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Sundance Film Festival Award Winning Film 20,000 DAYS ON EARTH to Get U.S. Release

Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard’s 20,000 DAYS ON EARTH, featuring musician and cultural icon Nick Cave has been acquired by Drafthouse Films, the film distribution arm of the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, for release in the U.S. Fusing drama and reality by weaving the journey of a fictional day in Cave’s life, the film is an intimate portrayal of the artistic process. The film made its World Premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival where it was awarded both “Best Directing” and “Best Editing” Awards in the World Cinema Documentary category and receives its European premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival. It is the debut directorial feature film by visual artists Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard and is set to an original score by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis. A theatrical release is planned for 2014.

Sundance Film Festival Award Winning Film 52 TUESDAYS to Get A 2014 U.S. Release

The Australian film, 52 TUESDAYS, which premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival and won the World Cinema Dramatic Directing Award, has been acquired by Kino Lorber for release in the U.S. Kino Lorber is planning a limited Spring 2014 release. 52 TUESDAYS is now playing at the 2014 Berlin International Film Festival where it is screening in the Generation 14 Plus program.

Magnolia Pictures to Release Roger Ebert Documentary LIFE ITSELF from Sundance Film Festival

Magnolia Pictures announced today that they have acquired LIFE ITSELF, a documentary about the life of Roger Ebert directed by Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker Steve James (Hoop Dreams, The Interrupters) which premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Magnolia is eyeing a summer release, followed by an exclusive broadcast on CNN later this year, reprising a successful collaboration with CNN Films on the hit documentary Blackfish.

Michael Tully’s PING PONG SUMMER from Sundance Film Festival to Get a Summer 2014 Release

Michael Tully’s PING PONG SUMMER, considered one of the Sundance Film Festival’s biggest crowd-pleasers,has landed a deal with Gravitas Ventures. Gravitas plans to release PING PONG SUMMER theatrically and digitally early this summer, with a home video release later in 2014.

INFINITELY POLAR BEAR, starring Mark Ruffalo and Zoe Saldana from Sundance Film Festival Now Set for U.S. Release

Maya Forbes’ directorial debut INFINITELY POLAR BEAR, starring Mark Ruffalo and Zoe Saldana, which premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival has been acquired by Sony Pictures Classics for release in the US. Set in the late ’70s, an eccentric mess of a father tries to win back his wife by taking responsibility for their two young daughters. The spirited girls don’t make the overwhelming task any easier.

Katie Couric Produced Documentary FED UP from Sundance Film Festival to Get US Release

Just as the Sundance Film Festival was winding down, one of the festival’s most buzzed about films, FED UP, directed by Stephanie Soechtig and produced by Katie Couric, was snapped up by RADIUS-TWC for release later this year.

Upending the conventional wisdom of why we gain weight and how to lose it, FED UP unearths a dirty secret of the American food industry—far more of us get sick from what we eat than anyone has previously realized. Filmmaker Stephanie Soechtig and TV journalist Katie Couric lead us through this potent exposé that uncovers why—despite media attention, the public’s fascination with appearance, and government policies to combat childhood obesity—generations of American children will now live shorter lives than their parents did.

Zombie Film LIFE AFTER BETH from Sundance Film Festival to Get Released in U.S.

LIFE AFTER BETH directed by Jeff Baena, which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in the U.S. Dramatic Competition will be released in the U.S. by A24. The release date of “LIFE AFTER BETH” is expected in late spring or early summer 2014. The Hollywood Reporter calls “Life After Beth” a “perfectly pitched debut that should benefit greatly from word of mouth and, especially given the top-flight comic talents surrounding lead Dane DeHaan, won’t appeal solely to fanboys at the box office.”

Sundance Film Festival Announces 2014 Winners; WHIPLASH Wins Audience and Jury Awards

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The Jury, Audience and other special awards of the 2014 Sundance Film Festival were announced on Saturday night at the feature film Awards Ceremony, hosted by Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally, in Park City, Utah. WHIPLASH written and directed by Damien Chazelle was the big winner, winning the U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic and the Audience Award: U.S. Dramatic. WHIPLASH was acquired by Sony Pictures and is expected to be released this year.

6 Indie Films from Sundance Film Festival to Premiere on Sundance Channel

Six independent films from the 2014 Sundance Film Festival will premiere exclusively on Sundance Channel internationally shortly after the festival this spring. THE DISOBEDIENT, LIAR’S DICE, MEMPHIS, THIS MAY BE THE LAST TIME, DRUNKTOWN’S FINEST and TO KILL A MAN have been acquired for the Sundance Channel.

Australian Horror Film THE BABADOOK from Sundance Film Festival to Get U.S. Release

Jennifer Kent’s psychological horror film THE BABADOOK which made its World Premiere in the Midnight Section at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival has been acquired by IFC Midnight for release in the U.S. The film, with a screenplay by Kent, stars actress Essie Davis in a breakout role as a single mother who must cope with her troubled son and the shadowy monster that has taken over their home.

Sundance Film Festival Offbeat Comedy FRANK Starring Michael Fassbender to Get Summer 2014 Release by Magnolia Pictures

FRANK, described as “an offbeat comedy” that just had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival will be released in the U.S. by Magnolia Pictures. Magnolia is eyeing a summer 2014 theatrical release for the film. Directed by Lenny Abrahamson (What Richard Did, Garage, Adam & Paul), the film was written by Jon Ronson (The Men Who Stare At Goats) and Peter Straughan (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy). FRANK stars Domhnall Gleeson, Maggie Gylenhaal, Scoot McNairy and Michael Fassbender as the titular character, a brilliant and eccentric musician who wears a giant fake head at all times.

Sundance Film Festival LOVE IS STRANGE Starring John Lithgow to Get U.S. Release by Sony Pictures Classics

Ira Sachs’ feature LOVE IS STRANGE which made its world premiere at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, where it has been described as one of the most well received films by critics and audiences alike, will be released in the U.S. by Sony Pictures Classics. Academy Award® nominee John Lithgow and Alfred Molina star as a longtime couple who lose their New York City home shortly after getting married and as a result must live apart, relying on friends and family to make ends meet. The all-star cast of LOVE IS STRANGE also includes Academy Award® winner Marisa Tomei, Darren Burrows, Charlie Tahan and Cheyenne Jackson.

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