All Distribution articles – Page 44
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NewsFrance’s Urban Distribution shuts down as company founder cites “fears for independent cinema”
Urban’s sales and production divisions will continue to operate.
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NewsNonStop buys 17 titles including festival hits ‘Dahomey’, ‘A Different Man’ (exclusive)
Other acquisitions include Steve McQueen’s ‘Occupied City’, Shiori Ito’s ‘Black Box Diaries’.
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NewsMetFilm Distribution to release Embankment Films doc ‘Strike: An Uncivil War’ in the UK
Rainmaker Content is selling international rights on the Embankment-produced feature docs ‘Strike: An Uncivil War’ and ‘Dwarf Strory’.
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NewsHow ‘There’s Still Tomorrow’ is bringing women and older audiences back to Italian cinemas
An unlikely success story, Paola Cortellesi’s black and white film topped the Italian box office in 2023.
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NewsOscar winner ‘The Boy And The Heron’ to stream on Netflix worldwide
Debut date not announced at time of writing.
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FeaturesWhy are award-winning Indian documentaries struggling to find audiences at home?
While Indian documentaries are riding high at international festivals, at home filmmakers are struggling to connect them to cinemagoers.
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NewsSony Pictures Classics takes worldwide on Nicholas Hytner’s ‘The Choral’ starring Ralph Fiennes and Jim Broadbent
Alan Bennett has written the script, with Kevin Loader and Damian Jones producing.
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NewsNeon, Waypoint to collaborate on production slate of $10m-plus features
Non-exclusive pact will cater to “underserved market of larger independent films”.
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NewsCraig Roberts to direct ‘The Scurry’ for True Brit; Rhys Ifans, Mia Mckenna-Bruce, Paapa Essiedu lead cast
Shooting starts on April 2, making use of the recently announced Independent Film Tax Credit.
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NewsFrance’s Rezo Films to close distribution arm
Rezo helped to launch the careers of Abdellatif Kechiche, Catherine Corsini, Xavier Dolan, Gaspar Noé, Stéphane Brizé and Jeremy Clapin.
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NewsBerlinale doc ‘hold on to her’ sells to Germany, adds sales agent (exclusive)
The documentary traces a recent case of police and state violence in Belgium.
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NewsTogether Films picks up CPH:DOX title ‘Mediha’, exec produced by Emma Thompson (exclusive)
The film plays in CPH:DOX’s new Human Rights award section.
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NewsSearchlight sets June release for Yorgos Lanthimos’s ‘Kinds Of Kindness’
Follow-up to ’Poor Things’ reunites filmmaker with Oscar-winner Emma Stone.
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NewsJanis Pugh’s ‘Chuck Chuck Baby’ sells to North America, UK-Ireland (exclusive)
The Edinburgh premiere has also sold throughout Europe.
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NewsA24, Imax to launch monthly screening series with ‘Ex Machina’, ‘Civil War’ sneak peek
Screenings will be held across more than 300 Imax locations across the US and international locales.
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NewsAction thriller ‘Boy Kills World’ starring Bill Skarsgård swept up for UK-Ireland (exclusive)
Signature Entertainment will release theatrically on April 26.
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NewsMirror feature ‘We 12’ lands distribution in the UK and Ireland (exclusive)
Source: MakerVille ‘We 12’ Trinity CineAsia has acquired UK and Ireland rights to We 12, the upcoming action comedy starring all 12 members of Cantopop boy band Mirror, in a deal with Hong Kong’s Makerville. The film will open in UK and Ireland cinemas on March 29, ...
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NewsBuyers flock to Studio 100 animation ‘Flamingo Flamenco’ (exclusive)
The upcoming family feature has sold to territories in Asia, Europe and the Middle East.
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News‘The Batman Part II’ pushed to October 2026, PT Anderson event film set for August 2025
Maggie Gyllenhaal’s ‘The Bride!’ to fill previous ’The Batman Part II’ slot.
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NewsOscar winner ‘The Boy And The Heron’ heading to Max as Studio Ghibli extends deal
Streaming debut date to be unveiled later this year.