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Keep up with the wild and wooly world of indie film acquisitions with our weekly Rundown of everything that\u2019s been picked up around the globe. Check out last week\u2019s Rundown here.<\/p>\nKeep up with the wild and wooly world of indie film acquisitions with our weekly Rundown of everything that\u2019s been picked up around the globe. Check out last week\u2019s Rundown here.<\/p>\n
-Gravitas Ventures has secured the worldwide rights to \u201cFolk Hero & Funny Guy,\u201d the debut film from writer-director Jeff Grace. The comedy follows a successful singer-songwriter who helps his friend\u2019s struggling comedy career and broken love life by hiring him as his opening act on his solo tour. \u201cFolk Hero & Funny Guy\u201d premiered at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival and stars Alex Karpovsky, Wyatt Russell, Meredith Hagner, Melanie Lynskey, Hannah Simone, Heather Morris, Michael Ian Black and David Cross.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was impossible to resist the witty and memorable characters in Folk Hero & Funny Guy,\u201d Nolan Gallagher, Founder and CEO of Gravitas Ventures, said in a statement. \u201cIt\u2019s a laugh-out-loud bromance that we know will resonate with audiences near and far.\u201d Folk Hero and Funny Guy will premiere in theaters and on demand on May 12.<\/p>\n
-Samuel Goldwyn Films and AMBI Group are partnering on the domestic release of the thriller \u201cLavender.\u201d The film centers on a photographer played by Abbie Cornish who suffers severe memory loss after a traumatic accident and finds strange clues amongst her photos that suggest she may be responsible for the deaths of family members she never knew she had.<\/p>\n
Ed Gass-Donnelly (\u201cThe Last Exorcism Part II\u201d) directed and co-wrote the film with Colin Frizzell (\u201cResident Evil: Apocalypse\u201d). Diego Klattenhoff, Justin Long and Dermot Mulroney co-star. Samuel Goldwyn and AMBI will release the film exclusively on DISH on Feb. 3, 2017 one month before it hits theaters and VOD on March 3, 2017.<\/p>\n
-First Run Features has acquired U.S. and Canadian rights to the lesbian dramedy \u201cAs Good As You.\u201d Heather de Meichele\u2019s feature film debut, the movie tells the story of a recently widow who asks her late wife\u2019s brother to be her sperm donor. Mayhem ensues after a visit to the fertility clinic\u2019s eccentric psychotherapist and a love triangle with her two best friends.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs Good As You\u201d stars Laura Heisler, Anna Fitzwater, Raoul Bhaneja, Bryan Dechart, and Annie Potts. The film was written by Gretchen M. Michelfeld, executive produced by Michelfeld and produced by Reena Dutt. \u201cAs Good As You\u201d is a co-production of Tanky Productions and Off-Chance Productions.<\/p>\n
-Breaking Glass Pictures has acquired North American rights to Chilean writer-director Fernando Guzzoni\u2019s \u201cJes\u00fas.\u201d The film centers on an 18-year-old in Santiago, Chile named Jes\u00fas who lives with his father Hector. Jes\u00fas dances in a K-pop band, does drugs with friends and has sex in public places. One night, and irreversible misadventure changes his relationship with his father forever. Jes\u00fas held its world premiere at the prestigious Toronto Film Festival, and went on to play the San Sebastian International Film Festival. Jes\u00fas will hold its US premiere at the Neighboring Voices Series held by the Film Society of the Lincoln Center in New York City.<\/p>\n
\u201cFernando Guzzoni has crafted an intense and unrelenting thriller about the strained relationship between a dysfunctional father and son, which implodes when the boy commits a heinous act and turns to his father for help\u201d, said Richard Ross, co-president of Breaking Glass. \u201cFeaturing a brave and mesmerizing performance by Nicol\u00e1s Dur\u00e1n, Jes\u00fas will startle you with it\u2019s shocking portrayal of violence, sexuality, and betrayal.\u201d Breaking Glass is planning a festival run followed by a limited theatrical release in mid-2017, followed by a DVD\/VOD release.<\/p>\n
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