Kristin Ólafsdóttir and Pétur Einarsson served as producers.
Zeitgeist Films in association with Kino Lorber has acquired North American rights to Icelandic transgender kayaking documentary Against The Current.
Óskar Páll Sveinsson’s film will open theatrically on June 25 with a New York run at Quad Cinemas, followed by a digital release on Kino Now and home video.
Against The Current chronicles Veiga Grétarsdóttir’s 2,000-kilometre solo kayak expedition counter-clockwise around the rugged Icelandic coastline.
The journey comes as Grétarsdóttir decides at the age of 38 to no longer live as a man and undergo gender reassignment.
Producers Kristin Ólafsdóttir and Pétur...
Zeitgeist Films in association with Kino Lorber has acquired North American rights to Icelandic transgender kayaking documentary Against The Current.
Óskar Páll Sveinsson’s film will open theatrically on June 25 with a New York run at Quad Cinemas, followed by a digital release on Kino Now and home video.
Against The Current chronicles Veiga Grétarsdóttir’s 2,000-kilometre solo kayak expedition counter-clockwise around the rugged Icelandic coastline.
The journey comes as Grétarsdóttir decides at the age of 38 to no longer live as a man and undergo gender reassignment.
Producers Kristin Ólafsdóttir and Pétur...
- 4/5/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
The heavy roster of Specialties heading to theaters in the post-Labor Day period is ebbing a bit this weekend. Cuba Gooding, Jr. makes his debut as writer-director with thriller Bayou Caviar, in which he stars with Famke Janssen and Richard Dreyfuss in a day and date bow this weekend via Gravitas Ventures. Sundance fest debut documentary Studio 54 is the second recent theatrical feature by Matt Tyrnauer, following this summer’s Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood. Zeitgeist opens the title about the legendary New York nightclub in, of course, New York, before heading West next week. Vertical Entertainment is opening drama-thriller A Crooked Somebody directed by Trevor White and starring Rich Sommer, while Music Box is spearheading SXSW’s Finnish metal music-comedy, Heavy Trip.
A couple of studios are also giving their movies a limited start, including Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz starrer, Loving Pablo from Universal, while...
A couple of studios are also giving their movies a limited start, including Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz starrer, Loving Pablo from Universal, while...
- 10/5/2018
- by Brian Brooks
- Deadline Film + TV
Zeitgeist Films and Kino Lorber have picked up U.S. rights for Matt Tyrnauer’s “Studio 54,” a documentary about the club that was at the epicenter of New York city nightlife in the 1970s.
The deal between Kino Lorber and A&E IndieFilms, the company that produced the film, was finalized during Cannes Film Festival. “Studio 54” will be released in theaters in the fall of 2018. The companies are planning to campaign the film for Academy Awards consideration.
Tyrnauer, a Vanity Fair editor-at-large turned filmmaker, previously directed “Valentino: The Last Emperor,” “Citizen Jane: Battle for the City,” and “Scotty and the Secret of Hollywood.” He’s shown a knack for getting under the skins of iconoclasts and myth-makers. He hit pay dirt with Steve Rubell, the flamboyant outer-bourough social-climber who created the ultimate playground for the rich and glamorous with his partner co-owner Ian Schrager. Over the course of a mere 33 months,...
The deal between Kino Lorber and A&E IndieFilms, the company that produced the film, was finalized during Cannes Film Festival. “Studio 54” will be released in theaters in the fall of 2018. The companies are planning to campaign the film for Academy Awards consideration.
Tyrnauer, a Vanity Fair editor-at-large turned filmmaker, previously directed “Valentino: The Last Emperor,” “Citizen Jane: Battle for the City,” and “Scotty and the Secret of Hollywood.” He’s shown a knack for getting under the skins of iconoclasts and myth-makers. He hit pay dirt with Steve Rubell, the flamboyant outer-bourough social-climber who created the ultimate playground for the rich and glamorous with his partner co-owner Ian Schrager. Over the course of a mere 33 months,...
- 5/21/2018
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
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