Spring greetings! Here at 43°N we’re enjoying longer days; even the rain is welcome after what has been a long and trying winter.
These past few months have been busy – after trips to HistoryMakers, beautiful Prague for One World and Documentary Campus, New York for Tribeca and now Hot Docs , we are feverishly preparing for the excitement of the inaugural year of Sheffield in June!
We are also very excited to announce four new additions to our portfolio!
In On The Day audiences will enjoy the stirring sounds of bagpipes and the humor and talent of the men and women behind the kilts as they compete at the bagpipe World Championships! We learn the inside stories of the first entrepreneurs and financiers who ignited the world of venture capitalism in Something Ventured and bear witness to the gender-defying women who made their mark on space exploration in No Gravity – imagining a cyborg future. And in Reliance, a police officer who overcame trauma has dedicated his life to using the bond between man and dog to find the lost and save the living.
In festival news The Loving Story and Raising Renee, both co-produced by HBO Documentary Films, enjoyed their World Premieres at Full Frame Film Festival and are next at Tribeca and Independent Film Festival Boston, respectively. We’re also very proud that sparked by the recent UK theatrical launch, A Small Act has earned tremendous praise from media outlets across the UK.
In other news, award winning Summer Pasture from Lynn True and Nelson Walker has been sold to MDR and ARTE and will have its broadcast premiere on POV this fall and The Brothers Hypnotic has received funding from ITVS!
Two highly anticipated films which reveal two fascinating characters; the “Bad Boy” of Buddhism, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche in Crazy Wisdom and legendary boxer Smokin’ Joe Frazier in Joe Frazier: When the Smoke Clears, have recently been completed and are now arriving on the festival circuit!
I will be attending the upcoming Hot Docs Film Festival and Forum from May 3-6, then Sheffield Doc Fest from June 7-12. Please let me know if you have time to meet – I’d love to catch up!
News from Louise Rosen Ltd 