarchy of Kneecap with the humor of Derry Girls,” the film is said to be influenced by titles like Trainspotting and Twin Town.
Skintown...
The pic will be directed by Kieron J. Walsh. Set in the mid-90s during the Ira ceasefire, the film follows the roller coaster journey of two best friends trying to escape their life in a small Irish town. Immersing themselves in the world of raves, drugs and gangs the boys dream big but are thwarted by the realities of the world around them. Described by producers as “a buddy movie combining the anarchy of Kneecap with the humor of Derry Girls,” the film is said to be influenced by titles like Trainspotting and Twin Town.
Skintown...
- 5/10/2024
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: New York-based sales company Visit Films has sold Geoff McFetridge: Drawing A Life, which debuted at SXSW, and New York Film Festival title The Practice to Gravitas Ventures for North American distribution.
Gravitas Ventures will release both films in July on all platforms.
The Practice (La Práctica) is directed by Martin Rejtman and premiered at the San Sebastian Film Festival before playing fests around the circuit, including New York Film Festival and BFI London. The film follows Gustavo, a recently separated yoga instructor, as he must deal with increasingly absurd situations and relationships to land back on his feet. Starring are Esteban Bigliardi, and Camila Hirane (Fugitives). The Practice is a co-production of Un Puma, Quijote Films, Rosa Filmes, Pandora Film Produktion, África, in association with Arte/Zdf. It was produced by Joaquim Sapinho, Victoria Marotta, Christoph Friedel,...
Gravitas Ventures will release both films in July on all platforms.
The Practice (La Práctica) is directed by Martin Rejtman and premiered at the San Sebastian Film Festival before playing fests around the circuit, including New York Film Festival and BFI London. The film follows Gustavo, a recently separated yoga instructor, as he must deal with increasingly absurd situations and relationships to land back on his feet. Starring are Esteban Bigliardi, and Camila Hirane (Fugitives). The Practice is a co-production of Un Puma, Quijote Films, Rosa Filmes, Pandora Film Produktion, África, in association with Arte/Zdf. It was produced by Joaquim Sapinho, Victoria Marotta, Christoph Friedel,...
- 4/18/2024
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Visit Films has come on board to represent international sales on India Donaldson’s Good One, which was just announced in the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight line-up.
The film receives its international premiere on the Croisette after it world-premiered in Sundance in January.
As previously announced, Metrograph Pictures acquired North American rights to Good One in its first buy since moving into distribution.
The film follows 17-year-old Sam on a weekend backpacking trip in the Catskills as she contends with the competing egos of her father and his oldest friend. Newcomer Lily Collias stars alongside James Le Gros and Danny McCarthy.
The film receives its international premiere on the Croisette after it world-premiered in Sundance in January.
As previously announced, Metrograph Pictures acquired North American rights to Good One in its first buy since moving into distribution.
The film follows 17-year-old Sam on a weekend backpacking trip in the Catskills as she contends with the competing egos of her father and his oldest friend. Newcomer Lily Collias stars alongside James Le Gros and Danny McCarthy.
- 4/16/2024
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Greenwich Entertainment has acquired rights to the narrative-doc hybrid Starring Jerry As Himself, which won both the Audience and Jury Award at Slamdance 2023, from Visit Films, slating it for release in select theaters and on home entertainment platforms beginning in late summer.
Pic chronicles the fantastical misadventures of Jerry Hsu, an ordinary Taiwanese immigrant retired in Orlando, who becomes a spy in an international money laundering investigation. After months of keeping his mission secret, Jerry finally reveals everything to his family. This prompts Jerry’s actual son and producer of the film, Jonathan Hsu, to dramatize his father’s ordeal in order to discover the truth about what really happened and how it changed Jerry’s life forever.
As he set out to bring the film to life, Jonathan brought aboard Law Chen, an award-winning helmer of commercials and documentary shorts, as director. Chen also went on to produce...
Pic chronicles the fantastical misadventures of Jerry Hsu, an ordinary Taiwanese immigrant retired in Orlando, who becomes a spy in an international money laundering investigation. After months of keeping his mission secret, Jerry finally reveals everything to his family. This prompts Jerry’s actual son and producer of the film, Jonathan Hsu, to dramatize his father’s ordeal in order to discover the truth about what really happened and how it changed Jerry’s life forever.
As he set out to bring the film to life, Jonathan brought aboard Law Chen, an award-winning helmer of commercials and documentary shorts, as director. Chen also went on to produce...
- 3/19/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Dark Sky Films has acquired the U.S. rights to Booger, Mary Dauterman’s debut feature starring Grace Glowicki.
The distribution deal comes as Visit Films introduces the body horror pic to international buyers in Berlin. Glowicki plays Anna, a New Yorker faced with the sudden and unexpected death of her best friend and roommate, Izzy, played by Sofia Dobrushin.
As Anna grieves, Izzy’s cat, Booger, runs away, leading to a desperate search, only to be bitten on the hand by the cat. Anna soon takes on feline characteristics and her work life and relationship with her boyfriend go downhill.
“It’s great to see filmmakers like Mary Dauterman pushing the boundaries of horror and delivering something truly memorable. We’re thrilled to be bringing this film to audiences worldwide,” Dark Sky Films’ Giles Edwards said in a statement.
The ensemble cast includes Garrick Bernard, Marcia DeBonis, David Rysdahl and indie icon Heather Matarazzo.
The distribution deal comes as Visit Films introduces the body horror pic to international buyers in Berlin. Glowicki plays Anna, a New Yorker faced with the sudden and unexpected death of her best friend and roommate, Izzy, played by Sofia Dobrushin.
As Anna grieves, Izzy’s cat, Booger, runs away, leading to a desperate search, only to be bitten on the hand by the cat. Anna soon takes on feline characteristics and her work life and relationship with her boyfriend go downhill.
“It’s great to see filmmakers like Mary Dauterman pushing the boundaries of horror and delivering something truly memorable. We’re thrilled to be bringing this film to audiences worldwide,” Dark Sky Films’ Giles Edwards said in a statement.
The ensemble cast includes Garrick Bernard, Marcia DeBonis, David Rysdahl and indie icon Heather Matarazzo.
- 2/16/2024
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Visit Films has acquired worldwide sales rights for “Realm of Satan,” the feature film debut of seasoned editor Scott Cummings. The film, a documentary about Satanists, will have its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, and also plays at Cph:dox. On its website, the festival warns potential viewers: “This film contains graphic sexual content.”
Cummings previously directed short film “Buffalo Juggalos,” which won the grand jury prize for live action short at AFI Fest. He has served as the editor on several films that premiered at Sundance including “Never Rarely Sometimes Always,” “Monsters and Men,” “Menashe” and “Wendy.”
“Realm of Satan” is a portrait of Satanists in both everyday and extraordinary situations. Visit Films describes the film as “a ritualistic documentary that casts a spell on viewers, luring them into a mystical world of magic, mystery and misanthropy.”
“Realm of Satan”
Cummings worked in collaboration with members of the...
Cummings previously directed short film “Buffalo Juggalos,” which won the grand jury prize for live action short at AFI Fest. He has served as the editor on several films that premiered at Sundance including “Never Rarely Sometimes Always,” “Monsters and Men,” “Menashe” and “Wendy.”
“Realm of Satan” is a portrait of Satanists in both everyday and extraordinary situations. Visit Films describes the film as “a ritualistic documentary that casts a spell on viewers, luring them into a mystical world of magic, mystery and misanthropy.”
“Realm of Satan”
Cummings worked in collaboration with members of the...
- 1/8/2024
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Visit Films has sold doc Mom & Dad’s Nipple Factory to Kino Lorber for the United States.
The film tells the story of the Johnson family and focuses on Randi, Justin’s mother, after she is diagnosed with breast cancer and her husband Brian, a conservative Midwest family man, who embarks on a journey to boost her morale, which blossoms into an unexpected homespun prosthetic nipple business, which is kept under the radar from their friends, church and five unsuspecting children.
The film is directed by Justin Johnson (aka Justinsuperstar), whose credits include Double Digits: The Story of a Neighborhood Movie Star and Behind The FX, which won a Daytime Emmy.
Kino Lorber is releasing on April 2, 2024. The sale was negotiated by Visit’s President Ryan Kampe with Kino Lorber’s Senior Vice President, Wendy Lidell.
The movie, which won the Best Feature Audience Award at Milwaukee Film Festival,...
The film tells the story of the Johnson family and focuses on Randi, Justin’s mother, after she is diagnosed with breast cancer and her husband Brian, a conservative Midwest family man, who embarks on a journey to boost her morale, which blossoms into an unexpected homespun prosthetic nipple business, which is kept under the radar from their friends, church and five unsuspecting children.
The film is directed by Justin Johnson (aka Justinsuperstar), whose credits include Double Digits: The Story of a Neighborhood Movie Star and Behind The FX, which won a Daytime Emmy.
Kino Lorber is releasing on April 2, 2024. The sale was negotiated by Visit’s President Ryan Kampe with Kino Lorber’s Senior Vice President, Wendy Lidell.
The movie, which won the Best Feature Audience Award at Milwaukee Film Festival,...
- 1/5/2024
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Vertical has picked up U.S. rights to Deadland, a thriller led by Roberto Urbina (TNT’s Snowpiercer), which world premiered at SXSW 2023. Marking the directorial debut of Lance Larson, the film is slated for a day-and-date release on November 3rd.
Urbina stars as U.S. Border agent Angel Waters, who comes across what would normally be a routine illegal crossing, but quickly spirals into his worst nightmare. In a tragic twist of fate, a detained immigrant is killed while being held at a remote border outpost. Days later, Angel is called back to the river where he is met with a terrifying sight — the same migrant that died is standing at the river’s edge. As strange phenomena begin to overtake his life, he soon learns that on this land, that which dies doesn’t always stay dead.
Starring alongside Urbina are McCaul Lombardi (American Honey), Julieth Restrepo...
Urbina stars as U.S. Border agent Angel Waters, who comes across what would normally be a routine illegal crossing, but quickly spirals into his worst nightmare. In a tragic twist of fate, a detained immigrant is killed while being held at a remote border outpost. Days later, Angel is called back to the river where he is met with a terrifying sight — the same migrant that died is standing at the river’s edge. As strange phenomena begin to overtake his life, he soon learns that on this land, that which dies doesn’t always stay dead.
Starring alongside Urbina are McCaul Lombardi (American Honey), Julieth Restrepo...
- 10/18/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Dark comedy stars Esteban Bigliardi from J.A. Bayona’s Spanish Oscar submission ’Society of The Snow’.
Ryan Kampe’s Visit Films has picked up worldwide sales excluding Argentina, Chile, Portugal and Germany to Argentine director Martín Rejtman’s The Practice (La Practica) ahead of its world premiere at San Sebastian (September 22-30).
The dark comedy will subsequently receive its North American premiere in the 61st New York Film Festival’s (NYFF) Main Slate on September 30.
It stars Esteban Bigliardi from J.A. Bayona’s Spanish Oscar submission and San Sebastian entry Society Of The Snow and NYFF selection The Delinquents...
Ryan Kampe’s Visit Films has picked up worldwide sales excluding Argentina, Chile, Portugal and Germany to Argentine director Martín Rejtman’s The Practice (La Practica) ahead of its world premiere at San Sebastian (September 22-30).
The dark comedy will subsequently receive its North American premiere in the 61st New York Film Festival’s (NYFF) Main Slate on September 30.
It stars Esteban Bigliardi from J.A. Bayona’s Spanish Oscar submission and San Sebastian entry Society Of The Snow and NYFF selection The Delinquents...
- 9/20/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Toronto-based levelFILM has acquired the comedy-drama Hey Viktor!, which debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival and played TIFF this past week for Canadian distribution.
The pic is written and directed by indigenous actor Cody Lightning, who also stars. The plot is a semi-meta narrative, following Lightning, who rose to prominence as Little Viktor in 1998’s Smoke Signals. Recently he has been forced to move to northern Alberta in Western Canada. However, he still believes himself to be famous— even though the only parts he gets these days are porn and fracking commercials. But when Lightning learns his wife and kids are leaving him for a younger, more successful actor, he decides it’s time to quit messing around and make his masterpiece— writing, directing, and starring in Smoke Signals 2: Still Smoking.
A documentary crew follows Cody on his journey around the Indigenous world— re-uniting the original cast, borrowing money from arms dealers,...
The pic is written and directed by indigenous actor Cody Lightning, who also stars. The plot is a semi-meta narrative, following Lightning, who rose to prominence as Little Viktor in 1998’s Smoke Signals. Recently he has been forced to move to northern Alberta in Western Canada. However, he still believes himself to be famous— even though the only parts he gets these days are porn and fracking commercials. But when Lightning learns his wife and kids are leaving him for a younger, more successful actor, he decides it’s time to quit messing around and make his masterpiece— writing, directing, and starring in Smoke Signals 2: Still Smoking.
A documentary crew follows Cody on his journey around the Indigenous world— re-uniting the original cast, borrowing money from arms dealers,...
- 9/12/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
New York-based sales company Visit Films has boarded “Achilles,” the Iran-set feature debut of Farhad Delaram, a promising filmmaker whose short “Tattoo” won the Crystal Bear in the Generation 14plus at Berlin in 2019.
“Achilles” is set to world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival, followed by a European premiere at San Sebastian. The film follows Farid –nicknamed Achilles– a former filmmaker turned orthotic doctor, who works nights in Iran’s capital. One night, he is led to the hospital’s restricted psychiatric ward where he meets Hedieh, a political prisoner who has been institutionalized for years. Their unexpected connection sparks a daring escape, setting the stage for a transformative journey across Iran. The pair forge bonds with fellow citizens who share adversities, all while evading the relentless pursuit of government authorities.
The movie is headlined by Mirsaeed Molavian (“Tooman”) and Behdokht Valian (“Tattoo”). It’s produced by Saeed Shahsavari, Frieda Oberlin,...
“Achilles” is set to world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival, followed by a European premiere at San Sebastian. The film follows Farid –nicknamed Achilles– a former filmmaker turned orthotic doctor, who works nights in Iran’s capital. One night, he is led to the hospital’s restricted psychiatric ward where he meets Hedieh, a political prisoner who has been institutionalized for years. Their unexpected connection sparks a daring escape, setting the stage for a transformative journey across Iran. The pair forge bonds with fellow citizens who share adversities, all while evading the relentless pursuit of government authorities.
The movie is headlined by Mirsaeed Molavian (“Tooman”) and Behdokht Valian (“Tattoo”). It’s produced by Saeed Shahsavari, Frieda Oberlin,...
- 8/28/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Sophie Desmarais plays talented young conductor wrestling with relationships.
Visit Films has acquired worldwide sales rights excluding Canada for Days Of Happiness, Chloé Robichaud’s upcoming world premiere in TIFF Special Presentations.
Days Of Happiness will premiere on September 9 and stars Sophie Desmarais as Emma, a conductor and rising star on the Montreal stage who has a complicated relationship with her father and agent Patrick.
Emma must confront her emotions if she is to succeed in navigating her career and her romantic relationship with Naëlle, a newly separated cellist and mother of a young boy.
Sylvain Marcel and Nour Belkhiria...
Visit Films has acquired worldwide sales rights excluding Canada for Days Of Happiness, Chloé Robichaud’s upcoming world premiere in TIFF Special Presentations.
Days Of Happiness will premiere on September 9 and stars Sophie Desmarais as Emma, a conductor and rising star on the Montreal stage who has a complicated relationship with her father and agent Patrick.
Emma must confront her emotions if she is to succeed in navigating her career and her romantic relationship with Naëlle, a newly separated cellist and mother of a young boy.
Sylvain Marcel and Nour Belkhiria...
- 8/24/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Following Montreal’s 2023 Frontières Market, New York sales agent Visit Films has scooped world sales rights to “Booger,” headlining “Strawberry Mansion” star Grace Glowicki and exec produced by Ley Line Ent. and Neon Heart Productions, behind “Everything Everywhere All at Once” and “Shiva Baby” respectively.
A sometimes excruciating genre bending and blending body horror comedy about intense early adult friendship and grief at its loss, “Booger” is wrapped in a tale of supernatural transformation. Marking the feature debut of Mary Dauterman, it world premiered July 24 in the Underground section of Montreal’s Fantasia Film Festival, the biggest genre fest in North America.
“Booger” is produced by Lexi Tannenholtz (Shudder’s “Bad Things”) and executive produced by Neon Heart Productions (“Cora Bora”), Ley Line Entertainment (A24’s “Everything Everywhere All At Once”), Sanctuary Content, One Two Twenty Entertainment (Oscilloscope’s “Joyland”) and Lizzie Shapiro (Utopia’s “Shiva Baby”).
Written by Dauterman,...
A sometimes excruciating genre bending and blending body horror comedy about intense early adult friendship and grief at its loss, “Booger” is wrapped in a tale of supernatural transformation. Marking the feature debut of Mary Dauterman, it world premiered July 24 in the Underground section of Montreal’s Fantasia Film Festival, the biggest genre fest in North America.
“Booger” is produced by Lexi Tannenholtz (Shudder’s “Bad Things”) and executive produced by Neon Heart Productions (“Cora Bora”), Ley Line Entertainment (A24’s “Everything Everywhere All At Once”), Sanctuary Content, One Two Twenty Entertainment (Oscilloscope’s “Joyland”) and Lizzie Shapiro (Utopia’s “Shiva Baby”).
Written by Dauterman,...
- 8/1/2023
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
After premiering on Fandor last fall, the SXSW genre-bender Jethica is now streaming on the Bloody Disgusting-powered Screambox!
Variety hailed Jethica as an “ingenious, deadpan horror-satire that asks, ‘Can you ghost a ghost?’”
Now that the movie has been available to stream for a few weeks, we’re sharing this hilarious Spoilery trailer that counts off how many times a character says “Jethica” in Jethica.
In this future cult classic, Jessica lives in fear of a man named Kevin who follows her everywhere she goes. While on a road trip in New Mexico, she reconnects with Elena—an old friend she hasn’t seen since high school—who has been hiding out at her deceased grandmother’s ranch. When Kevin mysteriously appears again, Jessica and Elena seek help from beyond the grave to get rid of him for good… but Kevin is different from other stalkers and won’t move on so easily.
Variety hailed Jethica as an “ingenious, deadpan horror-satire that asks, ‘Can you ghost a ghost?’”
Now that the movie has been available to stream for a few weeks, we’re sharing this hilarious Spoilery trailer that counts off how many times a character says “Jethica” in Jethica.
In this future cult classic, Jessica lives in fear of a man named Kevin who follows her everywhere she goes. While on a road trip in New Mexico, she reconnects with Elena—an old friend she hasn’t seen since high school—who has been hiding out at her deceased grandmother’s ranch. When Kevin mysteriously appears again, Jessica and Elena seek help from beyond the grave to get rid of him for good… but Kevin is different from other stalkers and won’t move on so easily.
- 7/7/2023
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Exclusive: New York-based sales company Visit Films has acquired world rights to the Canadian comedy-drama Hey Viktor!, which debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival earlier this week.
Pic is written and directed by indigenous actor Cody Lightning, who also stars. The plot is a semi-meta narrative, following Lightning, who rose to prominence as Little Viktor in 1998’s Smoke Signals. Recently he has been forced to move to northern Alberta in Western Canada. However, he still believes himself to be famous— even though the only parts he gets these days are porn and fracking commercials. But when Lightning learns his wife and kids are leaving him for a younger, more successful actor, he decides it’s time to quit messing around and make his masterpiece— writing, directing, and starring in Smoke Signals 2: Still Smoking.
A documentary crew follows Cody on his journey around the Indigenous world— re-uniting the original cast,...
Pic is written and directed by indigenous actor Cody Lightning, who also stars. The plot is a semi-meta narrative, following Lightning, who rose to prominence as Little Viktor in 1998’s Smoke Signals. Recently he has been forced to move to northern Alberta in Western Canada. However, he still believes himself to be famous— even though the only parts he gets these days are porn and fracking commercials. But when Lightning learns his wife and kids are leaving him for a younger, more successful actor, he decides it’s time to quit messing around and make his masterpiece— writing, directing, and starring in Smoke Signals 2: Still Smoking.
A documentary crew follows Cody on his journey around the Indigenous world— re-uniting the original cast,...
- 6/14/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Los Angeles-based writer-director duo Sophia Sabella and Pablo Feldman make feature debut.
Visit Films has boarded worldwide sales on Edge Of Everything ahead of its world premiere at Filmest München, which runs June 23-July 1.
Los Angeles-based writer-director duo Sophia Sabella and Pablo Feldman make their feature debut on the story about Abby, a girl on the cusp of turning 15 who is at a delicate moment in life, straddling the line between childhood and adulthood.
When her mother dies, Abby is forced to move in with her father and his younger girlfriend. Feeling alone in the world and struggling to process her loss,...
Visit Films has boarded worldwide sales on Edge Of Everything ahead of its world premiere at Filmest München, which runs June 23-July 1.
Los Angeles-based writer-director duo Sophia Sabella and Pablo Feldman make their feature debut on the story about Abby, a girl on the cusp of turning 15 who is at a delicate moment in life, straddling the line between childhood and adulthood.
When her mother dies, Abby is forced to move in with her father and his younger girlfriend. Feeling alone in the world and struggling to process her loss,...
- 6/13/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
After premiering on Fandor last fall, the SXSW genre-bender Jethica is now streaming on the Bloody Disgusting-powered Screambox!
Variety hailed Jethica as an “ingenious, deadpan horror-satire that asks, ‘Can you ghost a ghost?’”
In this future cult classic, Jessica lives in fear of a man named Kevin who follows her everywhere she goes. While on a road trip in New Mexico, she reconnects with Elena—an old friend she hasn’t seen since high school—who has been hiding out at her deceased grandmother’s ranch. When Kevin mysteriously appears again, Jessica and Elena seek help from beyond the grave to get rid of him for good… but Kevin is different from other stalkers and won’t move on so easily.
Well received by critics and audiences, the film has a 95% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and has screened at festivals around the world including SXSW, Busan, Overlook, Maryland, Filmfort, Germany’s B3 Biennial,...
Variety hailed Jethica as an “ingenious, deadpan horror-satire that asks, ‘Can you ghost a ghost?’”
In this future cult classic, Jessica lives in fear of a man named Kevin who follows her everywhere she goes. While on a road trip in New Mexico, she reconnects with Elena—an old friend she hasn’t seen since high school—who has been hiding out at her deceased grandmother’s ranch. When Kevin mysteriously appears again, Jessica and Elena seek help from beyond the grave to get rid of him for good… but Kevin is different from other stalkers and won’t move on so easily.
Well received by critics and audiences, the film has a 95% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and has screened at festivals around the world including SXSW, Busan, Overlook, Maryland, Filmfort, Germany’s B3 Biennial,...
- 6/13/2023
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Sales include re-release deal for ’Welcome To The Dollhouse’ in UK.
Visit Films, which is jetting in to Berlin to launch EFM sales on Berlinale section Dreams’ Gate among other titles, has announced a wave of deals on recent festival hits including a US deal and multiple territories on last year’s Berlin Silver Bear winner Robe Of Gems.
Natalia Lopez’s tale of redemption, family and violence in Mexico will open in the US this summer through Monument Releasing and has also gone to Madman Entertainment for Australia and New Zealand, as well as Mubi for Italy, Baltics, Africa,...
Visit Films, which is jetting in to Berlin to launch EFM sales on Berlinale section Dreams’ Gate among other titles, has announced a wave of deals on recent festival hits including a US deal and multiple territories on last year’s Berlin Silver Bear winner Robe Of Gems.
Natalia Lopez’s tale of redemption, family and violence in Mexico will open in the US this summer through Monument Releasing and has also gone to Madman Entertainment for Australia and New Zealand, as well as Mubi for Italy, Baltics, Africa,...
- 2/10/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Visit Films has picked up worldwide sales rights for Iranian director Negin Ahmadi’s documentary “Dream’s Gate,” which depicts an all-female Kurdish militia, ahead of its Berlin Film Festival world premiere.
To make “Dream’s Gate,” which will launch from Berlin’s Generation section for young audiences, Ahmadi traveled to the war zone of Northern Syria where she gained access to the lives of the women in the Ypj, an all-female Kurdish militia within the armed wing of the Syrian-based Democratic Union Party (Pyd).
“Dream’s Gate” is directed by Ahmadi and produced by Iran’s Elaheh Nobakht, whose credits include “The Apple Day,” “Beloved,” and “Silent House.” The doc is a co-production between Iran, France, and Norway, through production companies Eli Image, Ava Studios Paris, Spætt Film As, and Babel Doc.
This observational doc captures the struggles, hopes, and joys of these bold female fighters “for whom the...
To make “Dream’s Gate,” which will launch from Berlin’s Generation section for young audiences, Ahmadi traveled to the war zone of Northern Syria where she gained access to the lives of the women in the Ypj, an all-female Kurdish militia within the armed wing of the Syrian-based Democratic Union Party (Pyd).
“Dream’s Gate” is directed by Ahmadi and produced by Iran’s Elaheh Nobakht, whose credits include “The Apple Day,” “Beloved,” and “Silent House.” The doc is a co-production between Iran, France, and Norway, through production companies Eli Image, Ava Studios Paris, Spætt Film As, and Babel Doc.
This observational doc captures the struggles, hopes, and joys of these bold female fighters “for whom the...
- 2/8/2023
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Iran-France-Norway co-production follows all-female Kurdish militia Ypj.
Visit Films has boarded worldwide sales rights to Iranian filmmaker Negin Ahmadi’s documentary Dreams’ Gate ahead of its world premiere in Berlin Generation 14plus.
Ahmadi travels to the war zone of northern Syria to follow the lives of the women in the Ypj, an all-female Kurdish militia for whom fighting Isis is a way to escape the restraints of a patriarchal society.
Dreams’ Gate (Darvazeye Royaha) weaves together candid moments between the female soldiers with the brutality of combat and offers a visual diary that examines the role of women in battle...
Visit Films has boarded worldwide sales rights to Iranian filmmaker Negin Ahmadi’s documentary Dreams’ Gate ahead of its world premiere in Berlin Generation 14plus.
Ahmadi travels to the war zone of northern Syria to follow the lives of the women in the Ypj, an all-female Kurdish militia for whom fighting Isis is a way to escape the restraints of a patriarchal society.
Dreams’ Gate (Darvazeye Royaha) weaves together candid moments between the female soldiers with the brutality of combat and offers a visual diary that examines the role of women in battle...
- 2/7/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Iran-France-Norway co-production follows all-female Kurdish militia Ypj.
Visit Films has boarded worldwide sales rights to Iranian filmmaker Negin Ahmadi’s documentary Dreams’ Gate ahead of its world premiere in Berlin Generation 14plus.
Ahmadi travels to the war zone of northern Syria to follow the lives of the women in the Ypj, an all-female Kurdish militia for whom fighting Isis is a way to escape the restraints of a patriarchal society.
Dreams’ Gate (Darvazeye Royaha) weaves together candid moments between the female soldiers with the brutality of combat and offers a visual diary that examines the role of women in battle...
Visit Films has boarded worldwide sales rights to Iranian filmmaker Negin Ahmadi’s documentary Dreams’ Gate ahead of its world premiere in Berlin Generation 14plus.
Ahmadi travels to the war zone of northern Syria to follow the lives of the women in the Ypj, an all-female Kurdish militia for whom fighting Isis is a way to escape the restraints of a patriarchal society.
Dreams’ Gate (Darvazeye Royaha) weaves together candid moments between the female soldiers with the brutality of combat and offers a visual diary that examines the role of women in battle...
- 2/7/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Visit Films has picked up worldwide sales rights for Sundance title “Aliens Abducted My Parents and Now I Feel Kinda Left Out.”
The sci-fi comedy will world premiere in Park City, and then be presented to international buyers at the European Film Market. The film’s cast includes Emma Tremblay, Jacob Buster, Will Forte, Elizabeth Michell, Kenneth Cummins and Matt Biedel.
The film centers on Itsy Levan, who is devastated by her parents’ decision to leave the city and buy a fixer upper in the middle of nowhere. Her life seems over until she meets her space-obsessed neighbor Calvin Kipler, who has spent most of his life awaiting the next arrival of Jesper’s Comet— partly because of his obsession with astronomy, but mostly because the last time it came, aliens abducted his parents. Calvin is now preparing to finally get abducted with them.
“Aliens Abducted My Parents and Now...
The sci-fi comedy will world premiere in Park City, and then be presented to international buyers at the European Film Market. The film’s cast includes Emma Tremblay, Jacob Buster, Will Forte, Elizabeth Michell, Kenneth Cummins and Matt Biedel.
The film centers on Itsy Levan, who is devastated by her parents’ decision to leave the city and buy a fixer upper in the middle of nowhere. Her life seems over until she meets her space-obsessed neighbor Calvin Kipler, who has spent most of his life awaiting the next arrival of Jesper’s Comet— partly because of his obsession with astronomy, but mostly because the last time it came, aliens abducted his parents. Calvin is now preparing to finally get abducted with them.
“Aliens Abducted My Parents and Now...
- 1/10/2023
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
The drama is the feature debut of Puerto Rican filmmaker Glorimar Marrero Sanchez.
New York-based sales company Visit Films has signed on to represent worldwide rights for Puerto Rican drama The Fishbowl (La Pecera), which is set to get its world premiere in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at this month’s Sundance Film Festival.
The film, the feature debut of Puerto Rican filmmaker, screenwriter and interdisciplinary artist Glorimar Marrero Sánchez, tells the story of an artist who, when her cancer metastasizes, returns to the small Puerto Rican island where she grew up and throws herself into denouncing the pollution...
New York-based sales company Visit Films has signed on to represent worldwide rights for Puerto Rican drama The Fishbowl (La Pecera), which is set to get its world premiere in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at this month’s Sundance Film Festival.
The film, the feature debut of Puerto Rican filmmaker, screenwriter and interdisciplinary artist Glorimar Marrero Sánchez, tells the story of an artist who, when her cancer metastasizes, returns to the small Puerto Rican island where she grew up and throws herself into denouncing the pollution...
- 1/5/2023
- by John Hazelton
- ScreenDaily
The drama is the feature debut of Puerto Rican filmmaker Glorimar Marrero Sanchez.
New York-based sales company Visit Films has signed on to represent worldwide rights for Puerto Rican drama The Fishbowl (La Pecera), which is set to get its world premiere in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at this month’s Sundance Film Festival.
The film, the feature debut of Puerto Rican filmmaker, screenwriter and interdisciplinary artist Glorimar Marrero Sánchez, tells the story of an artist who, when her cancer metastasizes, returns to the small Puerto Rican island where she grew up and throws herself into denouncing the pollution...
New York-based sales company Visit Films has signed on to represent worldwide rights for Puerto Rican drama The Fishbowl (La Pecera), which is set to get its world premiere in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at this month’s Sundance Film Festival.
The film, the feature debut of Puerto Rican filmmaker, screenwriter and interdisciplinary artist Glorimar Marrero Sánchez, tells the story of an artist who, when her cancer metastasizes, returns to the small Puerto Rican island where she grew up and throws herself into denouncing the pollution...
- 1/5/2023
- by John Hazelton
- ScreenDaily
The SXSW genre-bender Jethica is gearing up to haunt select theaters Friday, January 13, starting with a run in L.A. at the Lumiere Music Hall. It will then premiere on Cinedigm’s indie discovery platform Fandor on Tuesday, February 14, followed by an exclusive window on Cinedigm’s horror streaming service Screambox.
Variety hailed Jethica as an “ingenious, deadpan horror-satire that asks, ‘Can you ghost a ghost?’”
In this future cult classic, Jessica lives in fear of a man named Kevin who follows her everywhere she goes. While on a road trip in New Mexico, she reconnects with Elena—an old friend she hasn’t seen since high school—who has been hiding out at her deceased grandmother’s ranch. When Kevin mysteriously appears again, Jessica and Elena seek help from beyond the grave to get rid of him for good… but Kevin is different from other stalkers and won’t move on so easily.
Variety hailed Jethica as an “ingenious, deadpan horror-satire that asks, ‘Can you ghost a ghost?’”
In this future cult classic, Jessica lives in fear of a man named Kevin who follows her everywhere she goes. While on a road trip in New Mexico, she reconnects with Elena—an old friend she hasn’t seen since high school—who has been hiding out at her deceased grandmother’s ranch. When Kevin mysteriously appears again, Jessica and Elena seek help from beyond the grave to get rid of him for good… but Kevin is different from other stalkers and won’t move on so easily.
- 1/3/2023
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Cinedigm announced yet another major acquisition, the SXSW genre-bender Jethica, which will release in select theaters Friday, January 13, starting with a run in L.A. at the Lumiere Music Hall. It will then premiere on the company’s indie discovery platform Fandor on Tuesday, February 14, followed by an exclusive window on Cinedigm’s horror streaming service Screambox. It was acquired from New York’s Visit Films.
The news is accompanied by the official trailer, first shared by Variety, which hailed Jethica as an “ingenious, deadpan horror-satire that asks, ‘Can you ghost a ghost?’”
In this future cult classic, Jessica lives in fear of a man named Kevin who follows her everywhere she goes. While on a road trip in New Mexico, she reconnects with Elena—an old friend she hasn’t seen since high school—who has been hiding out at her deceased grandmother’s ranch. When Kevin mysteriously appears again,...
The news is accompanied by the official trailer, first shared by Variety, which hailed Jethica as an “ingenious, deadpan horror-satire that asks, ‘Can you ghost a ghost?’”
In this future cult classic, Jessica lives in fear of a man named Kevin who follows her everywhere she goes. While on a road trip in New Mexico, she reconnects with Elena—an old friend she hasn’t seen since high school—who has been hiding out at her deceased grandmother’s ranch. When Kevin mysteriously appears again,...
- 12/8/2022
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Cinedigm has acquired SXSW genre bender “Jethica” from New York’s Visit Films for U.S. release, Variety can reveal.
Pete Ohs’ offbeat movie — which premiered in Austin, Texas, earlier this year — follows Jessica, who lives in fear of a man named Kevin that follows her everywhere she goes. While on a road trip in New Mexico, she reconnects with old high school friend Elena who has been hiding out at her deceased grandmother’s ranch.
When Kevin mysteriously appears again, Jessica and Elena seek help from beyond the grave to get rid of him for good — but Kevin is different from other stalkers and won’t move on so easily.
“Jethica” has screened at festivals around the world including Busan, Overlook, Maryland, Filmfort, Germany’s B3 Biennial, and the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, where it received a Special Jury Award.
The movie will hit select cinemas on Jan. 13, starting with a run in L.
Pete Ohs’ offbeat movie — which premiered in Austin, Texas, earlier this year — follows Jessica, who lives in fear of a man named Kevin that follows her everywhere she goes. While on a road trip in New Mexico, she reconnects with old high school friend Elena who has been hiding out at her deceased grandmother’s ranch.
When Kevin mysteriously appears again, Jessica and Elena seek help from beyond the grave to get rid of him for good — but Kevin is different from other stalkers and won’t move on so easily.
“Jethica” has screened at festivals around the world including Busan, Overlook, Maryland, Filmfort, Germany’s B3 Biennial, and the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, where it received a Special Jury Award.
The movie will hit select cinemas on Jan. 13, starting with a run in L.
- 12/8/2022
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
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Dita Von Teese is getting the documentary treatment.
Filming for a feature doc about the Queen of Burlesque is underway with director Tiffany Bartok (Larger Than Life: The Kevyn Aucoin Story) at the helm and a team that includes producers Jayce Bartok and Jesse Scolaro and executive producers Matthew Felker, Ryan Kampe and Stephen Fitzgibbon.
The plan is to cover her humble beginnings, born as Heather Sweet in West Branch, Michigan, to becoming pop culture’s most famous striptease artist. Von Teese is participating and will accompany filmmakers to her hometown where they will sit down with members of her family, many of whom will be seen for the first time. They’ll also have access to her inner circle, an entire archive of rare, never-before-seen footage as well and her upcoming Glamonatrix Tour.
The news comes as the 50-year-old performer is having a moment,...
Dita Von Teese is getting the documentary treatment.
Filming for a feature doc about the Queen of Burlesque is underway with director Tiffany Bartok (Larger Than Life: The Kevyn Aucoin Story) at the helm and a team that includes producers Jayce Bartok and Jesse Scolaro and executive producers Matthew Felker, Ryan Kampe and Stephen Fitzgibbon.
The plan is to cover her humble beginnings, born as Heather Sweet in West Branch, Michigan, to becoming pop culture’s most famous striptease artist. Von Teese is participating and will accompany filmmakers to her hometown where they will sit down with members of her family, many of whom will be seen for the first time. They’ll also have access to her inner circle, an entire archive of rare, never-before-seen footage as well and her upcoming Glamonatrix Tour.
The news comes as the 50-year-old performer is having a moment,...
- 11/10/2022
- by Chris Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Gravitas Ventures has snapped up U.S. rights to the drama The Integrity of Joseph Chambers, written and directed by Sundance prize winner Robert Machoian (The Killing of Two Lovers), from Visit Films. The Anthem Sports & Entertainment Company plans to release the film in limited theaters and on demand in February of 2023.
In the pic reuniting Machoian with Clayne Crawford — who exec produced and starred in The Killing — the latter plays Joseph, who – wanting to acquire the skills to be able to take care of his family in case of an apocalypse – decides to go deer hunting by himself for the first time ever, despite his wife’s objections. Setting out into the mountains with a borrowed rifle, he roams the woods aimlessly in search of deer. His boredom is short-lived, however, when in the blink of an eye he goes through a traumatic experience. What starts as an...
In the pic reuniting Machoian with Clayne Crawford — who exec produced and starred in The Killing — the latter plays Joseph, who – wanting to acquire the skills to be able to take care of his family in case of an apocalypse – decides to go deer hunting by himself for the first time ever, despite his wife’s objections. Setting out into the mountains with a borrowed rifle, he roams the woods aimlessly in search of deer. His boredom is short-lived, however, when in the blink of an eye he goes through a traumatic experience. What starts as an...
- 11/3/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Visit Films will represent worldwide rights on the genre-bending relationship horror-thriller “A Void,” the latest feature from ”American Animal” director and star Matt D’Elia.
The film will be presented to buyers at next week’s American Film Market, and begin production in 2023.
“A Void” centers on troubled lovers Sarah and Nick, lifelong urbanites and intellectuals, who move from the city to the country to start a new chapter. As their repressed traumas become more evident, so too do the cracks in their relationship. These problems are only compounded when they encounter a mysterious anomaly on their property: An inexplicable black void that, according to all laws of physics, shouldn’t and can’t exist — and yet, there it is.
As Sarah and Nick attempt to understand what they’ve stumbled upon, bizarre and terrifying events begin to take place, both in their dreams and in their waking lives.
“A Void” is written by D’Elia.
The film will be presented to buyers at next week’s American Film Market, and begin production in 2023.
“A Void” centers on troubled lovers Sarah and Nick, lifelong urbanites and intellectuals, who move from the city to the country to start a new chapter. As their repressed traumas become more evident, so too do the cracks in their relationship. These problems are only compounded when they encounter a mysterious anomaly on their property: An inexplicable black void that, according to all laws of physics, shouldn’t and can’t exist — and yet, there it is.
As Sarah and Nick attempt to understand what they’ve stumbled upon, bizarre and terrifying events begin to take place, both in their dreams and in their waking lives.
“A Void” is written by D’Elia.
- 10/26/2022
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
New titles join previously announced I Like Movies.
Visit Films has expanded its TIFF sales slate and will handle world rights on LGBTQ+ teen coming-of-age drama Soft (previously announced by the festival as Pussy) and world rights excluding Australia and New Zealand to Indigenous anthology feature We Are Still Here.
Toronto filmmaker Joseph Amenta’s Soft follows three adolescent queer friends who live in the underbelly of Toronto. With summer break upon them, they revel in their newfound freedom, roaming the city and becoming enraptured in the nightlife scene.
When a friend of the group goes missing, the bond between...
Visit Films has expanded its TIFF sales slate and will handle world rights on LGBTQ+ teen coming-of-age drama Soft (previously announced by the festival as Pussy) and world rights excluding Australia and New Zealand to Indigenous anthology feature We Are Still Here.
Toronto filmmaker Joseph Amenta’s Soft follows three adolescent queer friends who live in the underbelly of Toronto. With summer break upon them, they revel in their newfound freedom, roaming the city and becoming enraptured in the nightlife scene.
When a friend of the group goes missing, the bond between...
- 8/30/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: The New York-based Visit Films has acquired world rights excluding Canada to the video store dramedy I Like Movies, which will debut as part of the Discovery program at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival.
The film was co-written and directed by first-time filmmaker Chandler Levack who negotiated the deal with Ryan Kampe of Visit Films alongside producer Lindsay Blair Goeldner and co-producer Evan Dubinsky.
Set in Burlington, Ontario, in 2003, the film follows hyper-ambitious teenage cinephile Lawrence Kweller, who dreams of attending film school at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. In order to raise the hefty tuition fee, he gets his dream job at the local video store, Sequels. Wracked with anxiety about his future, Lawrence begins alienating the most important people in his life, including his best friend, Matt Macarchuck, and his single mother, Terri, all while developing a complicated friendship with his older female manager, Alana.
The film was co-written and directed by first-time filmmaker Chandler Levack who negotiated the deal with Ryan Kampe of Visit Films alongside producer Lindsay Blair Goeldner and co-producer Evan Dubinsky.
Set in Burlington, Ontario, in 2003, the film follows hyper-ambitious teenage cinephile Lawrence Kweller, who dreams of attending film school at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. In order to raise the hefty tuition fee, he gets his dream job at the local video store, Sequels. Wracked with anxiety about his future, Lawrence begins alienating the most important people in his life, including his best friend, Matt Macarchuck, and his single mother, Terri, all while developing a complicated friendship with his older female manager, Alana.
- 8/10/2022
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
The film about the Malian director is getting its world premiere in the Cannes Classics line-up.
New York-based Visit Films has acquired Cannes Classics documentary A Daughter’s Tribute to Her Father: Souleymane Cissé (Hommage d’Une Fille à Son Père) for worldwide sales.
The film, about legendary Malian director Souleymane Cissé, is getting its world premiere in the Cannes Classics line-up and being presented to buyers during the Marche by Visit.
Directed by Cisse’s daughter Fatou Cissé, the Films Cissé/Sisé Filimu production traces the life and career of one of the greatest and most influential African filmmakers...
New York-based Visit Films has acquired Cannes Classics documentary A Daughter’s Tribute to Her Father: Souleymane Cissé (Hommage d’Une Fille à Son Père) for worldwide sales.
The film, about legendary Malian director Souleymane Cissé, is getting its world premiere in the Cannes Classics line-up and being presented to buyers during the Marche by Visit.
Directed by Cisse’s daughter Fatou Cissé, the Films Cissé/Sisé Filimu production traces the life and career of one of the greatest and most influential African filmmakers...
- 5/24/2022
- by John Hazelton
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Mubi has picked up U.S. and Canadian rights to Ricky D’Ambrose’s The Cathedral starring Top Gun: Maverick’s Monica Barbaro.
Visit Films is handling international rights and will be bringing the feature to the Marché du film in Cannes, following a deal negotiated with Ryan Kampe and Lydia Rodman of Visit on behalf of the filmmakers.
The Cathedral is a semi-autobiographical account of Notes on an Appearance director D’Ambrose’s childhood as well as a reflection of the U.S. during a specific moment in time.
Spanning 20 years, the pic is a sprawling impressionistic portrait of the Damrosch family seen through the eyes of only child, Jesse Damrosch. As the family buckles under the weight of his parents’ disintegrating marriage, Jesse comes into his own as a young man and artist.
Top Gun: Maverick star Barbaro stars alongside West Side Story’s Brian d’Arcy, Mark Zeisler,...
Visit Films is handling international rights and will be bringing the feature to the Marché du film in Cannes, following a deal negotiated with Ryan Kampe and Lydia Rodman of Visit on behalf of the filmmakers.
The Cathedral is a semi-autobiographical account of Notes on an Appearance director D’Ambrose’s childhood as well as a reflection of the U.S. during a specific moment in time.
Spanning 20 years, the pic is a sprawling impressionistic portrait of the Damrosch family seen through the eyes of only child, Jesse Damrosch. As the family buckles under the weight of his parents’ disintegrating marriage, Jesse comes into his own as a young man and artist.
Top Gun: Maverick star Barbaro stars alongside West Side Story’s Brian d’Arcy, Mark Zeisler,...
- 5/18/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Visit Films has boarded writer-director Robert Machoian’s The Integrity Of Joseph Chambers and will be shopping the project to buyers in Cannes next week.
The film is set to premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in June but buyers on the Croisette will be given a “sneak peek” of the title, according to Visit Films.
The project is a tense and brooding drama starring Clayne Crawford as an insurance salesman and family man Joseph Chambers. Wanting to acquire the skills to be able to take care of his family in case of an apocalypse, Joseph decides to go deer hunting by himself for the first time ever, despite his wife’s objections. Setting out into the mountains with a borrowed rifle, he roams the woods aimlessly in search for deer. His boredom is short-lived, however, when in the blink of an eye he goes through a traumatic experience.
The film is set to premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in June but buyers on the Croisette will be given a “sneak peek” of the title, according to Visit Films.
The project is a tense and brooding drama starring Clayne Crawford as an insurance salesman and family man Joseph Chambers. Wanting to acquire the skills to be able to take care of his family in case of an apocalypse, Joseph decides to go deer hunting by himself for the first time ever, despite his wife’s objections. Setting out into the mountains with a borrowed rifle, he roams the woods aimlessly in search for deer. His boredom is short-lived, however, when in the blink of an eye he goes through a traumatic experience.
- 5/13/2022
- by Diana Lodderhose
- Deadline Film + TV
Acquisition follow recent deals for German-speaking Europe, France, Italy.
Visit Films has struck a US deal with Greenwich Entertainment on its EFM sales title and adventure documentary The Sanctity Of Space directed by Meru cinematographer Renan Ozturk and Freddie Wilkinson.
The film received its world premiere at Vancouver International Film Festival last year and follows climbers Ozturk and Wilkinson, a journalist and adventure writer, as they retrace the steps of legendary mountaineer and photographer Brad Washburn.
Inspired by Washburn’s photographs of Denali National Park in Alaska from 75 years ago, the group plan to scale the range’s forbidding Mooses Tooth massif sideways,...
Visit Films has struck a US deal with Greenwich Entertainment on its EFM sales title and adventure documentary The Sanctity Of Space directed by Meru cinematographer Renan Ozturk and Freddie Wilkinson.
The film received its world premiere at Vancouver International Film Festival last year and follows climbers Ozturk and Wilkinson, a journalist and adventure writer, as they retrace the steps of legendary mountaineer and photographer Brad Washburn.
Inspired by Washburn’s photographs of Denali National Park in Alaska from 75 years ago, the group plan to scale the range’s forbidding Mooses Tooth massif sideways,...
- 2/10/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
New York-based Visit Films has swooped on world sales rights to “Robe of Gems” (“Manto de Gemas”) which will world premiere in main competition at next’s month’s Berlinale.
Produced by some of the best known producers on the art film and crossover scene in Mexico and Argentina, “Robe of Gems” marks the directorial debut feature of Natalia López Gallardo who has edited some of the most acclaimed and challenging films coming out of Latin America in the last decade, such as Lisandro Alonso’s “Jauja,” starring Viggo Mortensen, and Carlos Reygadas’ “Post Tenebras Lux” and Amat Escalante’s “Heli,” the latter two both best director award winners at the Cannes Festival.
Written, directed and edited by López Gallardo, “Robe of Gems” turns on Isabel, a woman in the midst of divorce who moves to an old country house her family once owned.
There she discovers her helper Marta...
Produced by some of the best known producers on the art film and crossover scene in Mexico and Argentina, “Robe of Gems” marks the directorial debut feature of Natalia López Gallardo who has edited some of the most acclaimed and challenging films coming out of Latin America in the last decade, such as Lisandro Alonso’s “Jauja,” starring Viggo Mortensen, and Carlos Reygadas’ “Post Tenebras Lux” and Amat Escalante’s “Heli,” the latter two both best director award winners at the Cannes Festival.
Written, directed and edited by López Gallardo, “Robe of Gems” turns on Isabel, a woman in the midst of divorce who moves to an old country house her family once owned.
There she discovers her helper Marta...
- 1/20/2022
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Visit Films has boarded worldwide sales rights to Ricky D’Ambrose’s new film The Cathedral, which will get its U.S. premiere at the Sundance Film Festival.
In The Cathedral, which was part of the Biennale College Cinema at the Venice Film Festival, an unseen narrator unfolds the constellation of familial relationships of Jesse Damrosh, born in 1987, chronicling the dissolution of his parents’ marriage and the feuds, money concerns and deaths that define a typical middle-class American existence.
Part semi-autobiographical portrait and part-catalogue of the objects, people, and moments that characterized some 20 years of America, The Cathedral is a described as an “experiential meditation on youth and the recent past”.
The film stars Brian d’Arcy James (West Side Story), Monica Barbaro (Top Gun: Maverick), Mark Zeisler, Geraldine Singer (Get Out), and William Bednar-Carter.
Pic is produced by Graham Swon and executive-produced by David Lowery.
D’Ambrose said: “Making and...
In The Cathedral, which was part of the Biennale College Cinema at the Venice Film Festival, an unseen narrator unfolds the constellation of familial relationships of Jesse Damrosh, born in 1987, chronicling the dissolution of his parents’ marriage and the feuds, money concerns and deaths that define a typical middle-class American existence.
Part semi-autobiographical portrait and part-catalogue of the objects, people, and moments that characterized some 20 years of America, The Cathedral is a described as an “experiential meditation on youth and the recent past”.
The film stars Brian d’Arcy James (West Side Story), Monica Barbaro (Top Gun: Maverick), Mark Zeisler, Geraldine Singer (Get Out), and William Bednar-Carter.
Pic is produced by Graham Swon and executive-produced by David Lowery.
D’Ambrose said: “Making and...
- 12/13/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Cohen Media Group and Curzon have jointly acquired all U.S., U.K. and Irish distribution rights to Mark Cousins’ Cannes Film Festival documentary The Storms Of Jeremy Thomas about the Oscar-winning producer of The Last Emperor.
A theatrical release is expected later in 2021 for the movie, which is a David P. Kelly Films production.
In The Storms Of Jeremy Thomas, filmmaker and writer Mark Cousins (The Story Of Film: An Odyssey) accompanies legendary producer Thomas on the latter’s annual pilgrimage to the Cannes Film Festival.
Each year for the last 45 years, Thomas has made the journey to Cannes. This time Cousins is along for the off-beat grand tour on sea and land, chatting with Thomas as they take in landmarks and people connected to the producer’s films and life, from the Paris locations of Bernardo Bertolucci’s The Dreamers,...
A theatrical release is expected later in 2021 for the movie, which is a David P. Kelly Films production.
In The Storms Of Jeremy Thomas, filmmaker and writer Mark Cousins (The Story Of Film: An Odyssey) accompanies legendary producer Thomas on the latter’s annual pilgrimage to the Cannes Film Festival.
Each year for the last 45 years, Thomas has made the journey to Cannes. This time Cousins is along for the off-beat grand tour on sea and land, chatting with Thomas as they take in landmarks and people connected to the producer’s films and life, from the Paris locations of Bernardo Bertolucci’s The Dreamers,...
- 10/21/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Sony Pictures’ Stage 6 Films has acquired worldwide rights to Breaker Studios’ Down with the King, which had its world premiere in the Acid lineup that runs parallel to the Cannes Film Festival and just scored the Grand Prize at the Deauville American Film Festival.
Written and directed by Diego Ongaro (Bob and the Trees), the movie stars 2021 Grammy-nominated rapper and songwriter Freddie Gibbs in his debut feature film role, alongside Jamie Neumann (Lovecraft Country), David Krumholtz (The Deuce), Sharon Washington (Joker) and Bob Tarasuk (Bob and the Trees).
Written by Xabi Molia and Ongaro, the film follows rap star Money Merc (Gibbs), whose disillusionment with the music industry and the pressures of being a celebrity sends him away from the city to re-evaluate his career and finds himself in a small-town farming community.
Rob Cristiano (The Miseducation of Cameron Post), Kim Jackson (Blue Caprice) and Zach LeBeau (Trust Machine:...
Written and directed by Diego Ongaro (Bob and the Trees), the movie stars 2021 Grammy-nominated rapper and songwriter Freddie Gibbs in his debut feature film role, alongside Jamie Neumann (Lovecraft Country), David Krumholtz (The Deuce), Sharon Washington (Joker) and Bob Tarasuk (Bob and the Trees).
Written by Xabi Molia and Ongaro, the film follows rap star Money Merc (Gibbs), whose disillusionment with the music industry and the pressures of being a celebrity sends him away from the city to re-evaluate his career and finds himself in a small-town farming community.
Rob Cristiano (The Miseducation of Cameron Post), Kim Jackson (Blue Caprice) and Zach LeBeau (Trust Machine:...
- 9/13/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Distributor plans October 8 and awards-qualifying run.
MTV Documentary Films has acquired worldwide rights to Ascension, Jessica Kingdon’s portrait of the “New China” that was a double award winner at 2021 Tribeca Festival.
‘Ascension’: Tribeca Review
The company will release Ascension on October 8 and qualify it for awards consideration later this year. The film shot in 51 locations across China and explores how the industrial supply chain reveals the country’s growing class divide.
Kingdon profiled factory workers, the middle class, and the elite strata of society to show how each layer supports the next even though the Chinese Dream remains beyond the reach of most.
MTV Documentary Films has acquired worldwide rights to Ascension, Jessica Kingdon’s portrait of the “New China” that was a double award winner at 2021 Tribeca Festival.
‘Ascension’: Tribeca Review
The company will release Ascension on October 8 and qualify it for awards consideration later this year. The film shot in 51 locations across China and explores how the industrial supply chain reveals the country’s growing class divide.
Kingdon profiled factory workers, the middle class, and the elite strata of society to show how each layer supports the next even though the Chinese Dream remains beyond the reach of most.
- 8/13/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
MTV Documentary Films has acquired worldwide rights to “Ascension (登楼叹),” Jessica Kingdon’s observational portrait of the economic growth of China, as well as the class divides that this expansion has exposed. The pact comes on the heels of the film’s wins at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival, where “Ascension” debuted to rave reviews, and awards for both best documentary and best new documentary filmmaker.
MTV Documentary Films will release the film on Oct. 8 and qualify it for awards consideration later this year.
“Jessica Kingdon, inspired by her Great Grandfather, Zheng Ze’s century old poem, ‘Ascension,’ finds that his prophetic vision is realized in China today,” said Sheila Nevins, executive producer of MTV Documentary Films. “Quote: ‘I ascend… to find that everywhere is already razed.’ Kingdon observes the contemporary dehumanization created by mass production in an informative and poetic film style.”
Here’s the official longline: “Mesmerizing in its...
MTV Documentary Films will release the film on Oct. 8 and qualify it for awards consideration later this year.
“Jessica Kingdon, inspired by her Great Grandfather, Zheng Ze’s century old poem, ‘Ascension,’ finds that his prophetic vision is realized in China today,” said Sheila Nevins, executive producer of MTV Documentary Films. “Quote: ‘I ascend… to find that everywhere is already razed.’ Kingdon observes the contemporary dehumanization created by mass production in an informative and poetic film style.”
Here’s the official longline: “Mesmerizing in its...
- 8/12/2021
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Feature directorial debut by Manuel Crosby and Darren Knapp premiered at Sundance in January.
Ryan Kampe’s Visit Films has licensed a raft of territories on action comedy First Date following its Sundance London screening led by a deal with 101 Films in the UK and Ireland and Telefonica in Spain.
Rights to the feature debut of writing and directing duo Manuel Crosby and Darren Knapp have also gone to New People New Film Company in Cis and Penny Black for airlines.
First Date premiered at Sundance at the start of the year and was recently released in North America by Magnet Releasing.
Ryan Kampe’s Visit Films has licensed a raft of territories on action comedy First Date following its Sundance London screening led by a deal with 101 Films in the UK and Ireland and Telefonica in Spain.
Rights to the feature debut of writing and directing duo Manuel Crosby and Darren Knapp have also gone to New People New Film Company in Cis and Penny Black for airlines.
First Date premiered at Sundance at the start of the year and was recently released in North America by Magnet Releasing.
- 8/4/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
”My team is Tottenham Hotspur in the Premiere League, but on Sunday it’s ‘Forza Italia!’”
Football fever has gripped Cannes and after Sunday’s world premieres on the Croisette, all eyes will be on the mouth-watering prospect of England v Italy in the Euro 2020 final at Wembley.
Public and private venues will be packed for the 9pm local time kick-off as filmmakers, industry and press tune in for the climactic encounter between Gareth Southgate’s Three Lions and the Azzurri masterminded by Roberto Mancini.
Dozens of select invite-only gatherings around town have also sprung up
There will also be...
Football fever has gripped Cannes and after Sunday’s world premieres on the Croisette, all eyes will be on the mouth-watering prospect of England v Italy in the Euro 2020 final at Wembley.
Public and private venues will be packed for the 9pm local time kick-off as filmmakers, industry and press tune in for the climactic encounter between Gareth Southgate’s Three Lions and the Azzurri masterminded by Roberto Mancini.
Dozens of select invite-only gatherings around town have also sprung up
There will also be...
- 7/11/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Visit Films has acquired worldwide sales rights to Down With The King starring Grammy-nominated rapper Freddie Gibbs.
The film, produced by Breaker Studios, will have its world premiere in the Acid lineup which runs parallel to the Cannes Film Festival.
In his feature debut, Gibbs plays Mercury Maxwell aka “Money Merc,” a famous rapper who has been sent by his manager to a rural house in the Berkshires to focus on his next album. Unbeknownst to his manager, however, Mercury has neither the desire nor the intention to record any music. Disenchanted with his rap career and the 24/7 upkeep that such fame entails, Mercury spends his time on his neighbor’s farm and pours his energy into learning about farming and country living. After Mercury abruptly announces his retirement over social media and his decision to focus on farming, his manager tries everything he can to lure his most...
The film, produced by Breaker Studios, will have its world premiere in the Acid lineup which runs parallel to the Cannes Film Festival.
In his feature debut, Gibbs plays Mercury Maxwell aka “Money Merc,” a famous rapper who has been sent by his manager to a rural house in the Berkshires to focus on his next album. Unbeknownst to his manager, however, Mercury has neither the desire nor the intention to record any music. Disenchanted with his rap career and the 24/7 upkeep that such fame entails, Mercury spends his time on his neighbor’s farm and pours his energy into learning about farming and country living. After Mercury abruptly announces his retirement over social media and his decision to focus on farming, his manager tries everything he can to lure his most...
- 7/2/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Cinema executive also comments on how streaming platforms have inflated the film buying market.
The UK’s withdrawal from the European Union has been “catastrophic” for arthouse cinema in the country, according to Louisa Dent, the managing director of UK distributor and exhibitor Curzon Artificial Eye.
Speaking during the latest ScreenDaily Talks on Thursday July 1, Dent compared Brexit with the devastating financial impact of the pandemic on cinemas and distribution in the UK.
Watch the full session above.
“As much a problem as the pandemic is… just as bad for us is Brexit,” said Dent. “For a company like ours,...
The UK’s withdrawal from the European Union has been “catastrophic” for arthouse cinema in the country, according to Louisa Dent, the managing director of UK distributor and exhibitor Curzon Artificial Eye.
Speaking during the latest ScreenDaily Talks on Thursday July 1, Dent compared Brexit with the devastating financial impact of the pandemic on cinemas and distribution in the UK.
Watch the full session above.
“As much a problem as the pandemic is… just as bad for us is Brexit,” said Dent. “For a company like ours,...
- 7/2/2021
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Virtual sessions include talent talks with Mark Cousins and Eva Husson.
Talent talks featuring directors Mark Cousins and Eva Husson, and producers Kat Mansoor, Elizabeth Karlsen and Tracy O’Riordan all feature in We Are UK Film’s online programme of industry sessions running during this year’s Cannes Film Festival (July 6-17).
We Are UK Film will be a virtual UK pavilion presence in Cannes this year owing to challenges around travel during the pandemic. Set up and funded by the BFI with partners including British Council, the national and regional screen agencies and the British Film Commision (Bfc), the...
Talent talks featuring directors Mark Cousins and Eva Husson, and producers Kat Mansoor, Elizabeth Karlsen and Tracy O’Riordan all feature in We Are UK Film’s online programme of industry sessions running during this year’s Cannes Film Festival (July 6-17).
We Are UK Film will be a virtual UK pavilion presence in Cannes this year owing to challenges around travel during the pandemic. Set up and funded by the BFI with partners including British Council, the national and regional screen agencies and the British Film Commision (Bfc), the...
- 6/30/2021
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
Mark Cousins joins iconic producer on annual road trip to Cannes.
Visit Films has boarded worldwide rights on Mark Cousins’ Cannes Classics documentary The Storms Of Jeremy Thomas.
Cousins joins Thomas on the producer’s annual road trip from London to the Cannes Film Festival as he recalls some of his most iconic films like Bernardo Bertolucci’s multiple Oscar winner The Last Emperor, David Cronenberg’s Crash, and Nic Roeg’s Bad Timing.
Thomas discusses Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson, and David Bowie, and the journey is interspersed with commentary from Tilda Swinton and Debra Winger, and features a range of film clips.
Visit Films has boarded worldwide rights on Mark Cousins’ Cannes Classics documentary The Storms Of Jeremy Thomas.
Cousins joins Thomas on the producer’s annual road trip from London to the Cannes Film Festival as he recalls some of his most iconic films like Bernardo Bertolucci’s multiple Oscar winner The Last Emperor, David Cronenberg’s Crash, and Nic Roeg’s Bad Timing.
Thomas discusses Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson, and David Bowie, and the journey is interspersed with commentary from Tilda Swinton and Debra Winger, and features a range of film clips.
- 6/23/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Speakers: Wendy Bernfeld (Rights Stuff); Louisa Dent (Curzon Artificial Eye); Christos Michaels (Lee & Thompson); and Ryan Kampe (Visit Films).
The next episode in our ScreenDaily Talks webinar series will take place July 1 at 15:00 BST / 16:00 Cest and will explore how independent filmmakers and producers can navigate through the fast-changing world of deals, contracts and business affairs.
Click here to register
The panel is in partnership with We Are UK Film.
The VoD platforms are having a huge impact on the film industry, not just with audiences but also by transforming the way film rights are bought and sold. What...
The next episode in our ScreenDaily Talks webinar series will take place July 1 at 15:00 BST / 16:00 Cest and will explore how independent filmmakers and producers can navigate through the fast-changing world of deals, contracts and business affairs.
Click here to register
The panel is in partnership with We Are UK Film.
The VoD platforms are having a huge impact on the film industry, not just with audiences but also by transforming the way film rights are bought and sold. What...
- 6/23/2021
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Lightbulb Film Distribution has picked up UK rights to three films out of the EFM, including BFI-backed dystopian thriller Undergods.
Kate Dickie (The Witch), Ned Dennehy (Peaky Blinders) and Geza Rohrig (Son Of Saul) star in the collection of post-apocalyptic fantasy tales about ill-fated characters and doomed fortune. Release is scheduled for summer.
“Following its European premiere at Glasgow Film Festival, we are delighted to be bringing Undergods to UK audiences later this year. Director and writer Chino Moya has created an incredible world and his debut feature doesn’t just require repeat viewings – it demands it”, commented Lightbulb’s Sales & Acquisitions Director, Peter Thompson.
The deal was negotiated with Scott Bedno of Myriad Pictures.
Lightbulb has also picked up Canadian thriller The Oak Room, starring Rj Mitte (Breaking Bad).
Set during a raging snowstorm, the film follows a drifter who returns home to the blue-collar bar located in...
Kate Dickie (The Witch), Ned Dennehy (Peaky Blinders) and Geza Rohrig (Son Of Saul) star in the collection of post-apocalyptic fantasy tales about ill-fated characters and doomed fortune. Release is scheduled for summer.
“Following its European premiere at Glasgow Film Festival, we are delighted to be bringing Undergods to UK audiences later this year. Director and writer Chino Moya has created an incredible world and his debut feature doesn’t just require repeat viewings – it demands it”, commented Lightbulb’s Sales & Acquisitions Director, Peter Thompson.
The deal was negotiated with Scott Bedno of Myriad Pictures.
Lightbulb has also picked up Canadian thriller The Oak Room, starring Rj Mitte (Breaking Bad).
Set during a raging snowstorm, the film follows a drifter who returns home to the blue-collar bar located in...
- 3/10/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
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