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Kino Lorber has acquired North American rights to SXSW prize winner Story Ave, starring Luis Guzmán and Asante Blackk and directed and co-written by debut filmmaker Aristotle Torres. Shot on location in the Bronx, the film won a Special Jury Award for Cinematography at SXSW for the work of DP Eric Branco (The Forty-Year-Old Version, Clemency). Kino Lorber will release Story Ave theatrically in October, followed by a digital and home video release on all major platforms.

Award-winning international film distribution company Kino Lorber and First Look Media announced today that they are forming a new joint venture to house both First Look’s Topic streaming service and Kino Lorber’s MHz Choice. The new company will now operate both Topic streaming and MHz Choice, with Kino Lorber owning the majority stake and assuming management oversight of both.

Kino Lorber announced that it has acquired all U.S. distribution rights to the National Film Board of Canada documentary feature Ever Deadly, an immersive and poetic portrait of avant-garde Inuk throat singer and multi-hyphenate artist Tanya Tagaq. Co-directed by Tagaq and the award-winning documentary filmmaker Chelsea McMullan, Ever Deadly explores Tagaq’s mastery of the art of throat singing and features live performances by the singer-songwriter, novelist, and activist. Kino Lorber is planning a theatrical release later this year, followed by a home video release as well as a digital release on all major platforms.

Kino Lorber announced that it has acquired all North American distribution rights to Richard Dewey’s Radical Wolfe, a documentary portrait of the essential American writer and New Journalism pioneer Tom Wolfe. Kino Lorber is planning a theatrical release later this year followed by a digital and home video release on all major platforms.

Kino Lorber in association with Zeitgeist Films have announced the acquisition of all North American distribution rights to Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy, an illuminating deep dive into the production of John Schlesinger’s film by acclaimed documentarian Nancy Buirski (The Loving Story, The Rape of Recy Taylor). Continuing the relationship between these two leading distributors of arthouse and international films, Zeitgeist will open the film theatrically in North America beginning at New York’s Film Forum in late June before expanding nationwide, followed by a digital, educational, and home video release on all major platforms by Kino Lorber.

Kino Lorber announced that it has acquired US and Anglo-Canadian distribution rights to Nicolas Philibert’s poignant observational documentary On the Adamant, which was awarded the Golden Bear at this year’s Berlinale. Kino Lorber is planning a theatrical release and Academy campaign later this year followed by a digital and home video release on all major platforms.

Kino Lorber has acquired North American rights to Sundance winner Scrapper, written and directed by first time feature filmmaker Charlotte Regan. The film stars Triangle of Sadness actor Harris Dickinson and newcomer Lola Campbell. Scrapper was awarded the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic following critical praise for both actors’ performances as well as the poignant and imaginative script from Regan. Scrapper will next bow as the Opening Night film at Sundance London, followed by a theatrical release via Kino Lorber later this year as well as a digital and home video release on all major platforms.

Kino Lorber announced that it has acquired all North American distribution rights to Carlos Conceição’s ambitious and exquisitely crafted Tommy Guns, a genre-fluid fantasia that vengefully engages with Angola’s colonial past while evoking the work of Miguel Gomes, Claire Denis, and even M. Night Shyamalan. The film will make its North American premiere at New Directors/New Films with director Carlos Conceição and actor João Arrais in attendance, followed by a theatrical release via Kino Lorber on April 12. 

Kino Lorber and Beta Cinema announced that they have closed a deal for all North American distribution rights to Alex Schaad’s daring first feature Skin Deep, a sharp, thoughtful take on the body swap film that upends genres to examine gender, sexuality, and personal identity. Kino Lorber is planning a theatrical release later this year followed by a digital and home video release on all major platforms. 

Kino Lorber announced that it has acquired from The Bureau Sales all US distribution rights to Jean-Paul Salomé’s gripping true life thriller The Sitting Duck, starring Isabelle Huppert as the French union organizer and whistleblower Maureen Kearney. The Sitting Duck will open theatrically in France in March, and Kino Lorber is planning a US theatrical release later this year followed by a digital and home video release on all major platforms. 

Kino Lorber announced that it has acquired all US distribution rights to Final Cut, directed by Academy Award® winner Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist) and starring Romain Duris (L'Auberge Espagnole) and Academy Award® nominee Bérénice Bejo (The Artist). Kino Lorber will release the film theatrically in Summer 2023 followed by a digital and home video release on all major platforms.

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Zeitgeist Films in association with Kino Lorber, two of the leading distribution companies for art-house and international films in the U.S., announced that they have acquired all US rights to the animated feature Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman from The Match Factory. The feature debut of composer Pierre Földes, Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman will open theatrically at Film Forum in New York in April 2023 before expanding nationwide.

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Award-winning international film distribution company Kino Lorber announced today its acquisition of global media company MHz Networks, parent of streamer MHz Choice, the leading North American SVOD service dedicated to international television series.