+ PREMIERES
We’re thrilled to share that two Impact Partners films will celebrate their world premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival next month!
EDWARD SAID: BETWEEN WORLDS
TIFF Docs
Director: Maiken Baird
Producers: Sarah Mowaswes, Razan Ghalayini
Celebrated as a prophet and vilified as a terrorist, Palestinian-American scholar Edward Said was America’s most outspoken critic of the West and Palestine’s fiercest advocate. Twenty years after his death, Said guides viewers through the untold history of Palestine through a kinetic assemblage of footage, recordings, and newly digitized archives.
Sales: Cinetic, Dogwoof
Publicity: GoodKind PR
Follow the film’s Instagram, Facebook, X, and TikTok for more updates!
RAPINOE
TIFF Docs, Opening Night Film
Director: Rebeca Huntt
Producers: Dan Cogan, Zoe Potkin, Kate Barry
Through unflinching intimacy, RAPINOE charts Megan Rapinoe’s rise from world champion to outspoken icon, revealing the profound personal cost and inner transformation behind every battle she chose to wage.
Sales: UTA
Publicity: Chris Albert/Albert Media Group
Check out the TIFF Docs Announcement and peruse the full TIFF lineup here.
Congratulations to both film teams!
+ NOW STREAMING
VIKTOR is now available to stream on Mubi! We’re thrilled that Olivier Sarbill’s stunning and immersive portrait of a Deaf Ukrainian war photographer has found a digital home. Watch on Mubi here!
For more updates, visit the film’s website and Instagram.
+ COMING SOON
Starting August 20, Rowan Haber’s hilarious examination of the Saturday Night Live sketch ”It’s Pat” will be available to stream on Peacock!
This is a perfect home for the film, streaming alongside the full SNL library (and Executive Producer Alan Cumming’s popular show Traitors!)
WE ARE PAT is also available NOW through digital VOD on Apple TV, Amazon, and Fandango at Home.
Follow the film’s Instagram,and visit the website for more updates!
+ FESTS
Three IP films are continuing their summer festival tours.
This month, REMAKE and ONE IN A MILLION are both screening at the Melbourne International Film Festival!
ONE IN A MILLION is also showing at DokuFest in Kosovo and the Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival at The Grange Hall on August 25th (get tickets here!) Additionally, the film recently won the Gryphon Award for Documentary at the Giffoni Film Festival in Italy! Congratulations to the film team on this wonderful recognition!
SOUL PATROL is screening this Saturday, August 8th at the Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival! The screening will be followed by a special Q&A with Director J.M. Harper and former Secretary of State John Kerry. The conversation will be moderated by renowned historian Henry Louis Gates Jr. Get tickets here!