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EXCLUSIVE:  Cinema Guild has picked up U.S. distribution rights to Jia Zhangke’s documentary Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue. The Chinese film premiered at the Berlin Film Festival in February and made its U.S. premiere at the New York Film Festival earlier this fall. Cinema Guild is eyeing a release for early…

EXCLUSIVE: Cinema Guild has acquired North American distribution rights to Matías Piñeiro's Isabella which won a special jury mention in the Encounters section at the 70th Berlinale earlier this year. A 2021 theatrical release is being planned. Isabella follows Mariel (María Villar) who wants to play the role of…

Cinema Guild has acquired the U.S. distribution rights to the Hong Sangsoo comedy Yourself and Yours, which will open on June 5 with digital and home video releases set for later this year. The film debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2016 and follows Youngsoo (Kim Joohyuk), who learns that his…

Gravitas Ventures has set a VOD/digital release for Sean McEwen’s debut feature Braking For Whales on April 24. The Narrator Entertainment and Charlie Baby Productions film stars Tammin Sursok (Pretty Little Liars), Tom Felton (Harry Potter franchise), Wendi McLendon-Covey (The Goldbergs), David Koechner (Anchorman: Th…

EXCLUSIVE: Cinema Guild has acquired all U.S. distribution rights for Mehrdad Oskouei's documentary Sunless Shadows, which made its world premiere as the opening night film at IDFA where it won the festival's Best Directing prize. The film is set to make its U.S. Premiere on February 6 in New York as part of MoMA's…

EXCLUSIVE: Cinema Guild has acquired the U.S. rights to the Éric Baudelaire-directed Un Film Dramatique. The film will be released theatrically in the U.S. in 2020. A refreshing approach to documentary filmmaking, Un Film Dramatique made its premiere at the Locarno Film Festival and went on to the Toronto Film…

EXCLUSIVE: Another Toronto Film Festival title has found distribution. Cinema Guild acquired U.S. distribution rights for the Kazik Radwanski-directed Anne at 13,000 ft. The film received an honorable mention from the Platform Prize jury at Toronto in September. The picture will continue to play festivals before…

EXCLUSIVE: Cinema Guild has acquired U.S. distribution rights to Hale County This Morning, This Evening, the Sundance-winning documentary from director and photographer RaMell Ross. The indie distributor is planning a 2018 theatrical release for the pic, which won a Special Jury Award for creative vision in Park City…

Cinema Guild has acquired all U.S. distribution rights to Albert Serra's The Death of Louis XIV, starring French New Wave legend Jean-Pierre Léaud. The film premiered as an Official Selection at Cannes, where Léaud was awarded an Honorary Palme d'Or, 57 years after his first appearance at the fest at age 14 in…

The Orchard has acquired North American rights to The Yes Men Are Revolting, the third installment of the documentary series featuring prankster-activists Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno. This time the Yes Men tackle the issues of global warming and middle-aged activism. The film, directed by Laura Nix along…

Cinema Guild acquired U.S. rights to Stray Dogs, winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2013 Venice Film Festival and official selection at both New York and Toronto. Directed by Tsai Ming Liang Stray Dogs follows a poor father and his two children as they wander modern-day Taipai. By day, the father makes what little…

Corneliu Porumboiu's When Evening Falls On Bucharest Or Metabolism is the Romanian writer-director’s third feature after Police, Adjective (2009) and 12:08 East Of Bucharest (2006). The Cinema Guild has acquired U.S. distribution rights and plans a 2014 theatrical release after its recent Stateside premiere at the New…