The Forge has acquired North American rights to Guan Hu’s Cannes award winner “Black Dog,” and worldwide distribution rights to Alison Tavel’s “Resynator,” which received greatest documentary characteristic at South by Southwest.
The Forge additionally lately acquired North American rights for French horror-comedy “The Balconettes,” which premiered on the Cannes Movie Pageant and performs the American French Movie Pageant in Hollywood subsequent week.
“Black Canine,” which received Un Sure Regard’s prize at Cannes 2024, follows ex-offender Lang (Eddie Peng) who “returns to his hometown the place he kinds an sudden bond with a stray black canine. Each outcasts, they embark on a transformative journey collectively,” in line with an official logline. The movie grossed greater than $2.4 million after simply two days on the Chinese language Field workplace.
“Resynator,” which serves as Tavel’s characteristic directorial debut, “follows the legacy of inventor Don Tavel by means of the eyes of his daughter Alison, who was simply ten weeks outdated when he died in a automotive crash in 1988. Rising up surrounded by legendary tales of her “genius” father, Alison’s life was absent from any true connection to him earlier than she rescued his synthesizer prototype from her grandmother’s attic. What begins as a curious resurrection mission turns into an insatiable globe-trotting quest aided by estranged household, misplaced associates, fellow inventors, and celebrated musicians like Grace Potter, Peter Gabriel, Fred Armisen, Gotye, and Jon Anderson,” in line with an official description.
Each movies will play in 20 markets throughout North America earlier than the tip of 2024. Extra launch data, together with further pageant dates, will probably be made obtainable within the close to future.
The Forge was established in 2019 by long-time indie producer Mark Mathias Sayre. Among the distributor’s different releases embrace “Freedom’s Path,” “Low Low” and “Increase: A Movie Concerning the Sonics.”
