Latest in Acquisitions

EXCLUSIVE: The story of a plucky Canadian station in the golden era of alternative radio is headed to PBS. CFNY: The Spirit of Radio will broadcast on PBS in September and be available to stream through PBS Passport and on BPTM+. That follows a PBS Docs deal struck with Canadian…

EXCLUSIVE: The Stunt Driver, the comedy starring Jay Baruchel (BlackBerry) as Canadian daredevil Ken Carter which we scooped in November 2024, has been acquired by Independent Film Company ahead of its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival. Independent Film Company releases the film in…

Ahead of its September 2 world premiere as the opening-night film for the 83rd Venice Film Festival, Oscar winner Danny Boyle’s new thriller Ink has been acquired by Netflix for U.S. and Latin American distribution. Based on the Tony-nominated play by multi-Olivier Award-winning playwright…

EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures has landed “Renegades,” a short story by Will Simmons, who is attached to adapt for film, with Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley (Mayday) directing. Plot details for the project, described as an action-thriller, are under wraps. Hutch Parker…

EXCLUSIVE: Blue Harbor Entertainment and Variance Films have picked up U.S. rights to Sundance comedy The Musical, starring Will Brill, Rob Lowe and Gillian Jacobs. A nationwide theatrical release has bee set for September 18. Unapologetic Projects Partners is teaming with Blue Harbor and Variance on…

EXCLUSIVE: Jean-Xavier De Lestrade's record-breaking French thriller Sambre has found a U.S. home. Babylon Berlin streamer MHz Choice has picked up Federation Studios' six-ep limited series from the Oscar-winning filmmaker, which has already sold to the BBC and HBO Max in Europe. Written…

EXCLUSIVE: Independent Lens is going on something of an acquisition binge – welcome news for the documentary field. The award-winning PBS series announced it has picked up four films: Jane Elliott Against the World, Seeds, My Omaha, and The Other Side of Memory. The documentaries, which will air…

EXCLUSIVE: Ishrat Rahim is one of the valiant health workers in Pakistan trying to eradicate polio from the country. That noble endeavor is putting her life at risk. The short documentary Shadows in Sunlight explores the danger Ishrat and colleagues face as they attempt to distribute the polio…

EXCLUSIVE: Abramorama has acquired North American rights to Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie, the acclaimed documentary by Alex Gibney about the celebrated writer who survived a brutal knife attack at a public event. Abramorama plans to open the film on September 17 at IFC Center in…

EXCLUSIVE: Icelandic-Portuguese crime thriller Cold Haven has found a home in Australia. Public service network SBS has acquired the show for its streamer, SBS On Demand, and will launch on July 15 after a deal with distributor About Premium Content (APC). Cold Haven follows Maria (Maria…

Cinema Guild has picked up Nowhere to Lay My Eyes, the latest feature from Hong Sangsoo, for North American distribution. The film is set to debut at this year's Locarno Film Festival. Nowhere to Lay My Eyes follows Sanghee (Kim Minhee) as she visits her mother, who settled down on Jeju Island…

EXCLUSIVE: Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired North American rights to genre title Bagworm, the feature debut from director Oliver Bernsen and writer Henry Bernsen. The film had its world premiere at the 2025 Sitges Film Festival, where it won the Panorama Section Audience Award, before…