Rialto Distribution has acquired theatrical and home video rights in Australia and New Zealand to Paul Taylor's documentary We Are Together (Thina Simunye).

The film chronicles an uplifting episode in the life of South African children from an orphanage. it is a RISE Films production in association with The Channel 4 British Documentary Film Foundation, HBO Documentary Films, and EMI.

Rilato chief executive officer Kelly Rogers negotiated the deal with Annie Roney from Ro*co Films International on behalf of the producers.

'We are absolutely delighted to be involved with such an amazing and heart-warming film and look forward to promoting this charming crowd-pleaser all over Australia and New Zealand,' Rogers said.

'Rialto has brought some excellent films to Australia and New Zealand over the last few years and they are quality distributor with integrity,' producer Teddy Leifer said. 'We're proud to be working with them'.