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Sony Pictures Classics co-presidents Michael Barker and Tom Bernard will be honored with the Zurich Film Festival's Game Changer Award in recognition of their outstanding achievements within the film industry. The award coincides with the 30th anniversary of Sony Pictures Classics which has played a game-changing role…

Sony Pictures Classics announced today that its golf film The Phantom of the Open, starring Academy Award winner Mark Rylance, Academy Award nominee Sally Hawkins and BAFTA Award nominee Rhys Ifans, will open in New York and Los Angeles on June 3, with a wider release in additional markets set for the following…

Sony Pictures Classics has acquired worldwide rights to the feature documentary The Return of Tanya Tucker — Featuring Brandi Carlile, on the heels of its world premiere at SXSW. The film from director Kathlyn Horan (The If Project) tells the story of the trailblazing, hell-raising country music legend Tucker, who…

UPDATE: SPC has confirmed Deadline’s scoop on the Living deal. Find the release below our original break. EXCLUSIVE: Living, one of the Sundance buzz titles since its January 21 premiere, has been acquired by Sony Pictures Classics for around $5 million for North American and some international territories, Deadline…

In conversation with Deadline's Pete Hammond at Deadline’s The Contenders Los Angeles, star Antonio Banderas said Sony Pictures Classics' Pain and Glory blends both the reality and the dreams of director Pedro Almodóvar into a new sort of truth. "It's something that he calls self-fiction," Banderas said of the…

Sony Pictures Classics has announced that The Comedian will see release in theaters nationwide beginning February 3. Directed by Taylor Hackford and starring Robert De Niro, Leslie Mann, Edie Falco, Harvey Keitel, Danny DeVito, Patti LuPone and Veronica Ferres, the film follows an aging comic icon (De Niro) desperate…

A Dutch animator based in London, Michael Dudok de Wit made his feature directorial debut with Sony Pictures Classics’ The Red Turtle, a film produced in part by Japan’s Studio Ghibli. An 80-minute silent film, The Red Turtle follows the life of a man cast off on a deserted island, who makes every effort to escape…

Truth, the upcoming film based on the 2004 “Rathergate” scandal from Sony Pictures Classics, now has a release date aimed to prime the film for consideration during awards season. The pic starring Robert Redford and Cate Blanchett will hit select theaters in New York and Los Angeles on October 16, with wide release to…

As had been widely expected, Sony Pictures Classics has acquired well-received Holocaust drama Son of Saul for North America. The harrowing drama, directed by Laszlo Nemes, looks at Jewish prisoners at Auschwitz forced to carry out the Nazis dirty work in the concentration camp. Films Distribution is selling the film…