Cinephil holds international sales rights to multiple festival winner.
Film Movement has acquired Us rights to Israeli documentary and Sundance premiere Advocate, which profiles the crusading attorney Lea Tsemel and her controversial work defending Palestinians.
The distributor negotiated the deal with Cinephil, who hold international sales rights, and plans a winter theatrical release followed by home entertainment and digital roll-out.
Directors Rachel Leah Jones and Phillipe Bellaïche use animation and juxtapose one of Tsemel’s more recent cases with several earlier cases, including one where she defended her activist husband from an accusation of treason.
Tsemel has earned the sobriquet...
Film Movement has acquired Us rights to Israeli documentary and Sundance premiere Advocate, which profiles the crusading attorney Lea Tsemel and her controversial work defending Palestinians.
The distributor negotiated the deal with Cinephil, who hold international sales rights, and plans a winter theatrical release followed by home entertainment and digital roll-out.
Directors Rachel Leah Jones and Phillipe Bellaïche use animation and juxtapose one of Tsemel’s more recent cases with several earlier cases, including one where she defended her activist husband from an accusation of treason.
Tsemel has earned the sobriquet...
- 8/26/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
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