Orion Releasing nabs SXSW Film Fest 2014 winner “Fort Tilden” March 20, 2015 - 11:25 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Orion Releasing has picked up U.S. and Latin America distribution rights to SXSW’s 2014 Grand Jury Prize winner for Best Narrative Film “Fort Tilden”, according to TheWrap. Written and directed by Sarah-Violet Bliss and Charles Rogers, the day-in-the-life comedy follows two slacker Brooklynites (played by Bridey Elliott and Clare McNulty) experiencing mishap after mishap on a journey to the beach. The film will be released theatrically and on VOD in August 2015. “Fort Tilden” was produced by Mollye Asher and Geoff Mansfield and executive producers Ariana Ciri Bernstein and Zach Gerbarg. Josh Braun from Submarine negotiated the deal with Orion on behalf of the filmmakers. Bliss & Rogers are represented by ICM Partners and Mosaic.  Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Latest news Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty  Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza.Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations.Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |
