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Exclusive: The distributor has struck a deal at the Efm with Vmi Worldwide for Us rights to the family film A Fine Step.

Vmi has also licensed rights to Mongrel Media in Canada, Zylo for France, Capelight Pictures for Germany, Umbrella Entertainment for Australia/New Zealand, M-Net Channel for Africa, and Daro Film Distribution for East Europe.

Luke Perry, Armand Assante, and Leonor Varela star in the story of an injured expert horseman who recovers with the help of a young girl.

“This film is core to our content strategy – a great story that will inspire audiences and families across America,” said a spokesperson for Vertical Entertainment.

“We believe that Vertical is the perfect partner for releasing this picture in the Us,” said a spokesperson for Vmi. “Their expertise in family film is well established and we have great confidence in their distribution plans for A Fine Step.”

Rich Goldberg and Peter Jarowey of Vertical Entertainment negotiated...

I have featured Justin Gullett’s short film trailers before on this site and I am returning with another one. This one is called “Distortion” and believe it or not this thriller won Gullett a national award and three global awards through the online competition of the former reality series, “On the Lot,” known as the “Movie Making Challenge.” The American Idol-esque reality show was produced by three-time Academy Award winner Steven Spielberg and reality TV pioneer Mark Burnett.

Gullet was a contestant on the TV show as well as participated in the at-home competition that allowed anyone to enter his or her own videos online through TheLot.com.

“Distortion,” won week five — horror week — of the online challenge in where anyone could submit a two- to three-minute film for that week’s genre or theme. Here is where Gullet was about to pull out of the competition decided...