Participant Partners With NEON to Co-Distribute Sundance Winner Flee
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Participant has partnered with NEON on the North American distribution of Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s documentary, “Flee,” after its Sundance debut.
The film, a largely animated documentary about the life of a gay Afghan refugee, earned the grand jury prize in the World Cinema Documentary Competition category on Tuesday night, just hours after the new partnership was announced.
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“We were awestruck by Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s beautiful and intimate Flee and are so proud to join with NEON in co-distributing this film,” Diane Weyermann, Participant’s Chief Content Officer, said in a statement announcing the partnership.
NEON Buys Ailey Following Sundance Premiere
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NEON strikes again.
The indie label has picked up its second film out of this year’s Sundance, nabbing rights to Jamila Wignot’s “Ailey,” a documentary about dancing icon Alvin Ailey. The film debuted on Saturday and offers rare archival footage of performances by the Ailey Company, along with never-before-heard audio interviews recorded in the last year’s of Ailey’s life. Ailey was a pioneering African-American dancer, director and choreographer, whose work drew on myriad inspirations, weaving together jazz, ballet and modern dance to create a style that was all its own. He died from AIDS in 1989, at the age of 58.
FacebookTwitterEmail Queer Eye is casting for its sixth season in Texas right now.Screenshot from Bobby Berk Instagram
According to an Instagram post from Queer Eye design expert Bobby Berk, which shows the loveable group posing outside of Austin’s famous El Arroyo sign, the hit show is looking for more central Texans to give a major confidence boost.
I can’t wait to see food expert Antonio Porowski’s reaction to Texas-style tacos and fashion guru Tan France pulling off a stylish cowboy boot.