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EXCLUSIVE: Deadline has a new clip from Parker Seaman’s comedy Wes Schlagenhauf Is Dying, which is making its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival tomorrow. The film centers on aspiring filmmakers Seaman and Devin Das, who find out that their best friend Wes Schlagenhauf is dying. They subsequently decide that…

EXCLUSIVE: In the first clip from Tribeca Film Festival documentary Liquor Store Dreams, filmmaker So Yun Um turns the camera over to her father, a Korean-born liquor store owner in the L.A. area, and asks him to shoot video of them inside his business. Hae Sup Um holds the camera tentatively, skeptical of his…

EXCLUSIVE: Deadline has the first teaser for Mali Elfman’s feature directorial debut, Next Exit—a darkly humorous ghost story, which is making its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on June 10. In the genre-bender written and directed by Elfman, a research scientist makes national news by proving she can…

EXCLUSIVE: New York-based filmmaker Signe Baumane's My Love Affair With Marriage will have its world premiere at Tribeca which kicks off on Wednesday this week. The adult animation then travels to the Annecy International Animation Film Festival which begins June 13. Check out the first trailer above. The story…

EXCLUSIVE: Deadline has the first trailer for The Courtroom, a new drama written by Succession breakout Arian Moayed, which will make its world premiere at the Metrograph in New York City, as an official selection of the Tribeca Film Festival, on June 16. Originally presented as a critically-acclaimed off-Broadway…

EXCLUSIVE: Dubai-based sales agent Cercamon Docs has come aboard to handle worldwide sales on Ben Chace's Music Pictures: New Orleans, which is set to bow at the Tribeca Film Festival in June. The company will introduce the film to buyers during the Cannes Market. A Lilting Films production, Music Pictures is…

EXCLUSIVE: Wolfe Releasing has acquired North American rights to the Italian LGBTQIA+ dramedy Blessed Boys (La Santa Piccola) from Minerva Pictures, ahead of its June 11 North American premiere at the Tribeca Festival, with plans to release it in theaters and on digital in the fall. Writer-director Silvia Brunelli’s…

EXCUSIVE: Greenwich Entertainment said Monday that it has acquired North American distribution rights to Accepted, the feature documentary from The Disunited States of America helmer Dan Chen that played at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival. The pic, from Concordia Studio, Boardwalk Pictures, Diamond Docs and Jubilee…

EXCLUSIVE: The Last Out, the Cuban baseball documentary from Oscar-nominated St. Louis Superman director Sami Khan and Michael Gassert, has been acquired by PBS’ POV. Both the English- and Spanish-language versions of the feature-length film will premiere as part of POV‘s 35th season in October timed to Hispanic…

EXCLUSIVE: Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road, the new documentary on the legendary musical genius that had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in June, has been acquired for distribution by Screen Media for release in theaters and video on demand in November. The company also plans an Oscar campaign for the…

EXCLUSIVE: Ori Segev and Noah Dixon's debut feature Poser, which premiered at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, is getting a U.S. theatrical release, after Oscilloscope said Tuesday that it acquired North American rights. Set in the real-life underground music scene in Columbus, Ohio, the pic centers on Lennon Gates…

Super Ltd has acquired North American rights to All My Friends Hate Me, the UK comedy horror thriller directed by Andrew Gaynord that world premiered at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival. In the film, a college reunion goes awry when Pete (Tom Stourton) suspects his friends may be out to get him. As their weekend…