Latest in Maiden

British sailor Tracy Edwards has faced some major obstacles in her time, like ocean swells of stunning size. "You’ve got these big following waves," she says of the southern ocean, "these massive waves which sort of blot out the sky at some point and it feels like it’s chasing you." Edwards faced obstacles of a…

The Sony Pictures Classics documentary Maiden sailed into theaters in June and its impact continues to make waves with its message of female empowerment, not just in the yacht racing world, but across all industries and life. Directed by Alex Holmes, Maiden (the name of the ship and main star of the film) tells the…

No shock, Spider-Man and the like dominated the July 4th holiday weekend, mostly sidelining the specialties, save for some solid holdovers. Only a very few limited release titles braved an opening. Roadside Attractions bowed Sundance 2019 doc Marianne And Leonard: Words of Love in four New York and Los Angeles…

The dog days of summer have arrived early for the specialties, which have only had some success in peeling away audiences from studio fare. New limited release titles landed slowly this weekend, with Sony Pictures Classics Toronto '18 documentary Maiden topping the few titles reporting numbers Sunday. The…

This weekend, Sony Pictures Classics launches Alex Holmes’ Toronto '18 premiere Maiden. The company was bullish about the doc’s prospects at the title's New York premiere hosted by awards maven Peggy Siegal. IFC Films is heading out with a day and date release of Ophelia, a modern-language re-imagining of Hamlet told…

The BBC has picked up a slew of feature docs including Oscar-nominated Minding The Gap and Sundance titles One Child Nation and Maiden. This comes as the British public broadcaster has revamped its feature doc strand Storyville with films launching on youth-skewing network BBC Three for the first time as it looks to…

Tracy Edwards was in her 20s when she inadvertently made history as the skipper of the first ever all-female sailing crew to enter the Whitbread Round the World Race in 1989. Written and directed by Alex Holmes, the documentary Maiden details Edwards’ journey at the time when she was amateur British sailor and decided…

Sony Pictures Classics co-president Michael Barker believes “there’s more at stake than ever before” when it comes to releasing independent and art house movies. In a wide-ranging keynote session at Film London’s Production Finance Market in East London, Barker appraised the current distribution landscape before…

Sony Pictures Classics has acquired all rights in North America, Middle East, South Africa, Scandinavia, Benelux, India and worldwide airlines to Dogwoof’s Maiden, by Alex Holmes. The documentary had its world premiere at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival. The deal was negotiated between Sony Pictures…

Dogwoof has picked up sailing feature doc Maiden ahead of its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. The London-based sales agent has taken worldwide rights to the doc, which tells the story of Tracy Edwards, a 24-year-old cook on charter boats, who became the skipper of the first ever all-female…