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SUNDANCE SELECTS ACQUIRES U.S. RIGHTS TO WIM WENDERS’
3D DOCUMENTARY PINA
New York, NY (March 31, 2011) – Sundance Selects announced today that the company is acquiring all U.S. rights to celebrated director Wim Wenders’ (WINGS OF DESIRE, BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB) 3D documentary PINA. Wenders also wrote the screenplay for the picture and produced it along with Gian-Piero Ringel (PALERMO SHOOTING, ORLY). PINA, an in-depth look into the work of iconic dancer and choreographer Pina Bausch, world-premiered at the 2011 Berlin Film Festival where it became the most discussed film of the festival.
In addition, HanWay Films has licensed PINA in over 40 territories internationally.
Dancer Pina Bausch is legendary. As celebrated as Isadora Duncan and Martha Graham, she transformed the language of dance. Designed to ignite emotion in the viewer, her unique multi-media creations offered a visual experience like no other. Now we can experience the synesthesia of her elemental choreography as if performed for us in the flesh. Filmed by the great European pioneer of 3D photography, Alain Derobe, this revolutionary 3D film captures the thrilling aesthetic of Pina Bausch’s greatest productions.
Jonathan Sehring, President of Sundance Selects, said: “Since the Berlinale ended, our team has remained completely mesmerized by Wim Wenders tribute to the legendary late choreographer Pina Bausch. This one-of-a-kind spectacle is going to knock out not only dance fans but anyone interested in great cinema. This is Wim Wenders at the top of his game, and we couldn’t be happier to be in business with him and our friends at Hanway Films again.”
The deal for PINA was negotiated by Arianna Bocco, Senior Vice President of Acquisitions & Productions for Sundance Selects with Tim Haslam, CEO of Hanway Films on behalf of the filmmakers.
PINA has so far grossed in excess of $4 million in Germany in its first four weeks and premieres in France on April 6th and in the UK on April 12th ahead of its April 22nd theatrical bow.
Sundance Selects is a sister division to IFC Films and IFC Midnight, and is owned and operated by Rainbow Media.
So glad to see PINA get US distribution. Thank you! I am very much looking forward to seeing the film.
Comment by Kathleya — April 8, 2011 @ 9:20 PM
Is there a US release date yet? I checked on IMDB, but no dice.
Comment by Amalia — April 14, 2011 @ 5:09 PM
where can the movie be seen in n.y. during april?
Comment by liora — April 17, 2011 @ 5:26 PM
Any idea on screenings in Austin? Rabidly looking forward to seeing this on the big screen.
Comment by Javier Bonafont — April 20, 2011 @ 1:21 PM
Hi Javier,
Full info on the release will be available this summer.
Comment by krkail — April 20, 2011 @ 2:38 PM
Look for it this fall!
Comment by krkail — April 20, 2011 @ 2:39 PM
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That’s fantastic news! I’d be interested which theatre in the Denver area will show it.
Comment by Christian — April 27, 2011 @ 1:07 AM
VERY excited. waiting patiently in Seattle.
Comment by Michal — April 27, 2011 @ 2:02 AM
Please make sure it’s available to be seen in Washington DC! Been looking forward to this film since I first heard of it.
Comment by Chuck Stark — May 1, 2011 @ 11:17 AM
We’ll certainly be playing D.C., please check back for news later this summer.
Comment by krkail — May 9, 2011 @ 2:26 PM
Looking forward to seeing this in the summer. Hope it comes to San Francisco.
Comment by Gregor — May 14, 2011 @ 12:10 AM
Just caught this in London because I wans’t sure when it would be released in NY.
Its a magnificent record of this great artist – who did for movement something similar to what Willliam shakespeare did for English poetry/theatre.
It’s very different from BuENA VISTA but equally magnificent/
Cant wait to see it again with friends in NYC.
Comment by Rajika — May 17, 2011 @ 12:06 AM
San Francisco needs to see it!!
Can’t wait!
Comment by sam — May 22, 2011 @ 10:20 PM
Well, now its no longer summer. Its Fall. And still no news of screening dates as far as I can see.
Comment by Javier Bonafont — September 26, 2011 @ 12:51 AM
Hi – WHEN is this movie going to be distributed in the US? Specifically NYC? And I don’t mean on demand on a TV screen, I mean in the theaters, on a 3D screen.
Thank you,
Daisy Pommer
Comment by Daisy Pommer — October 17, 2011 @ 8:21 PM
It opens in New York on Dec. 23rd, and will expand nationally beginning in January 2012.
Comment by krkail — October 21, 2011 @ 3:13 PM