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‘Monica’ is a first US title buy for 606.

UK-Ireland distributor 606 Distribution has acquired its first US film, picking up distribution rights to Andrea Pallaoro’s Monica as one of two new titles on its slate.

The film, which premiered in Competition at Venice Film Festival last year, is a drama which delves into the life of a trans woman, who returns home after years of estrangement to care for her dying mother.

606 bought the film from US-based sales agent The Exchange; the film was released in the US in May this year by IFC Films.

Trace Lysette leads the cast,...

In his latest podcast/interview, host and screenwriter Stuart Wright talks to Pat Kelman, co-founder of 606 Distribution about new releases Love According To Dalva and The Old Man Movie: Lactopalypse! and “3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life”

Towering Inferno (1974) All That Jazz (1979) Midnight Express (1978)/Taxi Driver (1976) Double Bill

“3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life” is about those films that made you fall in love with film. The guest selects their trio of movies and we talk for 5 minutes, against the clock. When the alarm goes off for five minutes we move on to the next film.

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The film won four prizes in the Cannes sidebar last May.

Emmanuelle Nicot’s Cannes Critics’ Week winner Love According To Dalva has secured UK-Ireland distribution through Pat Kelman’s 606 Distribution.

606 is planning a Spring 2023 theatrical release for the film, which is a debut feature about a 12-year-old girl taken into care after being removed from her abusive father. mk2 Films handles sales.

It picked up four prizes in the Cannes sidebar last may: the Louis Roederer Foundation Rising Star award for lead actress Zelda Samson; the Fipresci prize, Le Rail D’Or du Long Metrage and Le Prix des Visiteurs du Soir.

606 Distribution and the BFI have partnered to organize a series of preview charity screenings of Elie Grappe’s Cannes winning film “Olga.”

From each ticket sold, a donation will be made to support Ukraine via the Disasters Emergency Committee.

The film, about a young female Ukrainian gymnast forced to train in exile, had its U.K. premiere at the Glasgow Film Festival earlier this week.

The preview screenings will be taking place in over 200 cinemas from March 18, with more cinemas joining the initiative each day. Participating cinemas include Cineworld, Curzon, Everyman, Odeon and Picturehouse chains, as well as the independent venues which make up the members and lead organizations of the BFI Film Audience Network. The previews are also supported by the UK Cinema Association.

Set in 2013, Olga tells the story of a 15-year-old Ukrainian gymnast training for the European Championship in preparation for the Olympics, who is forced...

The distributor carefully targeted a demographic of women over the age of 40, in particular parents, educators, teachers and care professionals.

German director Nora Fingscheidt’s System Crasher, a drama about a troubled nine-year-old girl who is caught in an overstretched social welfare system, was a highlight at the Berlinale in February.

It impressed the Juliette Binoche-led Competition jury, which handed Fingscheidt’s debut feature the Silver Bear Alfred Bauer prize for a film that “opens new perspectives”. Even more portentously for its commercial prospects, System Crasher won the readers’ jury award of the Berliner Morgenpost newspaper.

The film has...

’How To Spell Dignity’ is about a Nazi war criminal who take’s his brother’s identity.

Fast-rising German director Nora Fingscheidt, whose System Crasher is the country’s Oscar candidate, is co-writing and will direct a new German feature called How To Spell Dignity (working title).

Based on a true story, the film unfolds in the aftermath of the Second World War as it becomes apparent an elementary school teacher in the German countryside is a war criminal who has taken the identity of his brother.

“I’ve wanted to write the story for 12 years but I never really...

In the latest installment of his ongoing interview series, host Stuart Wright talks with 606 Distribution co-founder Pat Kelman about his 5 Great British Horror Films, which include:

Eve Vault of Horror (1973) Frankenstein & the Monster From Hell (1974) The Omen (1976) The House that Bled to Death

606 Distribution acquired two new films at Cannes 2019. Silver Bear-winner System Crasher (Systemsprenger), and French music drama Le CHoc Du Futur (UK Title Tbc)

System Crasher joins 606’s roster of striking female-centred films, with a Triple-f rating of writer and director (Nora Fingscheidt), and an electrifying performance by 11 year old Helena Zengel. Le Choc Du Futur is directed by French music veteran Marc Collin of the band Nouvelle Vague, and describes itself as “an ode to the women in France in the 1980s who helped develop electronic music.” It stars Alma Jodorovsky and Clara Luciani.

Company also buys upcoming French music drama Le Choc Du Futur.

606 Distribution, the UK distribution outfit founded by Pat Kelman last year, has added a Berlinale Silver Bear winner and an upcoming French music drama to its slate.

The company has taken UK and Ireland rights to System Crasher, Nora Fingscheidt’s German feature which premiered at the Berlinale this year, winning a Silver Bear for its writer-director.

The film follows a nine-year-old girl on a quest for love whose untamed energy drives everyone around her to despair. Beta Cinema is handling sales.

606 has also bought UK and Ireland rights...

In his latest interview/podcast, host Stuart Wright talks to Pat Kelman, one half of new UK & Ireland film distributor 606 Distribution about the evolution of company from a shared apartment at Cannes Film Festival and their first three releases: Polina, Hannah and Styx.

Pat Kelman started by working in front of the camera as an established character actor working with directors such as Andrei Konchalovsky and Simon Hunter. After ten years he moved behind the camera, writing and directing multiple shorts and an Award-winning low-budget feature, Encounters. He programmed film seasons at the Halyon Club in both its Old Street and D’Arblay Street incarnations, and was a writer on Film for AOL UK in the late 90s.

606 Distribution can be found at 606distribution.co.uk and facebook.com/606Distribution/

Polina is out now polinathefilm.co.uk

Hannah opens Friday March 1st – hannahthefilm.co.uk. There are two preview...

Styx is on the final shortlist for this year’s Lux prize.

Wolfgang Fischer’s Styx, the drama that won several prizes when it premiered at the Berlinale earlier this year, has been picked up for UK and Ireland distribution by recently-launched outfit 606 Distribution.

The Cornwall-based company has been set up by Pat Kelman, a filmmaker and actor, and acquisition and legal exec David Maddison.

It also has UK rights for the 2017 Venice premiere Hannah, starring Charlotte Rampling, and Valérie Müller and Angelin Preljocaj’s ballet film Polina.

Styx premiered in Berlin’s Panorama section, where it won a...

New U.K. film distributor 606 Distribution has acquired Andrea Pallaoro’s award-winning drama “Hannah” for its debut slate. The company, launched Friday by British filmmaker Pat Kelman, has acquired all U.K. rights to “Hannah,” which won the best actress award for star Charlotte Rampling at the 2017 Venice Film Festival, where it premiered in competition.

“Hannah” sees Rampling star as a woman whose life is collapsing after her husband’s imprisonment. 606 Distribution expects to release the film in the U.K. next year.

The pick-up was part of a two-picture acquisition deal struck with international sales company TF1 Studio, alongside Valerie Muller and Angelin Preljocaj’s ballet drama “Polina,” which debuted in Venice the previous year and stars Anastasia Shevtsova and Juliette Binoche. The company is planning “Polina” as its first release, targeting a late 2018 berth.

“I am beyond delighted that I can launch my new company with such high-quality films,...