#Film Distribution

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• 🇺🇸 Warner Bros. Unveils New Specialty Label, Clockwork, Led By Christian Parkes — 15/04/2026 [USA]

  Warner Bros. Pictures today unveiled Warner Bros. Clockwork, its new specialty film label, along with the division’s first film acquisition, TI AMO!, from Academy Award-winning filmmaker Sean Baker. W...

  Related: #Studio Business, #Film Labeling/Branding, #Movie Release Strategy
• 🇺🇸 Neon Adds To Cannes Competition Coffers With Na Hong-Jin’s Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Hope’ — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  Neon has nabbed its fifth film in the Cannes Competition with Na Hong-Jin’s Hope. Neon has taken North American and English-language rights to the next film by the The Wailing director. Neon is said t...

  Related: #Film Festivals, #International Cinema
• 🇺🇸 Shudder Acquires Mark O’Brien’s Supernatural Horror Film ‘The Voices Of Our Mother’ — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  EXCLUSIVE: Ahead of its North American premiere at Panic Fest in Kansas City, The Voices of Our Mother, a new supernatural horror film helmed by Ready or Not actor Mark O’Brien, has been acquired by S...

  Related: #Streaming Services, #Horror Genre
• 🇺🇸 Vietnam Comedy ‘Zero Meets Hero’ Gets Global Push From Mockingbird Pictures (EXCLUSIVE) — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  Vietnamese distributor Mockingbird Pictures has boarded “Zero Meets Hero,” the latest film from director Huynh Lap, and will present the title to international buyers at the Beijing International Film...

  Related: #International Cinema, #Cultural Export
• 🇺🇸 Filmhub Acquires Indie Dramedy ‘Burt’ Ahead of World Parkinson’s Day (EXCLUSIVE) — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  Global sales and distribution company Filmhub has acquired the rights to “Burt,” a micro-indie dramedy about an estranged father and son navigating Parkinson’s Disease. The film stars Oliver Cooper an...

  Related: #Health Awareness, #Independent Cinema
• 🇺🇸 ‘Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway: The Sorcery of Nymph Circe’ Unveils New Trailer Before U.S. Debut (EXCLUSIVE) — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  Bandai Namco Filmworks has unveiled a new trailer for “Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway: The Sorcery of Nymph Circe,” the second chapter in the Hathaway film trilogy, ahead of its U.S. theatrical opening o...

  Related: #Anime Release, #Franchise Expansion
• 🇺🇸 Sundance Grand Jury Prize Winner ‘Cactus Pears’ Sets U.K. and Ireland Theatrical Release (EXCLUSIVE) — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  “Cactus Pears” (Sabar Bonda), the Marathi-language drama that made history at Sundance as the first Indian fiction feature to win the World Cinema Dramatic grand jury prize, will open in U.K. and Irel...

  Related: #Cultural Achievement, #International Cinema
• 🇺🇸 Radial Entertainment to Distribute Sci-Fi Feature ‘Signal One’ (EXCLUSIVE) — 20/03/2026 [USA]

  Radial Entertainment has acquired exclusive North American distribution rights to the original sci-fi feature Signal One from Motion Pictures Exchange (MPX), Variety has learned exclusively. The film ...

  Related: #Science Fiction
• 🇺🇸 Tony Leung Chiu-wai Thriller ‘Fox Hunt’ Closes Global Deals (EXCLUSIVE) — 20/03/2026 [USA]

  Cappu Films has wrapped a round of international distribution agreements for “Fox Hunt,” the crime thriller starring Tony Leung Chiu-wai, building on momentum from Berlin’s European Film Market. The s...

  Related: #Asian Cinema
• 🇺🇸 German Distributor DCM Acquires Swiss Ascot Elite — 19/03/2026 [USA]

  Berlin-based DCM has acquired full control of the leading Swiss indie, with Stephanie Candinas to run the group.

  Related: #Business Acquisition
• 🇺🇸 ‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ Preps U.K.–Ireland Bow as Anime Limited Eyes Japanese Cinema Expansion (EXCLUSIVE) — 19/03/2026 [USA]

  Fresh from its acquisition by Japanese entertainment giant Toho, Glasgow-based Anime Limited is positioning “Godzilla Minus Zero” as a defining theatrical release for Japanese cinema in the U.K. and I...

  Related: #Japanese Cinema
• 🇺🇸 Vietnam Box Office Sensation ‘Bunny!!’ Lands International Theatrical Release Via 3388 Films (EXCLUSIVE) — 18/03/2026 [USA]

  Specialty distributor 3388 Films has acquired international rights to “Bunny!!,” the latest hit from Vietnamese filmmaker and actor Tran Thanh. It will roll the title out across more than a dozen coun...

  Related: #International Cinema
• 🇺🇸 Kani Releasing Picks Up Five Classic Hong Kong Pics for North American Screens — 18/03/2026 [USA]

  North American distributor Kani Releasing has selected five classic Hong Kong films for its upcoming catalog rollout, spotlighting socially minded works from the 1980s and early 1990s by filmmakers in...

  Related: #Hong Kong Cinema
• 🇺🇸 ‘Man in Hanbok,’ ‘I’m Popo’ Ink Korean Distribution Pacts (EXCLUSIVE) — 18/03/2026 [USA]

  Two features from Interconmedia Intl. have secured Korean distribution following their market debuts at Hong Kong FilMart. Historical fantasy “Man in Hanbok” has been acquired by Korean distributor Bl...

  Related: #Korean Cinema
• 🇺🇸 Indonesian Horror Franchise Finale ‘Danur: The Last Chapter’ Lands at EST N8 for Worldwide Sales (EXCLUSIVE) — 18/03/2026 [USA]

  EST N8, the international finance, production and sales company, has acquired worldwide sales rights to “Danur: The Last Chapter,” the final entry in one of Indonesia’s most successful horror franchis...

  Related: #Horror Franchise
• 🇺🇸 Ji Seung-hyun, Cecilia Choi, Yayan Ruhian’s ‘Bluefish’ Lands Hong Kong, Taiwan Deals With Trinity Media (EXCLUSIVE) — 17/03/2026 [USA]

  Trinity Media has boarded Hong Kong and Taiwan distribution rights to “Bluefish,” the Korea-Malaysia-Indonesia co-production featuring Ji Seung-hyun, Cecilia Choi and Yayan Ruhian, ahead of the projec...

  Related: #Entertainment Deals
• 🇺🇸 Vietnamese Horror ‘Phi Phong: The Blood Demon’ Sells To Multiple Territories Through Mockingbird — 17/03/2026 [USA]

  EXCLUSIVE: Bluebells Studios latest horror film, Phi Phong: The Blood Demon, which brings together talent from Vietnam and Thailand, has sold to more than ten territories ahead of a wide theatrical ro...

  Related: #Horror Cinema
• 🇺🇸 ‘Reminders of Him’ Will Be a Good First Test of Universal’s Longer Windowing Strategy — 16/03/2026 [USA]

  The Colleen Hoover adaptation made $18.25 million domestic, and it will now be in theaters for at least five weekends instead of just three.

  Related: #Industry Strategy
• 🇬🇧 ‘Like a DVD in the present tense’: are we ready for film distribution via USB drives? — 16/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>As big tech continues to dominate the film industry, Video StoreAge is a uniquely crafted company that works with film-makers to sell independent films on USB drives</p><p>The streaming-skeptical c...

  Related: #Technology
• 🇺🇸 Yellow Veil Pictures Boards N. American Sales On SXSW Horror Anthology ‘Grind’ — 12/03/2026 [USA]

  EXCLUSIVE: Yellow Veil Pictures has boarded North American sales on Brea Grant, Ed Dougherty and Chelsea Stardust’s horror anthology Grind, ahead of its world premiere in SXSW’s Midnight section. The ...

  Related: #Horror Cinema
• 🇺🇸 Bi Gan’s Cannes Winner ‘Resurrection’ to Stream on Criterion Channel, With Home-Video Release to Follow (EXCLUSIVE) — 11/03/2026 [USA]

  Bi Gan’s “Resurrection,” winner of the Jury Special Prize at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, will make its streaming debut on the Criterion Channel on March 24. A Criterion Premieres home-video release...

  Related: #Awards
• 🇺🇸 Berlinale Punk Dramedy ‘Matapanki’ Gets North American Deal For Italy’s Minerva — 11/03/2026 [USA]

  EXCLUSIVE: Altered Innocence has acquired North American rights to Matapanki, the debut feature from Chilean filmmaker Diego “Mapache” Fuentes. The film recently had its European premiere in the Gener...

  Related: #International Cinema
• 🇺🇸 T A P E Collective At 10: Co-Founder Isra Al Kassi On The Company’s Rise Outside Of The Traditional Distribution Landscape & Plans For The Future — 11/03/2026 [USA]

  “The first film we acquired was Cette Maison (2022), a Haitian-Quebecois film by Miryam Charles,” Isra Al Kassi, co-founder of the independent distribution outfit T A P E Collective, tells Deadline, o...

  Related: #Independent Media
• 🇺🇸 Berlinale Competition Movie ‘The Loneliest Man in Town’ Sells to Major Markets (EXCLUSIVE) — 10/03/2026 [USA]

  “The Loneliest Man in Town,” an Austrian film by Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel, which competed at the Berlin Film Festival, has attracted a raft of distributors on the heels of its world premiere. Bru...

  Related: #Film Festival
• 🇺🇸 Willem Dafoe Movie ‘The Souffleur’ Lands North American Distribution With Kino Lorber (EXCLUSIVE) — 10/03/2026 [USA]

  “The Souffleur,” starring Willem Dafoe as an American hotel manager in Vienna, has sold to Kino Lorber for North American distribution. Represented internationally by Magnify, “The Souffleur” is an En...

  Related: #Entertainment News
• 🇺🇸 ‘Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender’ Director Says the Film ‘Deserves to Be Seen in Theaters’ After Paramount Moved It to Streaming: ‘The Movie Is Amazing’ — 10/03/2026 [USA]

  Lauren Montgomery, the director of Paramount and Nickelodeon’s upcoming “Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender” movie, recently took to Instagram (via Games Radar) to announce the end of production on th...

  Related: #Creative Advocacy
• 🇺🇸 Lena Karbe’s ‘Inner Emigrants’ Sells to Germany Ahead of World Premiere at Thessaloniki Documentary Festival (EXCLUSIVE) — 09/03/2026 [USA]

  Mindjazz Pictures has acquired the distribution rights in Germany to Lena Karbe’s “Inner Emigrants,” ahead of its world premiere on Monday at Thessaloniki Documentary Festival. The theatrical release ...

  Related: #Documentary Premiere
• 🇺🇸 GKids Board Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Live-Action ‘Look Back’ — 09/03/2026 [USA]

  The Palme d'Or-winning director of 'Shoplifters' is adapting the beloved manga from 'Chainsaw Man' creator Tatsuki Fujimoto.

  Related: #Adaptation
• 🇺🇸 Hirokazu Kore-eda’s ‘Look Back’ Acquired by Gkids for North America, U.K. and Ireland Distribution — 09/03/2026 [USA]

  Gkids has acquired the U.S., Canadian, U.K. and Ireland distribution rights to Hirokazu Kore-eda’s new feature “Look Back.” Adapted by Kore-eda, the project marks the first live-action version of Fuji...

  Related: #Animation, #International Cinema
• 🇺🇸 Vietnamese Thriller ‘Sister Sister’ Heads to Apple TV Across 36 Territories in Skyline Media’s International Push (EXCLUSIVE) — 07/03/2026 [USA]

  Vietnam-based sales agent Skyline Media is bringing the psychological thriller “Sister Sister” to Apple TV across 36 international territories beginning March 8, timed to coincide with International W...

  Related: #International Streaming