Koch Lorber Films and Netflix's Red Envelope Entertainment have jointly acquired all US and Canadian rights to French coming-of-age tale Water Lilies (La Naissance des Pieuvres).
First time writer-director Celine Sciamma's film about a group of teenage girls who gather at a suburban swimming pool premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at this year's Cannes Film Festival.
After additional major festival screenings throughout North America Koch Lorber plans a national theatrical rollout beginning in New York in the first quarter of 2008, followed by a DVD release day-and-date with Netflix later in the year.
Koch Lorber's Richard Lorber - who, together with Liesl Copland of Red Envelope, negotiated the deal with Film Distribution's Nicolas Brigaud-Robert and Didar Domehri - described the film as 'a wonderfully sublime piece of fiction from a brilliant new directorial talent.'
Koch Lorber Films' current and upcoming theatrical releases include Tribeca award-winner Blessed by Fire, Berlin Golden Bear winner U-Carmen, and Claude Chabrol's latest collaboration with Isabelle Huppert, The Comedy of Power.
Red Envelope acquires and funds original content to offer to DVD distributor Netflix's nearly seven million subscribers.
First time writer-director Celine Sciamma's film about a group of teenage girls who gather at a suburban swimming pool premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at this year's Cannes Film Festival.
After additional major festival screenings throughout North America Koch Lorber plans a national theatrical rollout beginning in New York in the first quarter of 2008, followed by a DVD release day-and-date with Netflix later in the year.
Koch Lorber's Richard Lorber - who, together with Liesl Copland of Red Envelope, negotiated the deal with Film Distribution's Nicolas Brigaud-Robert and Didar Domehri - described the film as 'a wonderfully sublime piece of fiction from a brilliant new directorial talent.'
Koch Lorber Films' current and upcoming theatrical releases include Tribeca award-winner Blessed by Fire, Berlin Golden Bear winner U-Carmen, and Claude Chabrol's latest collaboration with Isabelle Huppert, The Comedy of Power.
Red Envelope acquires and funds original content to offer to DVD distributor Netflix's nearly seven million subscribers.
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