The Orchard acquires Sundance Grand Jury winner doc “Dina”February 2, 2017 - 13:26 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Orchard has picked up North American distribution rights to the documentary Dina, which walked away from the Sundance Film Festival with the U.S. Documentary Grand Jury Prize, The Hollywood Reporter reveals. Dan Sickles and Antonio Santini directed the cinema verite-style doc, which follows the relationship between Dina, a 49-year-old in suburban Philadelphia, and her fiancé Scott, a Walmart door greeter, as they navigate the more intimate parts of their unconventional romance. Orchard is planning a fall release. Sickles and Santini produced the pic, while Christine Vachon, Robert Fernandez, Dan Levinson, Dan Cogan, Jenny Raskin and Stephanie Choate served as executive producers. Submarine negotiated the deal on behalf of the filmmakers. Dina is the second Sundance documentary for Orchard, having picked up the big-game doc Trophy near the beginning of the fest. The distribution company also acquired the Sam Elliot-starrer The Hero. 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 | 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. |