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Kino Lorber has acquired North American distribution rights to Sepideh Farsi’s 'Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk', a powerful document of life in Gaza during the Israeli military invasion told through video conversations with young Palestinian photojournalist Fatma Hassouna. The documentary made its World Premiere in the Cannes 2025 ACID section and most recently screened at the 2025 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. 'Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk' will be released theatrically by Kino Lorber followed by a digital, educational, and home video release.

Zeitgeist Films in association with Kino Lorber has acquired North American rights to 'Monk in Pieces', a revealing documentary portrait of the innovative interdisciplinary artist Meredith Monk which made its World Premiere at the 2025 Berlinale and recently made its US premiere at the Seattle International Film Festival. Zeitgeist Films will release the film theatrically at the IFC Center in New York this summer with a national rollout to follow.

Kino Lorber has acquired North American distribution rights to 'Shari & Lamb Chop', a documentary portrait of trailblazing children’s entertainer Shari Lewis and her beloved sock puppet Lamb Chop, in a deal brokered by Concord Originals. The documentary is directed by Emmy-nominated filmmaker Lisa D’Apolito ('Love, Gilda'), produced by White Horse Pictures and MoJo Global Arts and presented by Concord Originals and Olive Hill Media in association with The 51 Fund, Carlene Laughlin and Chicago Media Project. 'Shari & Lamb Chop' made its World Premiere at DOC NYC and will be released theatrically by Kino Lorber on July 18, followed by a digital, educational, and home video release.

Kino Lorber has acquired North American distribution rights to Fatih Akin’s stirring coming of age drama 'Amrum', which made its World Premiere as an Official Selection of the 2025 Cannes Film Festival. The film will be released theatrically by Kino Lorber followed by a digital, educational, and home video release.

Zeitgeist Films in association with Kino Lorber has acquired from Bankside Films all U.S. rights to Ido Fluk’s 'Köln 75', which tells the inside story behind Keith Jarrett’s fabled record-breaking 1975 concert in Cologne, Germany. Zeitgeist Films will release the film theatrically at the IFC Center in New York this fall with a national rollout to follow.

Kino Lorber has acquired US and English-speaking Canada distribution rights to Boris Lojkine’s 'Souleymane’s Story', a riveting, ticking-clock drama following a bicycle deliveryman in Paris in the days leading up to his asylum interview. 'Souleymane’s Story' made its World Premiere in Un Certain Regard at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, where it was awarded the Un Certain Regard Jury Prize and the Best Actor Prize for non-professional lead actor Abou Sangare as Souleymane. The film will be released theatrically by Kino Lorber on August 1, followed by a digital, educational, and home video release.

Kino Lorber has acquired U.S. distribution rights to 'Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore', a documentary portrait of the trailblazing Deaf Academy Award-winning actor and activist Marlee Matlin that offers an unflinching look at Matlin’s remarkable life through the lens of her primary language, American Sign Language. The directorial debut of Deaf actor and writer Shoshannah Stern, 'Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore' made its World Premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival in U.S. Documentary Competition and is also an official selection of SXSW and the San Francisco Film Festival. The film will make its New York Premiere at the Tribeca Festival in June with Matlin and Stern in attendance and will be released theatrically by Kino Lorber on June 20, followed by a digital, educational, and home video release.

'Little Trouble Girls' by Urška Djukić, which opened Berlinale’s new Perspectives Competition Section and walked away with the FIPRESCI award, has sold to multiple territories including Kino Lorber for North America; BFI Distribution for UK and Ireland; as well as France, Germany, Benelux and more by Athens-based sales agent Heretic. Kino Lorber is planning a theatrical, digital, and home video release in North America later this year.

Zeitgeist Films in association with Kino Lorber have acquired North American distribution rights to Rachel Elizabeth Seed’s debut documentary feature 'A Photographic Memory'. Winner of the Truer Than Fiction Award at the 2025 Film Independent Spirit Awards and a New York Times Critic’s Pick, 'A Photographic Memory' is an intimate, genre-bending portrait of the filmmaker’s trailblazing mother, Sheila Turner Seed – a vibrant and pioneering journalist, photographer, and filmmaker, who died suddenly and tragically when Rachel was just 18 months old. Zeitgeist Films is planning a theatrical release in early summer 2025.

Kino Lorber has acquired North American distribution rights to Jessica Palud’s sophomore feature 'Being Maria', a moving portrait of the turbulent life and career of the late French actress Maria Schneider, starring 'Happening' breakout Anamaria Vartolomei as the 'Last Tango in Paris' star and Matt Dillon as Marlon Brando. The film will be released theatrically by Kino Lorber in 2025, followed by a digital, educational, and home video release.

Kino Lorber has acquired North American distribution rights to the Sally Aitken directed Sundance documentary charmer 'Every Little Thing', which follows the healing journey of a specialist hummingbird rehabilitator as she cares for her tiny winged patients in Los Angeles. Kino Lorber is planning a theatrical release in January 2025, followed by a digital, educational, and home video release.

Kino Lorber has acquired North American distribution rights to Andres Veiel’s Venice prizewinning documentary 'Riefenstahl', an extraordinary and critical portrait of the life of the infamous artist, filmmaker, and propagandist. Kino Lorber is planning a theatrical release in 2025, followed by a digital, educational, and home video release.

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Kino Lorber in association with Zeitgeist Films have acquired U.S. and English-speaking Canadian rights to 'Holy Cow' (Vingt Dieux), which had its world premiere at Un Certain Regard at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, where it was awarded the Youth Prize. The film is written and directed by first time feature director Louise Courvoisier, and marks the on-screen debut of Clement Faveau as the young farmer Totone. Zeitgeist is planning additional stops at fall festivals and a theatrical opening at Film Forum in the first quarter of 2025, with a national theatrical rollout to follow.

Kino Lorber has acquired North American distribution rights to Paul Schrader’s 'Oh, Canada', starring Richard Gere in his first collaboration with Schrader since American Gigolo. The film premiered in competition at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, and will continue to screen on the festival circuit at the Toronto International Film Festival and New York Film Festival this fall. Kino Lorber is planning an awards season theatrical release this December, followed by a home video, educational, and digital release on all major platforms.

Kino Lorber has acquired U.S. distribution rights to Johan Grimonprez’s galvanizing documentary 'Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat', partnering with Kanopy, the premiere public library and university streaming platform for films that matter. A vibrant and richly detailed essay film that intertwines jazz and politics to re-examine the 1961 assassination of Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba, 'Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat' unravels colonial power dynamics in Africa to a soundtrack of American jazz greats, including Louis Armstrong, Nina Simone, and Duke Ellington. Kino Lorber will release the film theatrically in fall 2024, followed by a home video, educational, and digital release on all major platforms.

Kino Lorber, a leading name in independent film distribution for over 45 years, is expanding its KINO FILM COLLECTION to its own direct-to-consumer streaming service available at www.kinofilmcollection.com and as a standalone app on Apple TV, Fire TV, Android TV and Roku. Following a successful launch last November in the U.S. on the Amazon Service via Prime Video Channels, where it will remain available, the service will now also be available as a standalone SVOD for $5.99 per month. The Collection features hundreds of films from Kino Lorber’s expansive library of more than 4,000 titles, many now streaming for the first time, along with new releases fresh from theaters and festivals.

Kino Lorber has acquired North American distribution rights to 'Daytime Revolution', a documentary about the week that John Lennon and Yoko Ono co-hosted “The Mike Douglas Show” in early 1972. Directed by Emmy and IDA Award-winning filmmaker Erik Nelson, with creative consultation from Yoko Ono and Sean Ono Lennon, 'Daytime Revolution' features archival footage from each of the five episodes as well as interviews with six of the original guests, all reconstructing the music, the magic, and the behind-the-scenes madness of this unprecedented and historic week of television. Kino Lorber will open 'Daytime Revolution' theatrically later this year, followed by a home video, educational, and digital release on all major platforms.

Kino Lorber has acquired North American distribution rights to Bruno Dumont’s 'The Empire', an intergalactic sci fi farce starring Anamaria Vartolomei, Camille Cottin, Lyna Khoudri, and Fabrice Luchini. 'The Empire' made its World Premiere at the 2024 Berlinale, where it was awarded the Silver Bear Jury Prize. Kino Lorber is planning a theatrical release in 2024, followed by a home video, educational, and digital release on all major platforms.

LevelK’s queer drama 'Sebastian', which made its world premiere in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at Sundance Film Festival 2024, has generated excitement among buyers at this year’s EFM, resulting in sales to numerous territories. Kino Lorber has acquired US distribution rights to the film, and is planning a theatrical, home video, and digital release on all major platforms later in 2024.

Zeitgeist Films in association with Kino Lorber has acquired North American rights to Jeff Zimbalist’s 'How to Come Alive With Norman Mailer', a nuanced, fiercely honest documentary portrait of one of America’s most famous and infamous literary icons. The film made its North American premiere at DOC NYC last fall and will be released theatrically via Zeitgeist Films in late June 2024, followed by an educational, home video, and digital release on all major platforms by Kino Lorber.

Milestone Films and Kino Lorber are proud to announce the 4K and analog 35mm restoration and release of Charles Burnett’s long-lost feature, The Annihilation of Fish, starring James Earl Jones, Lynn Redgrave, and Margot Kidder. The restoration by UCLA Film & Television Archive and The Film Foundation with funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation of the acclaimed independent filmmaker’s missing movie will have its world premiere at the Wexner Center for the Arts at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio on March 2, 2024 as part of the 10th annual Cinema Revival: A Festival of Film Restoration. Mr. Burnett will be in attendance. UCLA Film & Television Archive will host the film’s Los Angeles premiere on April 5, as part of their 25th anniversary Festival of Preservation.

Kino Lorber has acquired all rights worldwide to Ron Frank’s documentary Remembering Gene Wilder, a moving and entertaining portrait of the life and career of the beloved actor and comedian. Featuring an extensive array of highlights from Wilder’s most memorable films as well as interviews with his closest friends, family, and fellow comics, Remembering Gene Wilder has screened at film festivals throughout the US and will next be featured as the Closing Night Film of the New York Jewish Film Festival on January 24. Kino Lorber is planning a theatrical release in March 2024, followed by a home video, nontheatrical, and digital release on all major platforms.

Kino Lorber has acquired from Best Friend Forever all North American distribution rights to Ramata-Toulaye Sy’s stunning directorial debut Banel & Adama, a beautifully haunting story of young love and Senegal’s official entry for the 96th Academy Awards. Kino Lorber is planning a theatrical release in 2024, followed by a home video, educational, and digital release on all major platforms.

Kino Lorber has acquired North American distribution rights to 'Green Border', a fierce and compassionate engagement with Europe’s refugee crisis directed by Academy Award-nominee Agnieszka Holland. The film has received widespread critical acclaim since its World Premiere at the Venice Film Festival, where it won seven awards including the Special Jury Prize, and has continued to screen widely on the international festival circuit including bows at TIFF, New York Film Festival, and AFI Fest; most recently, it was nominated for three European Film Awards including Best European Film. Kino Lorber is planning a theatrical release in 2024, followed by a home video, educational, and digital release on all major platforms.

Zeitgeist Films in association with Kino Lorber has acquired North American rights to Amei Wallach’s Taking Venice, an entertaining caper doc that explores the rumored rigging of the 1964 Venice Biennale. Taking Venice made its North American premiere at DOC NYC and will be released theatrically by Zeitgeist Films in spring 2024, followed by an educational, home video, and digital release on all major platforms by Kino Lorber.

Kino Lorber, a leading name in independent film distribution for over 45 years, has launched KINO FILM COLLECTION, a new streaming service available in the U.S. on the Amazon Service via Prime Video Channels for $5.99 per month. The Collection will feature new Kino releases fresh from theaters, along with hundreds of films from its expansive library of more than 4,000 titles, many now streaming for the first time.

Kino Lorber has acquired North American distribution rights to Katherine Propper’s debut feature 'Lost Soulz', a fresh hip hop-infused drama about a young rapper’s journey to harness his creativity and forge his own path to musical superstardom. The film made its world premiere at the 2023 Tribeca Festival, where it won the second place Audience Award, and will make its international premiere at the Raindance Film Festival in London on October 29. Kino Lorber will release Lost Soulz theatrically, digitally, and on home video in 2024.

Kino Lorber has acquired from LevelK North American distribution rights to The Invisible Fight, an Estonian heavy metal kung fu comedy written and directed by Rainer Sarnet (November). The Invisible Fight made its world premiere at the Locarno Film Festival and will next play at Fantastic Fest and the Sitges Film Festival, followed by a theatrical, digital, and home video release via Kino Lorber in 2024.

Kino Lorber announced that it has acquired all North American distribution rights to the final short film by Jean-Luc Godard, Trailer of a Film That Will Never Exist: Phony Wars. The 20-minute short was an official selection at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival and will next screen at the Toronto International Film Festival and the New York Film Festival. Kino Lorber will present the film on a national theatrical tour this fall, followed by a run at New York’s Film Forum in December alongside Cyril Leuthy’s documentary Godard Cinema.

Tunisia has submitted Kaouther Ben Hania’s Cannes prizewinning documentary Four Daughters as their official entry for Best International Feature at the 96th Academy Awards. Winner of the L’Oeil d’Or for Best Documentary at the Cannes Film Festival, where it was the sole Arab film in Competition, Four Daughters will next screen in the Special Presentations section of the Toronto International Film Festival. Kino Lorber will release the film theatrically on October 27 and has also submitted the film in the Academy Awards Best Documentary Feature category.

September brings a new collection great films from Kino Lorber and their partner labels: Zeitgeist Films, Milestone Films, Metrograph Pictures, Cohen Media Group, Raro Video, Greenwich Entertainment, and Cinephobia Releasing. New releases include the wacky horror comedy opening night selection of last year’s Cannes Film Festival 'Final Cut', a new 'Midnight Cowboy' documentary, but this is not about the making of the film: it is about the deeply gifted and flawed people behind a dark and difficult masterpiece, 'Sisters with Transistors', a documentary detailing the multifaceted women who pioneered electronic music, and how their music influenced artists in other genres, and much more.

We have another great month for new KLSC releases: John Frankenheimer's WWII masterpiece 'The Train' starring Burt Lancaster, 'Death Wish' 4 and 5 with the great Charles Bronson as vigilante Paul Kersey, 'Thunderbolt and Lightfoot' written and directed by Michael Cimino ('The Deer Hunter') where Clint Eastwood and Jeff Bridges star as a pair of modern-day outlwas, 'The Beast', a powerful and emotionally charged portrait of a young soldier caught in a battlefield between his conscience and his country, and more!

We've got a diverse and exciting selection of films and series coming to home video from Kino Lorber and its distributed labels in August 2023!

It's an exciting month for our banner KLSC label, with classic films by Sydney Pollack, Paul Schrader, Ida Lupino, Sylvester Stallone, Henri-Georges Clouzot, Réné Clement, and Louis Malle coming to 4K UHD and Blu-ray.

Kino Lorber proudly announces that Soundies: The Ultimate Collection, a four-disc set featuring 200 short musical subjects that entertained Americans during the World War II era, is now available to own on Blu-ray.

Zeitgeist Films in association with Kino Lorber, two of the leading distribution companies for art-house and international films in the U.S., announced today that they have acquired all U.S. rights to Ken Loach’s The Old Oak, with a screenplay by his frequent collaborator Paul Laverty (The Wind That Shakes The Barley, Sorry We Missed You). The Old Oak will open theatrically in early 2024 at Film Forum in New York with a national release to follow.

Kino Lorber announced that it has acquired from Cercamon North American rights to Pham Thien An’s hypnotic debut feature 'Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell', winner of the Camera d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. The film will continue to make stops on the international film festival circuit this fall, followed by a theatrical release via Kino Lorber as well as a digital and home video release on all major platforms.

Kino Lorber announces their new digital releases for July: Sundance Film Festival Official Selection 'The Cow Who Sang a Song Into the Future', Suzanne Raes' 'Close to Vermeer', Cannes Directors' Fortnight Official Selection 'Chile '76', International TV including 'Backwoods Crime' and 'Follow the Money', the erotic thriller 'Amor Bandido' and more!

Kino Lorber has acquired U.S. rights to Academy Award-nominee Kaouther Ben Hania’s Four Daughters, winner of the L’Oeil d’Or Award for best documentary at the Cannes Film Festival. The film will continue to make stops on the international festival circuit and will open theatrically via Kino Lorber this fall, followed by a digital and home video release on all major platforms.

This month's Kino Lorber home video releases brings films from Chile, France, Ukraine, Denmark, Norway, Germany, Russia, Belarus, Argentina, Italy, and the United States. Ranging from the "Hitchcockian Pinochet era thriller" 'Chile '76', Carl Theodor Dreyer's 1924 compassionate queer-themed film 'Michael', to the 1966 Italian kitschy sci-fi extravaganza 'Star Pilot', and more!

Kino Lorber Studio Classics' July 2023 home video releases bring Fritz Lang's 'Human Desire', John Cassavetes' 'Gloria' starring Gena Rowlands, Audie Murphy Collection II, Film Noir Collection XV, 'To Live and Die in L.A., Sidney Lumet's 'The Anderson Tapes', and more!

Kino Lorber has acquired North American rights to SXSW prize winner Story Ave, starring Luis Guzmán and Asante Blackk and directed and co-written by debut filmmaker Aristotle Torres. Shot on location in the Bronx, the film won a Special Jury Award for Cinematography at SXSW for the work of DP Eric Branco (The Forty-Year-Old Version, Clemency). Kino Lorber will release Story Ave theatrically in October, followed by a digital and home video release on all major platforms.

Award-winning international film distribution company Kino Lorber and First Look Media announced today that they are forming a new joint venture to house both First Look’s Topic streaming service and Kino Lorber’s MHz Choice. The new company will now operate both Topic streaming and MHz Choice, with Kino Lorber owning the majority stake and assuming management oversight of both.

Kino Lorber announced that it has acquired all U.S. distribution rights to the National Film Board of Canada documentary feature Ever Deadly, an immersive and poetic portrait of avant-garde Inuk throat singer and multi-hyphenate artist Tanya Tagaq. Co-directed by Tagaq and the award-winning documentary filmmaker Chelsea McMullan, Ever Deadly explores Tagaq’s mastery of the art of throat singing and features live performances by the singer-songwriter, novelist, and activist. Kino Lorber is planning a theatrical release later this year, followed by a home video release as well as a digital release on all major platforms.

Kino Lorber announced that it has acquired all North American distribution rights to Richard Dewey’s Radical Wolfe, a documentary portrait of the essential American writer and New Journalism pioneer Tom Wolfe. Kino Lorber is planning a theatrical release later this year followed by a digital and home video release on all major platforms.

Kino Lorber in association with Zeitgeist Films have announced the acquisition of all North American distribution rights to Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy, an illuminating deep dive into the production of John Schlesinger’s film by acclaimed documentarian Nancy Buirski (The Loving Story, The Rape of Recy Taylor). Continuing the relationship between these two leading distributors of arthouse and international films, Zeitgeist will open the film theatrically in North America beginning at New York’s Film Forum in late June before expanding nationwide, followed by a digital, educational, and home video release on all major platforms by Kino Lorber.

Kino Lorber announced that it has acquired US and Anglo-Canadian distribution rights to Nicolas Philibert’s poignant observational documentary On the Adamant, which was awarded the Golden Bear at this year’s Berlinale. Kino Lorber is planning a theatrical release and Academy campaign later this year followed by a digital and home video release on all major platforms.

Kino Lorber has acquired North American rights to Sundance winner Scrapper, written and directed by first time feature filmmaker Charlotte Regan. The film stars Triangle of Sadness actor Harris Dickinson and newcomer Lola Campbell. Scrapper was awarded the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic following critical praise for both actors’ performances as well as the poignant and imaginative script from Regan. Scrapper will next bow as the Opening Night film at Sundance London, followed by a theatrical release via Kino Lorber later this year as well as a digital and home video release on all major platforms.

Kino Lorber announced that it has acquired all North American distribution rights to Carlos Conceição’s ambitious and exquisitely crafted Tommy Guns, a genre-fluid fantasia that vengefully engages with Angola’s colonial past while evoking the work of Miguel Gomes, Claire Denis, and even M. Night Shyamalan. The film will make its North American premiere at New Directors/New Films with director Carlos Conceição and actor João Arrais in attendance, followed by a theatrical release via Kino Lorber on April 12. 

Kino Lorber and Beta Cinema announced that they have closed a deal for all North American distribution rights to Alex Schaad’s daring first feature Skin Deep, a sharp, thoughtful take on the body swap film that upends genres to examine gender, sexuality, and personal identity. Kino Lorber is planning a theatrical release later this year followed by a digital and home video release on all major platforms. 

Kino Lorber announced that it has acquired from The Bureau Sales all US distribution rights to Jean-Paul Salomé’s gripping true life thriller The Sitting Duck, starring Isabelle Huppert as the French union organizer and whistleblower Maureen Kearney. The Sitting Duck will open theatrically in France in March, and Kino Lorber is planning a US theatrical release later this year followed by a digital and home video release on all major platforms. 

Kino Lorber announced that it has acquired all US distribution rights to Final Cut, directed by Academy Award® winner Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist) and starring Romain Duris (L'Auberge Espagnole) and Academy Award® nominee Bérénice Bejo (The Artist). Kino Lorber will release the film theatrically in Summer 2023 followed by a digital and home video release on all major platforms.

The former top AMC Networks executives will help shape Kino Lorber’s content and distribution strategies.

Plus New Additions to MHz Choice, Kino Now, Filmatique

A Four-Disc Collection of 99 Specially Curated, Rarely-Seen Silent Films About Feminist Protest, Anarchic Slapstick Destruction, and Suggestive Gender Play

Zeitgeist Films in association with Kino Lorber, two of the leading distribution companies for art-house and international films in the U.S., announced that they have acquired all US rights to the animated feature Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman from The Match Factory. The feature debut of composer Pierre Földes, Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman will open theatrically at Film Forum in New York in April 2023 before expanding nationwide.

'Death Wish' with Charles Bronson and 'The Italian Job' with Michael Caine and Noël Coward come to 4K UHD, plus Chuck Norris's 'Missing in Action' trilogy, Orson Welles's 'The Lady from Shanghai,' and much more.

Including titles from Kino Lorber, Kino Classics, Cohen Media Group, Cohen Film Collection, Greenwich Entertainment, Good Deed Entertainment, Menemsha Films, and Raro Video.