+ NEWS FROM IMPACT PARTNERS
We are excited to share that Tribeca Pictures has acquired Rowan Haber’s WE ARE PAT, and plans to release the film in June. The Hollywood Reporter shared the news in an exclusive piece today.
After WE ARE PAT premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival last summer, Alan Cumming boarded the film as Executive Producer. We’re thrilled to have his support during this next phase of distribution. Congratulations to Ro, producer Caryn Capotosto and the entire WE ARE PAT team!
+ AWARDS
Awards season is in full swing, and we are thrilled about the meaningful recognition IP-supported films have received. At last week’s Cinema Eye honors, APOCALYPSE IN THE TROPICS producers Alessandra Orofino and Petra Costa took home the award for Outstanding Achievement in Production. Congratulations to both! See the full list of winners in IndieWire. APOCALYPSE IN THE TROPICS was also recently longlisted for a BAFTA Award. Watch the film now on Netflix.
We are also proud to share multiple nominations in other recent awards:
- MISTRESS DISPELLER director Elizabeth Lo was nominated for the Director’s Guild Award for Best Documentary.
- FOLKTALES cinematographers Lars Erlend Tubaas Øymo and Tor Edvin Eliassen were among the three cinematography teams nominated for the American Society of Cinematography (ASC) Awards for Documentary.
- SONGS FROM THE HOLE director Contessa Gayles received not one, but two nominations for NAACP Image Awards: Outstanding Directing in a Documentary and Outstanding Breakthrough Creative.
- VIKTOR was nominated for the Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) Golden Reel Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Documentary.
Congratulations to all of the filmmakers and their teams!
+ TRAILER DROP
This week, Abramorama released the trailer for BILLY PRESTON: THAT’S THE WAY GOD PLANNED IT. See the exclusive announcement in Deadline.
Abramorama is bringing BILLY PRESTON to theaters next month, opening at Film Forum in NYC on February 20 and expanding to cities around the country from there. More information is available here: billyprestonfilm.com