Heatseeking indie distributor Decal has landed U.S. distribution rights to “Recovery,” a well-received comedy which played this year’s SXSW Film Festival.
From directors Mallory Everton and Stephen Meek, the road trip adventure follows two lost-soul sisters traveling across country to rescue their grandmother, whose nursing home suffers a Covid-19 outbreak. The project is described as “Booksmart” meets the Tom Hardy indie gem “Locke.” Everton co-stars and co-wrote the screenplay with Whitney Call.
Decal is plotting a hybrid theatrical and VOD release this fall. The film was produced by Sorø Films Production in partnership with BuzzFeed Studios. Scott Christopherson, Babetta Kelly and Abi Nielson Hunsaker served as producers.
“Recovery is our love letter to the world after the year we’ve all had, and we couldn’t imagine joining with a better team than BuzzFeed Studios, and now Decal. Their vision for indie film and the expertise they’re...
From directors Mallory Everton and Stephen Meek, the road trip adventure follows two lost-soul sisters traveling across country to rescue their grandmother, whose nursing home suffers a Covid-19 outbreak. The project is described as “Booksmart” meets the Tom Hardy indie gem “Locke.” Everton co-stars and co-wrote the screenplay with Whitney Call.
Decal is plotting a hybrid theatrical and VOD release this fall. The film was produced by Sorø Films Production in partnership with BuzzFeed Studios. Scott Christopherson, Babetta Kelly and Abi Nielson Hunsaker served as producers.
“Recovery is our love letter to the world after the year we’ve all had, and we couldn’t imagine joining with a better team than BuzzFeed Studios, and now Decal. Their vision for indie film and the expertise they’re...
- 6/14/2021
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
Film premiered this week at virtual festival.
BuzzFeed Studios has boarded Sorø Films’ buzzy SXSW female-led Covid comedy Recovery as executive producer following the film’s world premiere yesterday (March 17).
Pip Ngo of North American sales agent XYZ Films negotiated the deal on behalf of the filmmakers. There is currently no international sales agent attached.
Recovery centres on two sisters on an eventful cross-country road trip to rescue their grandmother from an outbreak of the virus at her nursing home.
Mallory Everton and Stephen Meek make their feature directorial debuts and star alongside Whitney Call.
The film is available on...
BuzzFeed Studios has boarded Sorø Films’ buzzy SXSW female-led Covid comedy Recovery as executive producer following the film’s world premiere yesterday (March 17).
Pip Ngo of North American sales agent XYZ Films negotiated the deal on behalf of the filmmakers. There is currently no international sales agent attached.
Recovery centres on two sisters on an eventful cross-country road trip to rescue their grandmother from an outbreak of the virus at her nursing home.
Mallory Everton and Stephen Meek make their feature directorial debuts and star alongside Whitney Call.
The film is available on...
- 3/18/2021
- ScreenDaily
Robert Machoian wrote, directed Next entry about post-separation anxieties.
Los Angeles-based The Exchange has acquired its latest film from Sundance, taking worldwide sales rights to Next section entry The Killing Of Two Lovers.
CEO Brian O’Shea and his team are currently introducing the title to Us and international buyers. The company’s other Sundance pick-ups include Spree and Welcome To Chechnya.
Robert Machoian wrote and directed the film about David, who desperately tries to keep his family of six together during a separation from his wife. The parents agree to see other people, but David struggles to grapple with his wife’s new relationship.
Los Angeles-based The Exchange has acquired its latest film from Sundance, taking worldwide sales rights to Next section entry The Killing Of Two Lovers.
CEO Brian O’Shea and his team are currently introducing the title to Us and international buyers. The company’s other Sundance pick-ups include Spree and Welcome To Chechnya.
Robert Machoian wrote and directed the film about David, who desperately tries to keep his family of six together during a separation from his wife. The parents agree to see other people, but David struggles to grapple with his wife’s new relationship.
- 3/18/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Gravitas Ventures has acquired North American theatrical and VOD rights to the Scott Christopherson documentary The Insufferable Groo. The docu follows a low budget indie filmmaker Stephen Groo who sets off to cast Jack Black in his newest feature film about an elf-human love story. The Insufferable Groo will open in select theaters in December and on demand December 14.
The Insufferable Groo made its world premiere at the Sheffield Doc/Fest earlier this year and recently played at Doc NYC.
The documentary follows Utah-based filmmaker Groo, a self-proclaimed auteur, narrowing in on his 200th film in 20 years. His oeuvre of outlandishly awful genre films has managed to attract admirers like Napoleon Dynamite’s Jared Hess and Jack Black, but Groo has never made a dime off of his work, leaving his wife to provide for their family of four small boys. As Groo attempts to make his latest opus,...
The Insufferable Groo made its world premiere at the Sheffield Doc/Fest earlier this year and recently played at Doc NYC.
The documentary follows Utah-based filmmaker Groo, a self-proclaimed auteur, narrowing in on his 200th film in 20 years. His oeuvre of outlandishly awful genre films has managed to attract admirers like Napoleon Dynamite’s Jared Hess and Jack Black, but Groo has never made a dime off of his work, leaving his wife to provide for their family of four small boys. As Groo attempts to make his latest opus,...
- 11/15/2018
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Sheffield Doc/Fest CEO and Festival Director Elizabeth McIntyre is to step down after three years in charge.
McIntyre has run the British festival, which is one of the largest non-fiction festivals in the world, since 2016. She has welcomed names such as Tilda Swinton, Sir David Attenborough, Maxine Peake, Michael Moore, Shane Meadows, Lauren Greenfield, Jamal Edwards and Da Pennebaker to the northern city during her tenure.
This year, the former Discovery commissioner welcomed Sean McAllister’s A Northern Soul as the opening night film along with titles such as Mark Cousins’ The Eyes of Orson Welles, Marco Prosperio’s The Man Who Stole Banksy, Scott Christopherson-directed The Insufferable Groo and Sandi Tan’s Shirkers at the festival, alongside pitch projects from stars including Tilda Swinton and Alan Cumming as well as producers such as Searching For Sugar Man’s John Battsek and Shooting Bigfoot’s Morgan Matthews.
Alex Graham,...
McIntyre has run the British festival, which is one of the largest non-fiction festivals in the world, since 2016. She has welcomed names such as Tilda Swinton, Sir David Attenborough, Maxine Peake, Michael Moore, Shane Meadows, Lauren Greenfield, Jamal Edwards and Da Pennebaker to the northern city during her tenure.
This year, the former Discovery commissioner welcomed Sean McAllister’s A Northern Soul as the opening night film along with titles such as Mark Cousins’ The Eyes of Orson Welles, Marco Prosperio’s The Man Who Stole Banksy, Scott Christopherson-directed The Insufferable Groo and Sandi Tan’s Shirkers at the festival, alongside pitch projects from stars including Tilda Swinton and Alan Cumming as well as producers such as Searching For Sugar Man’s John Battsek and Shooting Bigfoot’s Morgan Matthews.
Alex Graham,...
- 8/15/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Among the 200-plus films that screened at the Sheffield Doc/Fest, which ended last week, one standout fit into that classic mold: movies about moviemaking. But The Insufferable Groo takes a somewhat different path than most, focusing on possibly the world’s most prolific yet unsuccessful filmmaker.
A cult figure for many students of film in the U.S., Stephen Groo has spent 20 years making more than 200 microbudget Diy movies, boasting names such as She-Hulk, Circle of Fire: The Dark Lord and Challenge of Faith. Despite his efforts, not one has secured distribution or turned a profit.
Scott Christopherson’s ...
A cult figure for many students of film in the U.S., Stephen Groo has spent 20 years making more than 200 microbudget Diy movies, boasting names such as She-Hulk, Circle of Fire: The Dark Lord and Challenge of Faith. Despite his efforts, not one has secured distribution or turned a profit.
Scott Christopherson’s ...
- 6/21/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Among the 200-plus films that screened at the Sheffield Doc/Fest, which ended last week, one standout fit into that classic mold: movies about moviemaking. But The Insufferable Groo takes a somewhat different path than most, focusing on possibly the world’s most prolific yet unsuccessful filmmaker.
A cult figure for many students of film in the U.S., Stephen Groo has spent 20 years making more than 200 microbudget Diy movies, boasting names such as She-Hulk, Circle of Fire: The Dark Lord and Challenge of Faith. Despite his efforts, not one has secured distribution or turned a profit.
Scott Christopherson’s ...
A cult figure for many students of film in the U.S., Stephen Groo has spent 20 years making more than 200 microbudget Diy movies, boasting names such as She-Hulk, Circle of Fire: The Dark Lord and Challenge of Faith. Despite his efforts, not one has secured distribution or turned a profit.
Scott Christopherson’s ...
- 6/21/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Sheffield Doc/Fest, one of the largest non-fiction festivals in the world, kicked off this weekend with around 200 films as it celebrates its 25th anniversary. The festival is launching the world premiere of films such as Jack Black-associated The Insufferable Groo, the European premiere of Neon-acquired Three Identical Strangers and UK premieres of Pedro Almodóvar-exec produced The Silence of Others and Maya Rudolph-produced Shirkers.
The event, which runs June 7 to 12 and is somewhat similar to the Sundance Film Festival, is both a publicly facing festival with a sizeable industry angle, with broadcasters and filmmakers debating the future of the form and highlighting the latest high-profile projects.
Former Discovery commissioner Liz McIntyre, who is Chief Executive and Festival Director at Sheffield Doc/Fest, highlighted the opening night film Sean McAllister’s A Northern Soul, which follows underdog Steve, a factory worker by day and hip hop performer by night,...
The event, which runs June 7 to 12 and is somewhat similar to the Sundance Film Festival, is both a publicly facing festival with a sizeable industry angle, with broadcasters and filmmakers debating the future of the form and highlighting the latest high-profile projects.
Former Discovery commissioner Liz McIntyre, who is Chief Executive and Festival Director at Sheffield Doc/Fest, highlighted the opening night film Sean McAllister’s A Northern Soul, which follows underdog Steve, a factory worker by day and hip hop performer by night,...
- 6/10/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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