The distributor plans to release the Slamdance 2014 documentary later this month.
The Orchard has acquired Us theatrical and digital rights to Jaret Belliveau and Matthew Bauckman’s Slamdance 2014 grand jury prize-winner.
David Eberts produced the film, which spins an intricate web as it follows the eponymous Canadian martial artist and his dream to become the Canadian Chuck Norris. However nothing is as it seems.
Interview with Kung Fu Elliot directors
The Orchard will open the film exclusively in New York at Cinema Village on February 20, followed by nationwide VOD and theatrical rollout on February 24.
Danielle Digiacomo of The Orchard brokered the deal with David Piperni of Cargo Film & Releasing, which handles international sales.
“We are all very excited to be working with The Orchard on the film’s Us release,” said Eberts. “They have an excellent grasp of the film’s sensibility, and a strong plan to reach and engage its audience for a successful roll-out.”
“The...
The Orchard has acquired Us theatrical and digital rights to Jaret Belliveau and Matthew Bauckman’s Slamdance 2014 grand jury prize-winner.
David Eberts produced the film, which spins an intricate web as it follows the eponymous Canadian martial artist and his dream to become the Canadian Chuck Norris. However nothing is as it seems.
Interview with Kung Fu Elliot directors
The Orchard will open the film exclusively in New York at Cinema Village on February 20, followed by nationwide VOD and theatrical rollout on February 24.
Danielle Digiacomo of The Orchard brokered the deal with David Piperni of Cargo Film & Releasing, which handles international sales.
“We are all very excited to be working with The Orchard on the film’s Us release,” said Eberts. “They have an excellent grasp of the film’s sensibility, and a strong plan to reach and engage its audience for a successful roll-out.”
“The...
- 2/18/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The New York-based sales agent, not to be confused with Cargo Entertainment, has acquired international distribution rights to recent Slamdance premiere Kung Fu Elliot.
The film won the Slamdance Grand Jury Prize for best documentary and screened in Park City in January as Elliot.
Jaret Belliveau and Matthew Bauckman co-directed and David Eberts produced Kung Fu Elliot, about an aspiring martial artist and filmmaker whose dreams of becoming Canada’s equivalent of Chuck Norris mask dark secrets.
Steven C Beer of Franklin, Weinrib, Rudell & Vassallo, PC brokered the deal on behalf of the filmmakers with David Piperni of Cargo Film & Releasing.
Click here for Screen’s Slamdance interview with Belliveau and Bauckman.
The film won the Slamdance Grand Jury Prize for best documentary and screened in Park City in January as Elliot.
Jaret Belliveau and Matthew Bauckman co-directed and David Eberts produced Kung Fu Elliot, about an aspiring martial artist and filmmaker whose dreams of becoming Canada’s equivalent of Chuck Norris mask dark secrets.
Steven C Beer of Franklin, Weinrib, Rudell & Vassallo, PC brokered the deal on behalf of the filmmakers with David Piperni of Cargo Film & Releasing.
Click here for Screen’s Slamdance interview with Belliveau and Bauckman.
- 3/18/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
By Wrap Staff
Sundance Channel has scheduled the U.S. television premiere of the feature-length documentary "Where the Water Meets the Sky" at 10 p.m. on Dec. 1, which is World Aids Day.
Directed by David Eberts and written by Jordan Roberts, "Water" is about a group of Northern Zambian women who learn how to use filmmaking as a way to speak out about their lives and the staggering number of young women orphaned by AIDS in their country. Morgan Freeman narrates the film.
The film will be part of Sundance's lineup of World AIDS Day programming, which includes A...
Sundance Channel has scheduled the U.S. television premiere of the feature-length documentary "Where the Water Meets the Sky" at 10 p.m. on Dec. 1, which is World Aids Day.
Directed by David Eberts and written by Jordan Roberts, "Water" is about a group of Northern Zambian women who learn how to use filmmaking as a way to speak out about their lives and the staggering number of young women orphaned by AIDS in their country. Morgan Freeman narrates the film.
The film will be part of Sundance's lineup of World AIDS Day programming, which includes A...
- 11/16/2009
- by Lisa Horowitz
- The Wrap
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