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Adopt Films Takes U.S. Rights To ‘Tabu’: Berlin

From DEADLINE HOLLYWOOD: By BRIAN BROOKS | Wednesday February 29, 2012 @ 12:32pm PST

Tabu is the fourth pickup for Adopt Films from this year’s recent Berlin International Film Festival’s main competition. It won the festival’s Alfred Bauer Prize and the FIPRESCI international critics award. Portuguese filmmaker Miguel Gomes directed and co-wrote with Mariana Ricardo the romancer about an impossible love affair set in colonial Africa.  Luís Urbano and Sandro Aguilar produced. Match Factory’s Brigitte Suárez and Michael Weber negotiated the deal with Adopt’s co-managing execs Jeff Lipsky and Tim Grady. Adopt plans a theatrical release in New York and Los Angeles in late December followed by a larger rollout in first-quarter 2013. Tabu joins fellow Adopt Berlin pickups Ceasar Must Die, which took the Golden Bear; Barbara, by Best Director winner Christian Petzold; and Silver Bear title Sister from Ursula Meier.
 

Adopt Films Acquires U.S. Rights To Semi-Doc ‘Caesar Must Die’: Berlin

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday February 17, 2012 @ 11:57am PST

Adopt Films has announced its acquisition of all U.S. rights to Paolo and Vittorio Taviani’s “Caesar Must Die,” its second acquisition of a title competing for the Golden Bear at this year’s ongoing Berlin International Film Festival following Ursula Meier’s “Sister.”

“Caesar Must Die” is the latest and one of the most surprising entries to be co-directed by the Taviani Brothers. This revivifying effort is the latest chapter in a storied career that includes “Padre Padrone,” “The Night of the Shooting Stars,” “Good Morning, Babylon,” “Elective Infinities,” and “Kaos.”

Adopt Films Take Berlin's 'Sister'

from INDIEWIRE February 16, 2012 | by Peter Knegt
Adopt Films has announced  its acquisition of all U.S. rights to Ursula Meier’s ”Sister,” which world premiered in competition at the Berlin International Film Festival earlier this week to warm notices.

"Evoking a lost childhood with bittersweet intent, 'Sister' bears the mark of a filmmaker with supreme control over her material," Eric Kohn wrote in his review from the festival.

“Sister” stars Léa Seydoux and Kacey Mottet Klein as siblings struggling for survival amid the high-end ski resorts of the Swiss Alps. It was written was directed by Meier who co-wrote the original screenplay with Antoine Jaccoud.

Adopt Films Acquires Jean-Marc Vallée’s ‘Café De Flore’

from DEADLINE HOLLYWOOD | Monday February 20, 2012 @ 9:10am PST

Adopt Films has announced its acquisition of all U.S. rights to Jean-Marc Vallée’s “Café de Flore,” which World Premiered at the 2011 Venice Film Festival and enjoyed its North American Premiere at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival.

Co-starring Vanessa Paradis, Kevin Parent, Hélène Florent and Evelyne Brochu, “Café de Flore” has been nominated for a spectacular 13 Genie Awards, the Canadian equivalent of the Oscars ©. Its nominations include Best Motion Picture, Best Director (Vallée), Best Screenplay (Vallée), Best Actress (Paradis), Best Supporting Actress (Florent), and Best Supporting Actor (Marin Gerrier). The Genie Awards will be presented on March 8th. “Café de Flore” was produced by Pierre Even and Marie-Claude Poulin. Vallée’s previous films include “Liste Noire,” “C.R.A.Z.Y.,” and “The Young Victoria,” produced by Graham King and Martin Scorsese.

The deal was negotiated by Nicolas Brigaud-Robert, Managing partner of international sales company Films Distribution and Adopt’s Co-Managing Executives Tim Grady and Jeff Lipsky.

Adopt Films Buys "Mighty Fine"

FROM INDIEWIRE:  November 15, 2011 | by Dana Harris |

Adopt Films bought US theatrical rights to "Mighty Fine," Debbie Goodstein’s semi-autobiographical coming-of-age comedy drama starring Chazz Palminteri and Andie MacDowell. Adopt plans a platform release that will begin over the 2012 Memorial Day weekend.

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