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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.

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.”

WHIPLASH

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.