Mars Distribution acquires Toronto Fest indie “Moonlight”October 29, 2016 - 14:49 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Mars Distribution, one of France’s most successful independent film companies and a top purveyor of prestige English-language imports, has acquired French rights to “Moonlight” from A24, Variety said. “Moonlight,” the first film to be fully financed and produced by A24 in partnership with Plan B and Adele Romanski, was written by director Barry Jenkins based on Tarell Alvin McCraney’s play “In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue.” The movie world-premiered at Toronto in the competitive Platform section, where it earned unanimous praise, and opened the Rome Film Festival on Oct.13. The film also won best ensemble performance at the Gotham Awards and the Audience nod at the Mill Valley Film Festival. On top of being considered a hot contender for more awards, “Moonlight” bowed in the U.S. on Oct.21 and scored the year’s biggest opening weekend average for an indie film, grossing $402,075 from four screens in New York and Los Angeles. A personal film dealing with self-discovery and modern masculinity, “Moonlight” follows the coming of age of Chiron, an African American youth living in Florida, and is told in three chapters over the course of 16 years. The movie, Jenkins’ follow-up to his 2008 feature “Medicine for Melancholy,” stars Trevante Rhodes, André Holland, Janelle Monáe, Ashton Sanders, Jharrel Jerome, Naomie Harris and Mahershala Ali. Mars Distribution, whose slate includes Xavier Dolan’s “The Death and Life of John F. Donovan” and Jeff Nichols’s “Loving,” will release “Moonlight” in France on Feb. 1. 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 | Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Macron says France commemorates 109th anniv. of Armenian genocide Today France commemorates the 109th anniversary of the Armenian genocide of 1915, Macron says. Freedom House concerned by mounting reports of police violence in Armenia Freedom House urged Armenian authorities to investigate this pattern of excessive force and inhumane treatment. |