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Kino to Open Ajami (2009), Israel's Submission to the 82nd Academy Awards®, on February 3.
New York, NY - October 30, 2009 - Kino International is proud to announce the theatrical release of Ajami (2009), the acclaimed directorial debut of the Israeli-Palestinian filmmaking duo Yaron Shani and Scandar Copti. Ajami is set to open at New York's Film Forum and Lincoln Plaza on February 3, 2010, with a national rollout in March.
Winner of the Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Editing awards at this year's Israeli Film Academy ceremony (the Israeli Oscars), Yaron Shani and Scandar Copti's feature film debut had its world premiere at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival in the Director's Fortnight program, where it received a special mention by the festival's Caméra d'Or jury.
Kino picks up Dogtooth (2009) for US Distribution
Kino International (www.kino.com) has signed a distribution deal with MK2 to release Yorgos Lanthimos’ award-winning film Dogtooth (2009) in the United States; Kino is planning to release the film later this year.
"We are excited about introducing Yorgos Lanthimos and Dogtooth to U.S. audiences. It’s a hilarious absurdist statement about the complications of life in the 21st century and it totally deserved its Best Film prize at the Cannes Film Festival (Un Certain Regard) last spring,” says Donald Krim, Kino International’s President.
Kino Releases Acclaimed American Independent Film Loren Cass (2007)
New York, NY - July 8, 2009 - Kino International is proud to announce the acquisition and theatrical release of the American independent feature Loren Cass (2007), directed, written and edited by first-time filmmaker Chris Fuller.
Filmed entirely in St. Petersburg, Florida, with a bare-bones crew and a tight budget, Loren Cass gathered outstanding reviews on the film festival circuit in 2007. In that same year, the film was one of the five titles nominated for the Best Undistributed Film award at the IFP Gotham Awards.
Kino Releases Buster Keaton's The General (1926) on Blu-ray
New York, NY - September, 10, 2009 - Kino International, the leading distributor of silent cinema in the United States, is proud to release Buster Keaton's The General (1926) on Blu-ray from a new HD-master. This Blu-ray edition of The General is even sharper than the one currently available on Kino's acclaimed Ultimate Edition DVD (released in 2008) and it is set to arrive in stores on November 10, 2009, with an SRP of $34.95
Kino International Releases Acclaimed Independent Film Loren Cass (2007) on DVD.
"In terms of low-budget filmmaking aspiring past its limitations, Loren Cass is the real deal." - Andrew Grant, TIME OUT NEW YORK
New York, NY - October 19, 2009 - Kino International is proud to release on DVD "one of the year's great discoveries" (Nathan Lee, The New York Times), Chris Fuller's Loren Cass (2007). Direct from its theatrical release, which gathered unanimously strong reviews from the country's top critics, Chris Fuller directorial debut is set to become available on DVD on December 8, with a SRP of $24.95.
Kino International Releases Award-Winning Documentary Marlene (1984) on DVD
New York, NY - July 29, 2009 - Kino International is proud to release on DVD, the Academy Award® Nominated documentary Marlene (1984), directed by actor-turned-director Maximilian Schell (Judgment at Nuremberg, A Bridge Too Far). Winner of two Best Documentary awards given by the National Society of Film Critics and the New York Film Critics, Marlene is a "portrait of a remarkably strong-willed woman" (The New York Times) that brilliantly reveals the real Marlene Dietrich.
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